Cat. No. VV 1184: TINY TOPSY ~ AW! SHUCKS BABY. SING 1161.

USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

TINY TOPSY (OTHA LEE MOORE), IT WAS NOTED BY MUSIC JOURNALIST MARK LAMARR "AS IN THE SAME SPIRIT YOU'D CALL A BALD MAN CURLY. TINY TOPSY DEFINITELY HAD THE LUNGPOWER TO MATCH HER NAME". TINY WAS FIVE FEET TALL AND WEIGHED 250 POUNDS. ALTHOUGH NONE OF HER SEVEN SINGLE RELEASES MADE THE NATIONAL CHARTS, HER EARLY VERSION OF "JUST A LITTLE BIT" PRECEDED BIGGER SUCCESS FOR THE SONG.

TINY BEGAN HER SINGING CAREER IN THE MID-1940s FRONTING AL SMITH'S EIGHT-PIECE JAZZ AND RHYTHM AND BLUES BAND IN HER HOME TOWN. HER FIRST RECORDING SESSION WAS FOR THE FEDERAL LABEL ON JULY 9, 1957 IN CINCINNATI AND RESULTED IN "AW! SHUCKS BABY". ANOTHER TRACK RECORDED WAS "MISS YOU SO" WITH THE RESULTANT SINGLE RELEASE BILLED AS TINY TOPSY AND THE FIVE CHANCES. THE B-SIDE, "MISS YOU SO", WAS A COVER VERSION OF AN EARLIER HIT FOR LILLIAN OFFITT. THE THIRD TRACK CUT AT THE SESSION "A WOMAN'S INTUITION" WAS NOT RELEASED UNTIL 1988. 

HER NEXT SINGLE WAS "COME ON, COME ON, COME ON" B/W "RING AROUND MY FINGER" ON WHICH SHE WAS BACKED BY THE CHARMS. HER THIRD SINGLE ON FEDERAL WAS ANOTHER ROCK-LADEN TRACK, "YOU SHOCKED ME", WHEN SHE WAS BACKED ONCE AGAIN BY THE CHARMS WHO THIS TIME RECEIVED CREDIT ON THE RESULTING LABEL. TINY'S FOURTH FEDERAL SINGLE, "WESTERN ROCK'N'ROLL" INCORPORATED SMALL SEQUENCES OF THE THEN-CURRENT HITS "LOLLIPOP", "AT THE HOP", "GET A JOB" AND "SHORT SHORTS". IT OPENED WITH GUNSHOTS HAVING BEEN RECORDED THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE OLYMPICS HIT, "WESTERN MOVIES".

THIS ALBUM ON THE SING LABEL INCORPORATES TINY TOPSY'S TOTAL OUTPUT ON THE FEDERAL LABEL INCLUDING THE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED "A WOMAN'S INTUITION". THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY VERY, VERY MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR AND VERY MINOR SOILING ON THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE. ONCE AGAIN THE FEINT YELLOWING ON THE SLEEVE IS A RESULT OF THE SCANNING. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Aw! Shucks Baby / A Woman's Intuition / Miss You So / Come On, Come On, Come On / Ring Around My Finger / You Shocked Me.

Side 2 - Just A Little Bit / Everybody Needs Some Loving / Waterproof Eyes / Western Rock' Roll / Cha Cha Sue.

12" VINYL RECORD