Artist: pete wingfield

Song of the Day: "Eighteen with a Bullet"

Jun 1, 2010, 10:00pm zerode

A break from maudlin self-pity and a return to the pure pleasure that pop at its phinest can provide... Pete Wingfield, "Eighteen with a Bullet" - from Art Laboe's Memories Of El Monte: The Roots Of L.A.'s Rock And Roll How cool is that? What a great song. Also kind of weird and all over the map. There's that doo wop intro, straight outta the 50s, and then it shifts register and there are [...]

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Artist:	Pete Wingfield
Title:	Eighteen With a Bullet
Link Text:	Pete Wingfield, Eighteen with a Bullet
File Name:	Pete Wingfield - Eighteen With a Bullet.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Scratchy 45s

Feb 24, 2009, 1:54am Boogie Woogie Flu

by Pete Wingfield I wrote and recorded "Scratchy 45s" in 1976, as a tribute to the New Orleans R&B that I loved then, and still do. The idea was to cram in as many crafty musical and lyrical allusions as possible, while still ending up with a proper original song! I'm sure fellow BWF-ers, being true cognoscenti, will have no trouble spotting them all. Yeah, I know the tempo is a bit too fast and the groove is hardly authentic, but hey, give me a break - it was 33 years ago, I was still kinda green behind [...]

• Allen Toussaint - Hands Christianderson
• Art Neville - All These Things
• Barbara George - I Know
• Ernie K-Doe - Mother-In-Law
• Fats Domino - Before I Grow Too Old
• Huey Piano Smith and the Clowns - Tu-Ber-Cu-Lucas And The Sinus Blues
• Jessie Hill - Ooh Poo Pah Doo pt 1
• Jessie Hill - Ooh Poo Pah Doo pt 2
• Lee Dorsey - Ya Ya
• Pete Wingfield - Scratchy 45s
• Professor Longhair - Cuttin' Out
• Robert Parker - Everybody's Hip-Huggin'
• The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py
• The Showmen - It Will Stand
• Willie Tee - Thank You John

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Artist:	Allen Toussaint
Title:	Hands Christianderson
Link Text:	"Hands Christianderson"
File Name:	37-Hands-Christianderson.mp3
Year:	1968

Artist:	Art Neville
Title:	All These Things
Link Text:	"All These Things"
File Name:	36-All-These-Things.mp3
Year:	1962

Artist:	Barbara George
Title:	I Know
Link Text:	"I Know"
File Name:	34-I-Know.mp3
Year:	1961

Artist:	Ernie K-Doe
Title:	Mother-In-Law
Link Text:	"Mother-In-Law"
File Name:	33-Mother-In-Law.mp3
Year:	1961

Artist:	Fats Domino
Title:	Before I Grow Too Old
Link Text:	"Before I Grow Too Old"
File Name:	32-Before-I-Grow Too-Old.mp3
Year:	1960

Artist:	Huey Piano Smith and the Clowns
Title:	Tu-Ber-Cu-Lucas And The Sinus Blues
Link Text:	"Tu-Ber-Cu-Lucas And The Sinus Blues"
File Name:	26-Tu-Ber-Cu-Lucas.mp3
Year:	1959

Artist:	Jessie Hill
Title:	Ooh Poo Pah Doo pt 1
Link Text:	"Ooh Poo Pah Doo pt 1"
File Name:	28-Ooh-Poo-Pah-Doo-pt-1.mp3
Year:	1960

Artist:	Jessie Hill
Title:	Ooh Poo Pah Doo pt 2
Link Text:	"Ooh Poo Pah Doo pt 2"
File Name:	29-Ooh-Poo-Pah-Doo pt-2.mp3
Year:	1960

Artist:	Lee Dorsey
Title:	Ya Ya
Link Text:	"Ya Ya"
File Name:	38-Ya-Ya.mp3
Year:	1961

Artist:	Pete Wingfield
Title:	Scratchy 45s
Link Text:	"Scratchy 45s"
File Name:	25-Scratchy-45s.mp3
Year:	1976

Artist:	Professor Longhair
Title:	Cuttin' Out
Link Text:	"Cuttin' Out"
File Name:	27-Cuttin-Out.mp3
Year:	1958

Artist:	Robert Parker
Title:	Everybody's Hip-Huggin'
Link Text:	"Everybody's Hip-Huggin'"
File Name:	30-Hip-Huggin.mp3
Year:	1967

Artist:	The Meters
Title:	Look-Ka Py Py
Link Text:	"Look-Ka Py Py"
File Name:	39-Look-Ka.mp3
Year:	1970

Artist:	The Showmen
Title:	It Will Stand
Link Text:	"It Will Stand"
File Name:	31-It-Will-Stand.mp3
Year:	1961

Artist:	Willie Tee
Title:	Thank You John
Link Text:	"Thank You John"
File Name:	35-Thank-You-John.mp3
Year:	1966

Rock Almanac: November 22, 2008

Nov 22, 2008, 3:00am Spinner.com

Filed under: Rock Almanac Spinner.com : On This Date in 1975: 'Eighteen With a Bullet,' by Pete Wingfield, reaches the No. 18 position on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart -- with a bullet. The Almanac Advises for November 22: "Many pundits in the music business claim to be able to... Read more

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