Vigon's French R&B

"Vigon" immigrated to France from Morocco and adopted this stage name because in his younger days his little schoolmates teased him about his incorrect pronunciation of "vagon" (wagon). He made several rhythm & blues records including this particularly strong cover of Little Richard's Bama Lama Bama Loo. (Thanks to my friend Max for the tip !)

Here he is live in 1969 with his band Les Lemons, doing "The Spoiler".

[Footnote : This is remarkable since there was almost no soul/R&B "made in France." The exception that proves the rule is, of course, Nino Ferrer, born in Italy. Here he is rocking the Brussels train station.]

[Footnote : Original version of The Spoiler (I think) by Eddie Purrel.]

US version  Ed.

[Footnote : As a bonus, here's a Finnish band's version of Bama Lama.]

But was Little Richard annoyed by these copy-cats ? We have the official response. After performing the song himself, Richard unambiguously sets the record straight. In a hilarious, pre-rehearsed interview with Dick Clark, he states that he is "very grateful to know that my material is the type of material that the entertainers today would like to use."

The Fringe Factory 8pm tonite!

We've got wylde cover versions, unlikely songs, before they were famous, brand new Pow Wows, new King Khan & BBQ Show, plus fuzzy faves and wacky way-outs! Check us out on WFMU.org at 8 pm ET

Crayons to Perfume! Cover Girls! 7pm Tonite!

It's our second installment of Cover Girls! This time the girls cover the Shirelles, British and American pop, rock and soul, plus a little bit of psychedelia! Tune into WFMU.org at 7 and look for the Ichiban stream. Join us in the chat room by clicking the comments and playlist link....and don't miss a show! Our archives have it all! and check out the interview on Cha Cha Charming!

Milk'n'Cookies Rock'n'Roll - No More Milk, No More Wine, Glass of Milk, Mighty Fine!

1. Cookie Man: Chips Ahoy!
2. Cookie & His Cupcakes: I’m Twisted
3. Els Xocs - Més Enllà
4. Nino Rota Drink More Milk
5. Jackie Lomax: Sour Milk
6. Ray Charles & The Cookies: Yes In Deed
7. Jerry Reed And The Hully Girlies - Spilled Milk
8. Red Foley: Milk Bucket Boogie
9. The Blisters: Cookie Rockin’ In Her Stockings
10. Big Jay McNeely: Mule Milk
11. Edd Byrnes: Kookie’s Mad Pad
12. Summer’s Children: Milk & Honey
13. The Cookies: Don’t Say Nothin’ Bad About My Baby
14. The Crickets: Milk & Gin
15. The Ventures: Cookies & Coke
16. The Liberty Party: Jim’s Milk Song
17. Marcie & The Cookies: Would If I Could
18. The Zipps The Struggle For Ice-Cold Milk Of Benzi The Bass-Player
19. Herman’s Hermits: No Milk Today
20. Cookie Roberts - Draggin' The Drive-Inn's
21. Kookie Cook: Revenge

Get an ice cold glass here!

The Fringe Factory's Got ACTION! Tonite at 8!

The Litter takes you to where the ACTION is tonight on the Fringe Factory at 8 on WFMU.org

Get Into the SWING of SPRING! on Crayons to Perfume! at 7

Tonight at 7pm on WFMU.org


The girls are putting on their best for Crayons to Perfume's spring fashion show featuring Barbara English and the Fashions! Hear Sugar Pie De Santo, Mamie Van Doren, Karen Young & The Knee Bones, Annette, Mary Ann and all the rest of the girls get dressed from head to toe!

Menu For Tomorrow's Fool's Paradise Program With Rex

Tune in tomorrow at 1 PM ET 

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Songs The Lord Taught Us

Miriam

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Untamed Youth

Deke Dickerson

Mummies

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Reigning Sound

The Fall

Jody

The live Zakary Thaks film

What if there were a half-hour film of a real 60s garage band performing ? Well, there is ! By some miracle, authentic 1966 Corpus Christi heroes the Zakary Thaks were filmed by a friend of their manager, who thought it would be a good promotional tool for the band. The film (click here) was never used and was lost for years. Now online, it's well worth watching all the way through.

Unfortunately, the guys seem self-conscious about the filming and they don't completely cut loose, and the same goes for their friends dancing in front of the stage during one take. Attempts at psychedelic lighting fail miserably. But who's complaining ?

Apparently it was a guy from Cicadelic Records who located the film and put it online. Thanks a lot, man ! He also did this insanely long but fascinating interview with the band, talking about everything that was happening around them in Texas at that time, including the film, their social life and the Jax beer commercial they recorded.

"...none of the Thaks finished high school except me. They all dropped out, because of hair codes and behavioral problems."

The film has some good songs, but does not include their garage hit, Bad Girl, which you already know from Pebbles Vol. 2.

"I want to say [Bad Girl] was like the one true picture of what the Zakary Thaks were as a group. That literally was written by all five of us in one afternoon."

The Fringe Factory Haunts You! at 8pm!

There's plenty of fuzz as the Haunted take the lead in our show for this evening at 8pm garage & psych, old & new!
WFMU.org Ichiban Stream! We're still raising funds for WFMU so GARAGE MANIACS!!

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Thank-you!

Crayons To Perfume! at 7... don't miss it!

Tonites show features a foot movin' lineup of girls! Don't miss it!! WFMU.org at 7, ICHIBAN!!

I'll be giving away the three CD set of Girl Group Sounds and Bonnie & The Treasure's Home of the Brave 45!

Pledge here: do it for the GIRLS!

Merci!

Debbie's Back!!

Wailin' with the Fringe Factory!! tonight at 8pm!

We are WAILIN' tonight on the FRINGE FACTORY at 8pm here on WFMU's Rock'n'Soul Ichiban!

We're also raising some cash to keep ICHIBAN and WFMU on the air, so give us a pledge - and get some great WFMU swag which you can see here.. but wait! The Fringe Factory also has a heaping helping of PRIZES to award lucky pledgers!! We have Bananas magazines, a garage pinback collection, Goovie postcards, cd's and VINYL! Yes friends we're giving away vinyl: The latest LP from the Above, Le Chelsea Beat, The Future Primitives, Marshmallow Overcoat, Bipolaroid and the Cynics! So turn us on at 8, and don't be late!

Join us in the Ichiban chat room by going to WFMU and clicking on the slider that says "all streams" to reveal the Ichiban Stream and the Fringe Factory. There is text link for our playlist and comments - click that and land in the chat room with us...AND WIN!

GARAGE MANIACS!! CLICK HERE TO PLEDGE TO THE FRINGE FACTORY

and don't forget that 75 smackers gets you a copy of FRINGIN' FAVES #1 with an EXCLUSIVE CUT by the ROUTES of Japan and a special message from THE FLESHTONES as well as 28 other great garage cuts and a fantastic cover by our own Vikki Vaden!

Crayons to Perfume! 7pm Tonight!!

It's ANYTHING GOES on Crayons to Perfume! on WFMU.org's Rock'n'Soul Ichiban...I'm playing girl groups (of course), female fronted 60's soul, and international girls while I ask you to support WFMU and Crayons To Perfume!

I've also got GREAT GIFTS from my own personal collection to give to lucky pledgers!

Join me in the Ichiban chat room, at WFMU.org .. click the text "see all channels" just below the main image and open the slider to show Ichiban and Crayons to Perfume! I'll be there at 7pm, and by clicking the small link that says "playlist and comments" you'll end up in the chat room! I've got Ronettes pinbacks, cd's and even a copy of SHIRLEY MATTHEWS BIG TOWN BOY to give away!

CLICK HERE NOW TO MAKE YOUR PLEDGE!!!!!!!

for a pledge of $75 you can get Frozen Felines - 26 Canadian Kittens that will NEVER AGAIN be compiled! 1960--1969, coast to coast Canadian girls in a one of a kind collection!

Radio Alert!

Direct your ears to the next Fool's Paradise Program when Rex yacks it up with Gilbert Klein, author of Fat Chance.  Thrill to the story of KFAT on-air staff and how it all happened in the garlic capitol of the world!  Tune in to WFMU on Saturday 3/6 from 1-3PM EST!
Do it for Captain Biffco and the Raisin People!

Listen now!

Frozen Felines

It's time for WFMU's MARATHON and Crayons to Perfume! has created FROZEN FELINES - 26 Canadian Kittens! A cd collection filled with obscure (or obscure tracks by) Canadian soul and psychedelic sisters, teeners, girl groups and Francophone felines! - a mix of English and French.... GIRL GROUP LOVERS won't want to miss this one, it will never again be reproduced! A truly rare collection you can only get from WFMU.org! Why not go ahead and /marathon credit your pledge to Crayons to Perfume!

Then download a few of our Soeurs Canadiene (those are Canadian sisters) who didn't get the chance to make it to Frozen Felines! My gift to you, for loving the GIRLS! Your pledge also means you have the chance to win FREE STUFF during our shows March 11th and March 18th at 7pm on the Ichiban Stream! We have ORIGINAL GIRL GROUP 45's as well as compilation CD's to give to lucky pledgers! THANK YOU for supporting WFMU's Rock'n'Soul Ichiban and for keeping Debbie D's vision of the perfect mix of 50's & 60's obscure music of all kinds alive, 24/7!!!


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1. Carole Robert & Les Improvistes: Le Fruit Defendu
2. Caroline: Le jeu du Telephone
3. Domenique Michel: Mirza
4. Karo - Un garçon en mini-jupe
5. Lynda Layne: Hang On To Me, Baby
6. Pat Hervey: Walkin' In Bonnie's Footsteps

Rest In Peace Brian Carman Of The Chantays

Obit

Droppin' the Easybeats with the Fringe Factory!

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wanna hear more shows? Check out the ARCHIVE!