Trapeze Catalogue Home / Shop / Trapeze Catalogue / Olympics Arvee Singles Plus Olympics Arvee Singles Plus Olympics Arvee Singles Plus £12.00 Stock Status: In Stock Add to your Wish List Information Specifications The Coasters may wear the crown when it comes to mixing comedy with rock n roll, but they weren't the first group to include an element of social satire in their recordings. Another West Coast group takes that prize, The Olympics. Collected here are all their singles for the Arvee label plus all their LP only tracks. The Olympics didn't go on to reach the heights or legendary status that The Coasters did, but their recording career lasted over a decade during which time they released, re-recorded and released again a slew of records that are still sought out today by rock n roll and soul collectors. Mid way through 1959 the group hooked up with Richard Vaughan's Arvee label and debuted with Private Eye c/w (Baby) Hully Gully) but the record was a slow starter. The next release was Big Boy Pete c/w The Slop and although The Slop had been originally intended as the A side, Dee-jays preferred the groups remake of Don & Dewey's Big Boy Pete enabling it to have a three month chart life making a very credible # 10 on Billboards R & B charts. The groups next single fared better on Billboards pop chart but failed to make any headway in R & B circles. It also gave them an albeit fleeting, appearance on the UK charts. Shimmy Like Kate (Arvee 5006/Vogue Pop V 9174) was a re-working of a song from the 1920s and made # 42 in the U.S. and # 40 here. This CD contains two Olympics titles that have not appeared on CD before, Baby Its Hot and What'd I Say Pt 2 and unlike other reissues has been anthologized by single releases. Disc 1 Track Title Artist 1 (Baby) Hully Gully The Olympics 2 Private Eye The Olympics 3 Big Boy Pete The Olympics 4 The Slop The Olympics 5 I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate The Olympics 6 Workin' Hard The Olympics 7 Dance By The Light Of The Moon The Olympics 8 Dodge City The Olympics 9 Little Pedro The Olympics 10 Dooley The Olympics 11 Stay Where You Are The Olympics 12 Mash Them 'Taters The Olympics 13 The Stomp The Olympics 14 Everybody Likes To Cha Cha Cha The Olympics 15 The Twist The Olympics 16 Baby It's Hot The Olympics 17 The Scotch The Olympics 18 What'd I Say The Olympics 19 Boo Dee Green The Olympics 20 Stay Away From Joe The Olympics 21 Big Chief Little Puss The Olympics 22 I'll Never Fall In Love The Olympics 23 Hoochie Coochie Coo The Olympics 24 Pony Time The Olympics 25 Party Pooper The Olympics 26 Madison Time The Olympics 27 Save The Last Dance For Me The Olympics EAN: 824046405526 Discs: 1 Release: June 2011 Artist: Olympics Brand: Acrobat Product Code: ACMCD4055 Weight: 0.12kg
