Woooo! A salute to Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon and to the post-Elvis-Army/pre-Beatles era

I hope it doesn't seem odd to have a "Wooo!" in this podcast's headline, in terms of the fact that our honoree - early '60s rocker Freddy Cannon - passed away this previous weekend. He was a "Wooo!" kind of guy, and his music was unquestionably joyous rock 'n' roll. (Subtlety was not his forte.) So a lot of today's music was joyous (almost all of it, anyway) as Dawn Eden Goldstein and I took a musical journey through the years 1959 through 1963/4, what one might call the post-Elvis-getting-into-the-army and pre-Beatles pop music era. Did Elvis die when he went into the service? Did Rock 'n' Roll? Maybe Don McLean would differ, but Dawn, Freddy and I say "nay". And then: "Wooo!"

Action (theme song for ABC-TV's “Where The Action Is”) – Freddy Cannon

Don't Ever Charge – The Crickets

Claudette (demo) – Roy Orbison

Sweet Suzie – Johnny Burnette

Crying In the Rain – Carole King

From Me to You – Del Shannon

Tallahassee Lassie – Flamin' Groovies

Soldier of Love – Arthur Alexander

Rock and Roll Will Never Die – Wild Hares

Time’s Passing By – Lia Pamina & Dario Persi

Dumb Head – Ginny Arnell

He’s a Rebel – The Crystals

Half Heaven Half Heartache – Gene Pitney

Killer Joe – The Rocky Fellers

Hippie Hippy Shake – Chan Romero

Tallahassee Lassie – Freddie Cannon

Transistor Sister – Freddie Cannon

Way Down Yonder in New Orleans – Freddy Cannon

Bony Moronie – Larry Williams
Whole Lotta Loving – Fats Domino

Palisades Park – Freddy Cannon

Stuck On You – Elvis Presley

Fortune Teller – Benny Spellman

You're No Good – Dee Dee Warwick

The Last One to Be Loved – Lou Johnson

This Empty Place – The Searchers

Have I the Right – The Honeycombs
Just What I Needed – Big Daddy

Okefenokee – Freddy Cannon
Palisades Park – The Beach Boys