Little Latin Lupe Lu
In The Past: Garage Rock Podcast
English - May 17, 2024 18:00 - 2 hours - 93.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsMusic Commentary Music Music History garage garage rock doo wop girl groups oldies 50s 60s music commentary music music analysis Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The very first Righteous Brothers release was "Little Latin Lupe Lu" in '62. It has a slight rockabilly/surf feel, with the great vocals we came to expect, plus the immortal love song line, "She's My Mash Potato Baby"! In 1964, our frat friends The Kingsmen trashed the song, a la "Louie Louie." It's clubfooted, stiffarmed, not soulful, and great. We follow that up with two versions by TWO Dimensions! The first one from Chicago, with some tetanus tambo, and the second a NC band who waxed the track in 65, and it's a hot-footin' verzh fer sher. We also feature a hearsecore rendition from 66 by The Morticians and Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels hit version, that you heard all about in "High Fidelity" - shake it shake it!!