(433) SINGING ACTING SENSATION JOHNNY CRAWFORD : SANDY 1965 : HOLLYWOOD A GO GO

Besides the successful Shindig show, there was also the Hollywood A Go Go show. (The Go Go dance, I believe started at the Whisky - A Go Go which had girls in cages dancing.)

Johnny Crawford had a successful acting career, especially in Westerns. Then he was recorded at Delfi records by Bob Keane and in the mid sixties he has some hit singles and albums, a compilation is out on Delfi. He's most remembered for the acting role on a cowboy TV show that was popular called The Rifleman with actor Chuck Conners, one of the shows I watched. I've always loved the cowboys.

Linking to his full resume at a Rifleman - Conners site which has a bit about Delfi.

RITCH VALENS : ORIGINAL STUDIO SESSIONS RECORDING LA BAMBA

(293) HOLLYWOOD RECORDING STUDIO : DEL-FI LABEL BOB KEANE

Del-Fi was a small label owned by BOB KEANE, who passed away December 1, 2009.

He was the man who signed Ritchie Valens and if you've seen the bio-pic about Ritchie called La Bamba, you know that his records were recorded simply, without a lot of equipment. Yet, as you can hear on the Youtube video below, very simply, the no frills appoach showed just how good Ritchie was.



Bob went on to also produce the successful surf band, Dick Dale and the Del-Tones, who we blogged a bit about last summer when we were talking about the surf music sound, and even a young Frank Zappa.

We're linking to an article from LA Observed about Bob... He also wrote a memoir...