"Stampede" Danny Valentino 1959 Rockabilly Song

Folks, I grew up with this record. I've listened to it since I was a small child. It's a well-worn copy of Danny Valentino's rockabilly number "Stampede." This old 45rpm belonged to my late father, who was a World War II veteran. He grew up with the big bands of the 1930's and 1940's; so I don't know, for the life of me, why he would have purchased this record just over fifty years ago. But anyway, this song has been a part of my life for many decades...and I just want to share this piece of personal nostalgia with the Youtube world. And, just so you will know, there's a SKIP three-quarters of the way into the record. For years, the record just kept repeating the grove there...not able to move forward with the song. But somehow, some years back, I managed to get it to where it would play through...but, yes, there's that skip. It's the part where Danny is supposed to sing "I got her back at three-o'-clock at home." (Or something to that effect.) You don't hear that lyric on this record. But the song meant so much to me, I just digitized it "as-is" for nostalgia purposes. I've listend to the song, with the skip, for years. It's just such a great song, it doesn't bother me. In the video montage, enjoy the mostly 1950's (and some 1960's) nostalgia, the majority of which is from my personal collection of old paper ephemera and memorabilia. (You'll love seeing the instructions for Cold War Civil Defense procedures!) Also, I couldn't find out much about this artist, other than the fact that this recording came out on MGM records in the autumn of 1959 (according to either Billboard or Variety magazine). Whatever happend to Danny Valentino and his instrumental group? (Anybody out there know?) The song definetly has got a good rockabilly beat to it (and some lyrics about "hot rods" as well). So if you are big fan of that genre (and it seems that a lot of people throughout the globe are), you won't go wrong taking a listen here. And if you like reading about North and South Carolina history, along with some of my personal musings on life, check out www.carolinahistoryproject.com when you get the time. And I just want to mention that, under Fair Use, I am only uploading this old song for educational and historical purposes. (I am an historian of sorts around here in my region of the world.) Thank you for stopping by, and check out some of my other videos when you can. I would love to hear from some of you rockabilly folks out there. Thank you!

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• Valentino
• Stampede
• Rockabilly
• 1950's
• Hot-Rod
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• Civil
• Defence
• era

[drunkonjive]

not heard this one before, great tune, nice saxs, thanks for posting.

[AmericanaSam]

@drunkonjive Glad you enjoyed it!

[ivanoxprimo]

@AmericanaSam

Thanks from Italy! I listened to this song in 1959! During 52 years I was hoping to hear this! Now I am very happy! Thank you!

[AmericanaSam]

@ivanoxprimo I am glad that you are happy, too. So glad you found a treasured gem from your childhood! Have a pleasant day in Italy!

[MrRJDB1969]

Great video.

[AmericanaSam]

@MrRJDB1969 So glad you enjoyed the song and video.  I checked out your channel, liked it so much...I subscribed! Thank you so much for stopping by.

[MrRJDB1969]

@AmericanaSam : Thanks for subscribing.

[AmericanaSam]

@36fyi So glad you liked it! It always amazes me how I can take an old recording I grew up with decades ago...put it on Youtube...and new people get to enjoy it! I see that you are from the UK. I truly enjoyed watching on TV the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton last April 28th of 2011. (Had to see it quite early here in the US!) I remembering seeing the wedding between Prince Charles and Lady Diana on TV way back in 1981. All the best for you...and have a good day in the UK!

[36fyi]

hey thanks for putting this on here the 1st time i have listend to this and omg i love it now this is what i call music im only 18 but i have been brought up on the same kind of stuff onece again great song take care xxx