The Hollywood Argyles were an American musical ensemble, assembled for studio recordings by the producer and songwriter Kim Fowley and his friend and...
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Alley Oop (song) (category The Beach Boys songs)
1957. The song was inspired by the V. T. Hamlin-created comic strip of the same name. The Hollywood Argyles, a short-lived studio band, recorded the song...
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Francis, The Hollywood Argyles, Brenda Lee, Brian Hyland, Chubby Checker, Larry Verne, The Drifters, Ray Charles, and Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs...
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Gary S. Paxton (category The Hollywood Argyles members)
& Flip and the Hollywood Argyles and was the producer of two number one Billboard Hot 100 singles, "Alley Oop" for the Hollywood Argyles in 1960 and...
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Cobra", and the Academy Awards nominated Rocky theme song, "Gonna Fly Now", co-written with Ayn Robbins. Leib joined the Hollywood Argyles, played guitar...
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of 1960 List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1960 "Billboard Top 100 - 1960". Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2011-01-12....
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Four Seasons and thinker Niccolò Machiavelli. The cover of the album is a picture of The Hollywood Argyles. On 26 August 2024, music journalist and known...
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arrangement Argyle diamond mine, Western Australia Argyle Hotel or The Argyle, a former name of Sunset Tower in West Hollywood, CA Argyle Middle School...
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later taken to No. 1 in the US by The Hollywood Argyles, was his first hit. After Hometown Jamboree went off the air, Frazier moved to Nashville, Tennessee...
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The Gun Club Guns N' Roses Haim Half Way Home Haunted Garage Health Hed PE Hellion Hellogoodbye Hepcat Herb Alpert Hirax Hole The Hollywood Argyles The...
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Marshall Leib (category The Hollywood Argyles members)
American singer and one of the original members of The Teddy Bears. Leib and his high school friend, producer Phil Spector, formed the trio. Leib performed...
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Kim Fowley (category The Hollywood Argyles members)
recorded the novelty song "Alley Oop", which reached No. 1 on the charts in 1960 and was credited to the non-existent group the Hollywood Argyles. In 1961...
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be the last chart entry they recorded together. Paxton went on to record for several labels using several names, including The Hollywood Argyles, with...
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Tijuana Brass The Herd Herman's Hermits The Hesitations The Highwaymen The Holy Modal Rounders The Hollies The Hollywood Argyles Honeybus The Honeycombs...
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So Fine (Johnny Otis song) (category The Oak Ridge Boys songs)
Sue. The Hollywood Argyles - as the B-side to their 1960 single "Hully Gully". Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - on their 1961 album Stay. The Ventures...
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Dr. Demento (redirect from The Dr. Demento Show)
radio stations, including "Alley Oop" by The Hollywood Argyles, "The Ballad of Irving" by Frank Gallop, "The Battle of Kookamonga" by Homer and Jethro...
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version of the tune hit No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went No. 1 on Cashbox; while The Hollywood Argyles' version went to No. 1 on the Billboard...
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some of the instrumental writers of early rock and roll, including Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. Love contributed a cover of the Hollywood Argyles song "Alley...
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Beach Boys' Party! (category The Beach Boys albums)
in the US and No. 3 in the UK. The album spawned one single, a cover of the Regents' "Barbara Ann", which reached No. 2 in the US and No. 3 in the UK...
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These are the songs that reached number one on the Top 100 Best Sellers chart in 1960 as published by Cash Box magazine. 1960 in music List of Hot 100...
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by The Fleetwoods, The Hollywood Argyles, The Platters, The Four Freshmen, The Kingston Trio and Dion and the Belmonts. The title parody, sung to the tune...
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Sandy Nelson (category The Teddy Bears members)
singles including the Teddy Bears' "To Know Him Is To Love Him" (1958), The Hollywood Argyles' "Alley Oop" (1960) and Kathy Young and the Innocents' "A Thousand...
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working as an independent record producer. He played drums for The Hollywood Argyles and later signed with Screen Gems as a staff songwriter. At Screen...
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Dee Dee, the Hollywood Argyles, the Rivieras and Dobie Gray, among others. Rather than headlining at the shows in California on 3 and 4 July, the Kinks instead...
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Novelty song (section Top 10 chartings in the U.S.)
resurgence of interest in the 1950s and 1960s. The term arose in Tin Pan Alley to describe one of the major divisions of popular music; the other two divisions...
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collaborate on the recordings of other musicians, including the Champs, Bobby Pickett, and the Hollywood Argyles; they sang backing vocals on the latter group's...
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included on this disc, The Twist by Chubby Checker, is not an original Cameo/Parkway recording but a late 60's re-recording. The reason was because Cameo/Parkway's...
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Gaynel Hodge (category The Hollywood Argyles members)
co-wrote the platinum hit 1950s song, "Earth Angel", and was a founding member and musical director of The Platters, The Turks, and The Hollywood Flames...
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and vows to avenge her death. The monster, known as "The Butcher", hunts down the cavewomen responsible for her murder. The film also features a music video...
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Moonage Daydream (category Songs about the Moon)
are inspired by the Hollywood Argyles' 1960 song "Sho Know a Lot About Love"; Bowie recalled in 2003 that he thought the combination of sax and piccolo...
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