Great double siders - part 2
Continuing my list of great double sided 45s of the 50s and 60s, here's my choice from letters G to O. Only one record per artist, so it's almost impossible to decide with people like Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard and no doubt many people will disagree.
Marvin Gaye
& Mary Wells – Once Upon A Time/What’s The Matter With You Baby
(Stateside),
Marvin Gaye
& Kim Weston – It Takes Two/ It’s Got To Be A Miracle (This Thing Called
Love) (Tamla Motown),
Don Gibson
– Oh Lonesome Me/I Can’t Stop Loving You (RCA),
Charlie
Gracie – Fabulous/Just Lookin’ (Parlophone),
Bill Haley
– Rockin’ Through The Rye/Hot Dog Buddy Buddy (Brunswick),
Slim Harpo
– I’m A King Bee/Got Love If You Want It (Stateside),
Wynonie
Harris – Luscious Woman/Lovin’ Machine (Vogue 78),
Ronnie
Hawkins – Who Do You Love/Bo Diddley (Columbia),
High
Numbers – Zoot Suit/I’m The Face (Fontana),
Eddie
Hodges – I’m Gonna Knock On Your Door/Ain’t Gonna Wash For a Week (London),
Ron Holden
– Love You So/My Babe (London),
Jimmy
Holiday – Give Me Your Love/The Turning Point (Liberty),
Buddy Holly
– Listen To me/I’m Gonna Love You Too (Coral),
Howlin’
Wolf – Smokestack Lightnin’/Going Down Slow (Pye Int),
Tab Hunter
– Ninety Nine Ways/Don’t Get Around Much Any More (London),
Impressions
– People Get Ready/I’ve Been Trying (HMV),
Wanda
Jackson - Mean Mean Man/Honey Bop (Capitol),
Etta James
– Tell Mama/I’d Rather Go Blind (Chess),
Jan &
Dean – Surf City/She’s My Summer Girl (Liberty),
Jive Five –
My True Story/When I Was Single (Parlophone),
Little
Willie John – Let’s Rock While The Rockin’s Good/You’re A Sweetheart
(Parlophone),
Mable John
– It’s Catching/Your Good Thing (Is About To End) (Atlantic),
Johnny
& the Hurricanes – Red River Rock/Buckeye (London),
Marv
Johnson – Ain’t Gonna Be That Way/All the Love I’ve Got (London),
Jimmy Jones
– I Just Go For You/That’s When I Cried (MGM),
Johnny Kidd
– Shakin’ All Over/Yes Sir That’s My Baby (HMV),
Ben E King
– Spanish Harlem/First Taste Of love (London),
Freddy King
– Driving Sideways/Hideaway (Sue),
Patti
Labelle – Take me For A Little While/I Don’t Want to Go On Without You
(Atlantic),
Lafayettes
– Life’s Too Short/Nobody But You (RCA),
Brenda Lee
– Sweet Nuthin’s/Weep No More My Baby (Brunswick),
Curtis Lee –
Under The Moon Of Love/Beverley Jean (London),
Barbara
Lewis – Baby I’m Yours/Hello Stranger (Atlantic),
Jerry Lee
Lewis – Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On/It’ll Be Me (London),
Little
Richard – Long Tall Sally/Tutti Frutti (London),
Bonnie Lou
– Tennessee Wig Walk/Just Out Of Reach (Parlophone),
Frankie
Lymon – I’m Not A Juvenile Delinquent/Baby Baby (Columbia),
Majors –
She’s A Troublemaker/A Little Bit Now (London),
Martha
& The Vandellas – Jimmy Mack/Third Finger Left Hand (Tamla Motown),
Jimmy
McCracklin – Think/Steppin’ Up In Class (Liberty),
Gene
McDaniels – Chip Chip/Another Tear Falls (Liberty),
Chas
McDevitt & Nancy Whiskey – Freight Train/The Cotton Song (Oriole),
Clyde
McPhatter – Ta Ta/I Ain’t Givin’ Up Nothin’ (If I Can’t Get Something) (Mercury),
Mighty Sam
– Badmouthin’/Fannie Mae (Stateside),
Garnet
Mimms – I’ll Take Good Care Of You/Lookin’ For You (United Artists),
Miracles –
I Like It Like That/You’re So Fine And Sweet (Stateside),
Ricky
Nelson – It’s Late/Never Be Anyone Else But You (London),
Olympics –
Western Movies/Well (HMV),
Roy Orbison
– Runnin’ Scared/Love Hurts (London),
Johnny Otis
– Castin’ My Spell/Telephone Baby (Capitol),
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