#rhondelle

[cinderwrought]

“the conceited blade of the emperor… how disappointing.”

[randomvarious]

Today's compilation:

Baby Boomer Classics: Groovin' Sixties 1987 Pop-Rock / R&B / Soul / Blue-Eyed Soul / Doo Wop

Well, this one was kinda fun and unexpected. Here we have Groovin' Sixties, a comp with a title so vague that you couldn't possibly glean a coherent theme from its name besides the decade that it deals in. Every other title that I've gone through in this Baby Boomer Classics series thus far has been pretty self-explanatory with regards to the type of music that's on each one (British Sixties, Electric Sixties, Folk Sixties, Dance Sixties, etc., etc.), but this release appears to be different.

And that's because the thing that actually links all of these songs together is not really their sound at all, but the labels that released them: Heritage and Colossus, a pair of short-lived labels that existed from the late 60s through early 70s that were both run by a guy named Jerry Ross, whose biggest claim to fame is probably making the song "Venus," by Dutch group Shocking Blue, a mega-hit after spending some time in Europe looking for songs to bring to a US market. And he managed to score a big ol' #1 for himself with that tune!

So while these Baby Boomer Classics albums have been doing a pretty ample job thus far of weaving big hits together with smaller ones, this release in particular has a very different focus; and it makes no indication of this focus anywhere on its front or back covers, but it's clearly to highlight some very good singles from Jerry Ross' two labels, regardless of where those songs may or may not have ended up charting. And while it's a departure from what this series typically offers, you all know that I'm relishing at this opportunity to hear some totally forgotten and unheard gems here 😎.

But before I get to a great tune that doesn't appear to have ever made the Billboard Hot 100 chart at all, let me talk about a blue-eyed soul group from the city of Portsmouth, Virginia called Bill Deal & the Rhondels. This group, who became a big fixture of the Carolina beach scene and circuit, managed to chart five times between 1969 and 1970, and three of those hits appear on this album. Two out of those three strike me especially, though, because both "May I" and "I've Been Hurt," which were Bill Deal & the Rhondels' first two singles to chart (at #39 and #35, respectively), seem to be deliberately complementing their blue-eyed soul with underlying Jamaican ska riddims, with an instrument constantly hitting the same note on every other beat. And both of these songs are made catchily remarkable—and also Carolina shaggable!—because of this neat quirk.

Now, I really don't think that many American bands were incorporating ska into their own sound all the way back in the late 60s—much less white bands—but maybe I've found where Bill Deal & the Rhondels actually managed to derive that Jamaican inspiration from in the first place. See, both "May I" and "I've Been Hurt" are actually covers, and while the original version of "May I," which was by Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs—whose classic, "Stay," is the shortest song to ever top the Billboard Hot 100—had no ska in it and no known covers before Bill Deal & the Rhondels made their own version, "I've Been Hurt" had a whole handful of covers before BD&R got around to releasing theirs. And one of them, by Jamaican legend Delroy Wilson, was a reggae version that came out in '68.

To be clear, though, because the timelines here are so murky, I really have no idea if Wilson's rendition was even made before Bill Deal & the Rhondels started to implement ska, and I don't know if BD&R were even aware that the Wilson version ever existed in the first place either; but being that "May I," the first of these two BD&R singles with some ska in It, appears to have a recording date in July of 1968, and Wilson's version of "I've Been Hurt" was released on an unknown date that same year, it opens up a possibility that Bill Deal & the Rhondels hatched their ska idea for "May I" after hearing Delroy Wilson's reggae cover of "It Hurts."

What's funny though is that Bruce Eder at AllMusic tries to explain that "May I" had actually been performed by Bill Deal & the Rhondels for quite some time before they eventually made their debut with it; in fact, they'd actually dropped it from their set before someone shouted it out as a request, and they then decided, right on the spot, to put their own spin on the tune, which led to their popular ska-infused studio recording. But for some reason, in Eder's write-up, he doesn't refer to that performance as incorporating ska, but rather polka. And I'm sorry, folks, but that's not polka on that song! It's pretty clearly ska!

Anyhoo, I promised you all a gem that didn't chart on the Hot 100, and it's a great, uplifting soul tune by a group called The Festivals, whose "You're Gonna Make It" only managed to peak at #99 on the chart of Billboard's biggest competitor, Cashbox. And if you weren't from the New Jersey/Philly area when it first came out in 1970, you've probably never heard it at all!

So this album appears to have been an aberration in the Baby Boomer Classics series overall, but clearly it gave me plenty to write about today! And I should also note that even though the title is Groovin' Sixties, not everything on here is actually from that decade. This series seems to have a real problem with keeping track of release dates, but my nerdy, eagle-eyed ass is keeping on top of it all 🤓.

Highlights:

Shocking Blue - "Venus" Bill Deal & the Rhondels - "May I" George Baker Selection - "Little Green Bag" Bill Deal & the Rhondels - "I've Been Hurt" The Festivals - "You're Gonna Make It"

[diazjose1986]

I´Ve Been Hurt - Bill Deal & The Rhondels

[kintatsujo]

so I JUST got into CoRA and I have two major observations: 1) Rhondel is GREAT and now I kind of want to see him give Dinravi a shovel talk??? 2) you said this wasn't going to be heavily shipping focused and then oops Ghirahim deuteragonist XD

Aaaaa thank you and yes Rhondel has adopted Ghirahim already

Instant big brother just add Rhondel

Also yeah oops Ghirahim deuteragonist, lmao, I did NOT mean for that to happen

[demerarawaves]

Three juveniles charged with murder

Three juveniles were Wednesday charged with the murder of a teenaged boy at Patentia, West Bank Demerara, police said. The Guyana Police Force said the accused appeared at the Wales Magistrate Court before Magistrate Rhondel Weaver. They were remanded to the Juvenile Holding Center until 30th April, 2024. Seventeen year old Aaron Bess was stabbed with knife and lashed with a piece of…

[howardhawkshollywoodmusic]

82. What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am) by The Tams debuted Dec 63 and peaked at number nine, scoring 853 points.

The Tams formed in Atlanta and had seven chart entries 1962-66. This was their only top 40 hit.

Bill Deal and the Rhondels peaked at number 23 with their 1969 remake.

[woaharethosearrings]

lists of beads skittles project

rhinestone

bicones

rhondelles

round glass beads

bugle beads

seeds

[bigmacdaddio]

Bill Deal and the Rhondels I´ve been hurt American Bandstand 1969

[guessimdumb]

Bill Deal & the Rhondels - I've Gotta Be Me (1969)

Virginia beach music greats with some swinging upbeat soul

I want to live, not merely survive

[soulmusicsongs]

Soulful Strut - Bill Deal and The Rhondels (Vintage Rock, 1969)

[cinderwrought]

new ocs just dropped enemies to lovers (lesbians :3)

Kyra, a highly trained assassin, is contracted to kill the king. She is a fiend, a person who has made a contract with a demon.

Rhondelle is the king’s most trusted advisor and personal guard.

[kintatsujo]

Girl help I ran into a gap in my worldbuilding

[deadlynyghtshayde]

I have 3 texts for a Rhondell now? From 3 different numbers

[aquariumdrunkard]

The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PST, Channel 35)

Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35, can be heard every Wednesday at 7pm PST with encore broadcasts on-demand via the SIRIUS/XM app.

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[jennyloss21]

🤓 Big deals! Only at $0.20 Hurry. Ladies bohemian style earrings combine antiqued copper accents, tiny etched discs and soft mint green Czech glass rhondelles. Earrings hang about 1.5 inches from antiqued copper pewter posts. Handmade item Drop length: 1.5 Inches Closure: Push back Style: Boho & hippie