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Chanteur
Rock 'n' Roll US, Eddie Carroll a enregistré chez Ru Lu, Guyden, Santo, Pure Gold
et Fernwood Records.
Although
sometimes mistaken for the Eddie Carroll who played piano in British jazz bands
and another Eddie Carroll who appears on television situation comedies as well
as working the voice of Jiminy Cricket, the rockabilly cat Eddie Carroll was his
own man. He could have used the talents of these other guys named Eddie Carroll
to extend his own, but did quite well nonetheless on a series of independent
singles released between 1962 and 1964. Some of this material came out through
the auspices of Fernwood, a slightly demented rockabilly and early rock and roll
label run out of Memphis, Tennessee between 1957 and 1965 by Ronald "Slim"
Wallace.
Fernwood was important in the early careers of performers such as country and
western saxophonist Ace Cannon, and also
promoted some somewhat strange bands such as The Mice. Wallace picked up some
even tinier labels such as @Santo and Pure Gold for distribution, which is where
he got his hands on the Carroll material. "Wait Eternally" could have been
Carroll's description of his own state of mind as he awaited his very first
recording break in 1962, but the flip side "I'm Sorry" sounds more like the
producer's reaction at hearing this somewhat weak set of tracks. The following
year's "Arkansas Twist" was somewhat better, providing geographical references
for rockabilly scholars attempting to locate vintage performers. The flip side
of "I've Got It Made" was presumptous in terms of Carroll's career, however. He
waited more than a year again before the Fernwood honcho let him record the
"Golden Door Night Club", one of the classic "nightclub" songs in the rockabilly
genre. The song was matched with the maudlin "I've Never Met An Angel Before",
an admission that goes without saying amongst this crowd. Much of the Carroll
material is available on a Stompertime collection of Fernwood tracks aptly
entitled Fernwood Rock and Roll.
Talents : Singer
Style musical : Rock 'n' Roll
WO-WO-BABY
(19??)
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GONE FROM
ME (1961)
WAIT ETERNALLY (1962)
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Years in activity :
1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
19?? | SP RU LU 6098 (US) | Eddie CARROLL & The MONTCLAIRS - Where Are
You /
Wo-Wo-Baby
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1961 | SP GUYDEN 2046 (US) | Rules Of Love /
Gone From Me
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05/1962 | SP SANTO 504 (US) | I'm Sorry /
Wait Eternally
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03/1963 | SP PURE GOLD 304 (US) |
Arkansas Twist
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1964 | SP FERNWOOD 138 (US) | Golden Door Night Club / I've Never Met An Angel Before |
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