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I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me explain something. The story I just wrote was drawn from several sources, and all of them seem quite reliable. Even so, there's a problem with the time-line, and it's a serious one. If June met George for the first time in 1956, how did she manage to have daughters who were 15, 14 and 12 in 1964, just eight years later? Did June actually meet George earlier? Was June married to someone else before she met George, which means these were not his children? June was born in 1929, which means that, if my facts are correct, she met George when she was 27. June must have given birth to her oldest daughter in 1949, when she was only 20 years old. There's something missing here, but I just don't know what it could be. Oh, and if anyone has a better photo of June or George to share, that would be lovely. For some reason, there weren't very many photos of them published anywhere!
ReplyDeleteHi! My name is April Motola, I'm George and Ricky's youngest daughter. You're assumption was right, my mom was previously married and had Becky, Joanna, and Sheila from her first husband. She went on to have five more children with George, me being the last one being born in 1970. And FYI, Buddy was the nickname of one of my dads brothers.
DeleteNice one. Too bad it was stuck on the B-side.
ReplyDeleteBTW, Ace UK as well as another UK CD reissue label had trouble getting images for their CD booklet (I think both had "My Boyfriend" by Becky & The Lollipops). Maybe someone will come up with more information in the future. (I wonder if anyone has asked the daughters for info.)
I'll see if I can contact one of the daughters!
DeleteI just remembered that there were a lot of "Hee Haw" tribute pages -- most long gone -- but there's one that mentions Rickie w The Nashville Edition, and there's a contact e-mail to the blogger (here):
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rissystreasures.com/heehaw/nedition.htm
And there's an official Hee Haw fans Facebook page that you can post a query (you'll never know what visuals the fans have collected until you ask):
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Official-Fan-Page-of-the-Classic-TV-Series-HEE-HAW/109689212396732
It would be good to also include a link to this post.
Any info on Coin Records 711 "I Understand (Just How You Feel)" b/w "You're Mine" by Rickie Page?
ReplyDeleteYes! That single was reissued for national distribution on Dot 16261. The Coin pressing has I Understand (Just How I Feel) backed with You're Mine. The Dot pressing changes the titles on both sides to I Understand (Just How You Feel) backed with Every Time (You're Mine), even though both are the same songs and recordings as the original Coin versions. The Teen Collectors Record Guide by Jeff Kreiter doesn't have these corrections, and also shows the label name as Con instead of Coin.
DeleteHello! I am Linda Gino from the G-Notes aka the Gino Sisters, who recorded "I Would" and "Johnny, Johnny, Johnny" in 1958 and 1959, both written and produced by George Motola and Ricki Page. I was delighted to find mention of these facts in your BLOG. It still amazes me when I discover one of our recordings on YouTube or read something about our musical career, when we were children, in a BLOG on the internet. I haven't tracked down all the sources for this information, but most of it is suprisingly accurate given the fact that we didn't directly provided it! I would like to correct what I believe is a mis-quote from one of your sources, an E-mail interview with Ricki Page that appears on Black Cat Rockabilly. You wrote "One of the many songs they wrote together was Johnny Johnny Johnny for the G Notes in 1958. All vocals on that song were done by June . . ." If you read question 6 again, I think you will see that Ricki was referring to Wee Willie and Love Like A Fool, not Johnny Johnny Johnny, when she said, ". . . I did all the vocals." Nancy and I began singing together when we were 5 & 7. Our sister Colleen joined the group before her 2nd birthday. We recorded Johnny Johnny Johnny - our 4th single - in 1958 and I was 12 years old. Our association with George Motola and Ricki Page lasted 3 or 4 years. They wrote and produced our 3rd, 4th, and 5th singles, and they hired us as background singers on various sessions in our early teens. I have fond memories of working with them and with Becky and Sheila. Ricki was an excellent role model and she inspired me to begin writing songs at an early age.
ReplyDeleteThank you SO very much for checking in, and for providing us with the updated background story! It's hard work digging out details about the music I grew up with, but it's so much fun to try. I'm happy to share it on the Internet so future generations can discover, enjoy, and understand the work that went into creating this great music.
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