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"Backroom boys" of Rock 'N' Roll!

Geoff pays tribute to two great β€œbackroom boys” of music, who both passed away last week - New Orleans record producer Cosmo Matassa and writer and producer Bob Crewe.

Geoff pays tribute to two great β€œbackroom boys” of music, who both passed away last week. New Orleans record producer Cosmo Matassa made some of the greatest Rock β€˜N’ Rock n roll and R&B tracks of all time, with million sellers from Little Richard, Fats Domino, Lloyd Price, Frankie Ford and many more. Plus, writer and producer Bob Crewe who wrote and produced for The Four Seasons, Freddy Cannon, Danny & The Juniors and a host of others.

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Sat 20 Sep 2014 18:00
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Music Played

  • Hour 1

    • Little Richard

      RIP IT UP

    • Fats Domino

      I`M IN LOVE AGAIN

    • Freddy Cannon

      TALAHASSIE LASSIE

    • THE BULLETS

      REAL KING BEE

    • The Coasters

      I`M A HOG FOR YOU

    • Bobby Angelo & The Tuxedos

      BABY SITTING

    • Marty Wilde

      JEZEBEL

    • Duane Eddy

      REBEL ROUSERS

    • Ray Charles

      TALKING `BOUT YOU

    • Smiley Lewis

      SHAME SHAME SHAME

    • The Four Seasons

      BIG GIRLS DON`T CRY

    • Dale Hawkins

      MY BABE

    • THE HEARTBEATS

      I GOT A FEELING

    • THE BIG THREE

      WHAT`D I SAY

    • The Pirates

      ALL BY MYSELF

    • RITCHIE BARRETT

      SOME OTHER GUY

    • Roy Buchanan

      MULE TRAIN STOMP

  • Hour 2 - "Tributes to Cosimo Matassa and Bob Crewe"

    • Little Richard

      LUCILLE

    • Shirley & Lee

      LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL

    • Fats Domino

      THE FAT MAN

    • Lloyd Price

      LAWDY MISS CLAWDY

    • Roy Brown

      GOOD ROCKING TONIGHT

    • Lee Allen & His Band

      ROCKIN` AT COSIMO`S

    • Freddy Cannon

      BUZZ BUZZ A DIDDLE IT

    • The Rays

      DADDY COOL

    • Danny & the Juniors

      PONY EXPRESS

    • The Four Seasons

      WALK LIKE A MAN

    • Dave Bartholomew

      FOUR WINDS

    • BOBBY CHARLES

      SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR

    • Frankie Ford

      SEA CRUISE

    • HUEY `PIANO` SMITH

      ROCKIN` PNEUMONIA & THE BOOGIE WOOGIE `FLU

    • Clarence β€œFrogman” Henry

      AIN`T GOT NO HOME

    • Jerry Lee Lewis

      NEW ORLEANS BOOGIE

    • THE RAYS

      SILHOUETTES

    • Guitar Slim

      THE THINGS THAT I USED TO DO

    • Little Richard

      SHAKE A HAND

Broadcasts

  • Sat 20 Sep 2014 18:00
    ΒιΆΉΙη Radio Wiltshire, ΒιΆΉΙη Radio Devon, ΒιΆΉΙη Radio Guernsey, ΒιΆΉΙη Radio Jersey & ΒιΆΉΙη Radio Cornwall
  • Sat 20 Sep 2014 18:05
    ΒιΆΉΙη Radio Gloucestershire
  • Sat 20 Sep 2014 18:30
    ΒιΆΉΙη Radio Somerset & ΒιΆΉΙη Radio Bristol