Jeanette Baker & Johnny Flamingo "Hey Girl - Hey Boy" (2000)

Jeanette Baker & Johnny Flamingo perform "Hey Girl - Hey Boy" live in Long Beach, California on March 4, 2000.

Jeanette Baker was a co-writer of this song, which was first recorded by Oscar McLollie and Jeanette Baker in 1958. Louis Prima and Keely Smith did a cover version of this song, which was also a title of a movie produced in 1960.

This show was an event produced by the Doo-Wop Society of Southern California to honor disc jockey Hunter Hancock. Unfortunately, this turned out to be one of Johnny's last performances, as he died approximately 9 months later, on Christmas Eve.

Jeanette Baker is still alive and well with a website at:
http://www.missjeanettebaker.com/

This footage was originally recorded for the upcoming documentary THE MEANING OF LOUIE. For more information about this project, please visit:
http://www.louielouie.net/blog

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Category:

Music

Tags:

• Rhythm
• blues
• Los
• Angeles
• doo-wop
• rock
• roll
• South
• Central

[SandySummers]

Very sweet.

[alexvalenzi]

Fantastic stuff!!! thanx for posting

please post more of those great doo wop society of California shows!!!