R&B - MARGIE DAY & CURLY HAMNER - King And Queen - FELSTED SD 80061 - UK 1959 Cool R&B Vocal

Upload #613 ~ HQ from UK 45 pictured ~~ Probably the Most Obscure & Rare UK Late 1950s R&B 45. The meaningful credits are Margie Day & Frankie Tucker on Vocals with Curly Hamner & The Cooper Brothers who are the instrumental backing group strangely only getting the label credit & making this 45 look like it's a Jazz Instro 45. The orange Felsted 'Dance Rhythms' series was MOR type French Pop instrumentals, Mambos & Tangos with the odd Jazz record. So this had zero chance of anyone into R&B Vocals getting near it. Margie Day sang on a few early The Griffin Brothers R&B tracks on early 1950s USA Dot label.. "Twistin' And Turnin' is a R&B Dancer Vocal & "King And Queen" is a Way Cool Slinky R&B Vocal, not unlike Lavern Baker & Jimmy Ricks "You're The Boss". Even the French EP with both tracks on this UK 45 is rare. ~~ Hear the B side on our channel... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7SUga8F8as Blues Records says: Smoochin' and Tennessee Waltz recorded New York City, Feb. 1959. Margie Day vcl., Buster Cooper tb, Eric Dixon ts, Lloyd Mayers p, Steve Cooper b, Curley Hamner d. Twistin' And Turnin' and King And Queen recorded New York City, 3 April 1959. Same line-up except Frankie Tucker vcl and Carl Lynch added on guitar. The only release given by Blues Records is French Barclay LP 70244, suggesting these tracks were not released in the USA. ==plus== HE’S A KING; w & m Carmen Taylor & Art Truscott. © Raleigh Music Inc.; 18Feb59; EU563583. KING AND QUEEN; w & m Carmen Taylor & Art Truscott. © Raleigh Music Inc.; 27May59; EU578637

Added 27 Sept 2026