The Tropics - Hey You Little Girl

[whitw0rthstreet]

Thanks for sharing.

If someone had told me this was a Shrine recording I would have believed them!

[cactus952008]

Did the guitar player for this group play a right handed guitar upside down left-handed?

[TheWalter1952]

Belgium say great music

[Dave52652]

A friend gave me this record around 1968. I think this is a great song and would be a great remake. It's great hearing it again and learning the history.

[scottsoul64]

absolutely superb slab of soul

[guitarsds4852]

I remember The Tropics playing @ Pettigrews Recreation Center in Reidsville. I was too young to get in, so I'd climb up on the wing of the obsolete jet on display and enjoy the music. Of course Mike had the bass pumping.......what great memories !

[SJS4JC]

WOW!!!! The Tropics featuring the Robinson Brothers....remember them well playing at the American Legion when I was 13-14....Amazing!!!!

[oldsoulgit]

This record is played in and around the Manchester area in the U.K. at Northern Soul clubs, it's brilliant, cheers Jim.

[1969cadaver]

The Tropics were one of the favorite "beach bands" during my tenure at Washington & Lee university in Lexington, Va(along with Willie Tee& the Magnificents,the Embers, the Monzas) we used to book the Tropics for 9:00 am !!! Sat combo parties...nothing like "Hey You Little Girl" and a bloody mary to get the weekend started right...Don Sharpe

[jonsharon]

Very nice; thank you.

[17soulable]

what a belter! great everything about it.

[surfcity106]

This brings back great memories. we wrote the flip side the night b4 we recorded. the happy hour got as much play back then as h y l g.

mike peters

[ptownfreddy]

I'm from Washington, N.C., well after your time (born 1963), but I appreciate your craft and think you did a good job. With better distribution you should have had a national hit, like Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs!

[mactarheel]

This is KILLER garage beach music tune! I've been the proud owner of this vinyl for many years.

[klewis202]

Thanks, for the information. I truly enjoyed this group. Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheKenadkins]

We recorded this song 3/15/65 on a two track machine at Copland Studios in Greensboro with Arnold and Jimmy Robinson, Rick Sealey, Leonard Collins, Mike Peters and myself, Ken Adkins. I wrote the song and arranged it with help from the group and we played from Richmond to Atlanta to Nashville throughout the sixties but mostly frequently in the Carolinas. We never recorded again. Arnold went on to star for 25 years with the Nylons.

[judysechrist]

My husband Billy Sechrist just showed me this song and he remembers it from the 1965 -66 being played from the band at Moons Dance land in Madison NC, back then it only cost a 1.00 to get in and hear this and later he got drafted and one of the band members Rick Sealy was also drafted at Fort Rucker Al. Some of the people would ask Rick what kind of band he played in, a "country band" and then someone sent Rick this record and he played it for the soldiers

[raygun500]

@TheKenadkins

I take my hat off to you, sir! As a UK 60/70's Soul fan it is records like this that I live for. Absolute class! Thank you for giving us this!

[klewis202]

First heard at the Bushes in Greensboro in the early eightys. Angle King had an amazing beach collection from his Spanish Galleon days. Great memories, thanks for the post.

[hudpunk]

great!!!!!!first played by butch i think ,late 80s,commands cover-up...another great carolinas tune

[PortValeGail]

Adorable :-) Thanks for posting....always dance to this given the opportunity

[bhd11]

GREAT SONG remember seeing them in Greensboro, actually knew someone in the band. And it was the Robinson Brothers (I think), but I know that they were from Canada

[InstantHellMurder]

I can remember seeing them playing at the CB Hut in Eden, NC several times in the mid-'60's. Their show was great, especially when they were joined by the Robertson Brothers (?) and Sandra.