Our Era - Movies, Music, Radio and TV, 6th Edition

Our Era - Movies, Music, Radio & TV, 1950‟s and 1960‟s. 1962Courtesy Mickey Lunsford:Waggener‟s TempestsThe history of the Tempests by Mickey Lunsford:Al hear is a short history of the band. The reason I say it is short is because it is all I can remember after47 years. The Band Eddy Morris & the Tempest was formed for the Waggener Senior Vaudeville in1962 & the Senior picnics at Hogans fountain. I recall that we played the Lion Sleeps Tonight at theVaudeville. After that we started getting offers to play for frat parties and the word spread. We decidedto put the money from one of the band jobs toward cutting a record. So in the summer of 1963 we recorded" Someone Like You " on Lesley Records ( 2531 W Broadway in Louisville, KY ) This was theA side written by Louisville's own Charles Woodring. We had nothing for the flip side but thoughtabout a instrumental we had put together just fooling around Jerry Woods, Jim Shelburne and myselfadded all the hot licks of the time on this song and recorded it on the B side. Then a problem arose wehad no name for it so we had gone back to Jim Shelburne's home to think of something we needed aname by the next day. I was looking at the newspaper and saw a game show called "Going My Way " Isaid that fits everyone said great we voted and it passed. Several weeks after the release of the singlewe received a letter from ASCAP or BMI I'm not sure which stating that we had to change the due toBing Crosby being the movie Going My Way and having a record called Going My Way. We changedthe spelling from Going My Way to Goin My Way and that was OK. The record climbed the charts inLouisville all the way to # 2 on the WKLO Tundex on 9/22/1963 behind Bobby Vinton's " Blue Velvet" and # 6 on the WAKY Silver Dollar Survey on 10/4/1963. We had a pretty steady Gig at the WhisperingHills Country Club on Sunday Nights also played in Owensboro, KY and Lexington KY quiteoften plus Louisville dates. The two songs appear on UTUBE. The band stayed together for anotheryear or two before folding everyone went on to college and got married. Eddy Morris had a couple ofother records and Jerry Woods wrote the music for him. This was a very good run for a band put togetherfor a school benefit. Band members were Jerry Woods on lead guitar, Bob Hirsh guitar, JimShelburne bass guitar later Jim changed over to keyboard and is playing organ on the record Bill Crabbplayed Bass guitar from the Sultans, Bob Hirsh went who played guitar went off to school at Vandy inNashville, Tenn Mickey Lunsford went to school at Eastern Ky University then the University of Louisville,Tim Hughes played Sax from the Sultans, Eddy Morris lead vocal, Eddie Wardle vocal, AllenPurdy vocal, Stan Tucker vocal. Members on the recording session for Someone Like You were as followsEddy Morris lead vocal, Eddie Wardle vocal, Stan Tucker vocal, and Lenny Watley from the Sultanson vocal, Jim Shelburne keyboard, Jerry Woods Lead guitar, Bill Crabb Bass guitar from the Sultans,Tim Hughes Sax from the Sultans and Mickey Lunsford drums. The UTUBE link for Someonelike you is Someone like you Eddy Morris when it shows on the screen right below the record it saysthis is a video response to the tempest-Going My Way click on it to hear the record.Mickey Lunsford