TINY TOPSY ROCKIN' 78 YOU SHOCKED ME / WATERPROOF EYES PARLOPHONE R 4397 E+
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A REALLY EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS MEGA RARE 78 FROM TINY TOPSY and the CHARMS
YOU SHOCKED ME
b/w WATERPROOF EYES
There’s nothing in rhythm and blues quite like a big, fat mama bringing the house down with a set of lungs that match her physique, telling the tale of her little old man banging her like a drummer. And if you though that Big Maybelle and Big Mama Thornton had the monopoly on the genre, you obviously haven’t heard Tiny Topsy.
Born Otha Lee Moore in 1929 or 1930 depending on what you read, Tiny Topsy began performing with Al Smith’s band in Chicago in 1945. This group split in 1952, with Smith becoming an in-house band leader for the likes of Chance, Parrot and Vee-Jay.
It was five years before Tiny's first recording session, for Federal Records in Cincinnati. On July 9th, 1957 she cut the wonderful "Aw! Shucks Baby" and "Miss You So". It was released as Federal 12302 as by Tiny Topsy With The Five Chances.
Although she never became a big name star and frequent occupier of the charts, her records were always great and even a couple even got released in the UK on Parlophone. Singles like "Come On, Come On, Come On" (Federal 12309) and "You Shocked Me" (Federal 12315) were hot rockers.
THIS GREAT PARLOPHNE RELEASE DID NOT SELL WELL IN THE UK - FAR TOO GOOD!!
AND IT IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND!
SO HERE IS A VERY RARE CHANCE TO BUY IT!
TINY TOPSY AND THE CHARMS
UK PARLOPHONE R 4427 10" 78rpm SHELLAC
A SIDE : YOU SHOCKED ME
B SIDE: WATERPROOF EYES
CONDITION - E /E+ GREAT COPY!
A REAL rockin' R&B MEGA-RARITY ON 78!
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