BOB B SOXX AND THE BLUEJEANS ARE
BOBBY SHEEN, DARLENE LOVE AND FANITA JAMES. ORIGINALLY TO BE NAMED
BOBBY AND THE HOLIDAYS. THEIR FIRST SPECTOR PRODUCED EFFORT WAS A
REWORKING OF THE DISNEY CLASSIC "ZIP- A- DE -DOO- DAH" FROM THE MOVIE
"SONG OF THE SOUTH". WHILE RECORDING THE SONG, GUITARIST BILLY
STRANGE ACCIDENTILLY HAD HIS MIKE CUT OFF AND HIS OVERPOWERING LEAD
GUITAR WAS ONLY HEARD THROUGH OTHER STUDIO MIKES. THIS UNEXPECTED
ACCIDENTAL SOUND WAS DESCRIBED BY ROB FINNIS IN "THE PHIL SPECTOR
STORY" AS..."A MONSTEROUS - CLANKING SCI -FI RIFF LIGHT YEARS AHEAD
OF IT`S ERA". THE SINGLE WENT TO #8 IN LATE 1962. THE SUCCESS OF THIS
SOUND WAS IMITADED BY OTHER ARTISTS SUCH AS "SWINGING ON A STAR " BY
BIG DEE IRWIN AND LITTLE EVA AND "MOCKINGBIRD" BY INEZ AND CHARLIE
FOXX.
PHIL SPECTOR RELEASED TWO MORE
SINGLES WITH THE GROUP BEFORE HE LOST INTEREST. "NOT TOO YOUNG TO GET
MARRIED" AND "WHY DO LOVERS BREAK EACH OTHERS HEARTS". RIGHT ABOUT
THIS TIME, PHIL SPECTOR TRIED THE SAME SOUND WITH A MALE GROUP CALLED
THE ALLEY CATS AND THEIR SONG WAS CALLED "PUDDIN N` TAIN (ASK ME
AGAIN AND I`LL TELL YOU THE SAME)", REACHING # 43 ON THE CHARTS. PHIL
RELEASED ONE LP WITH BOB B SOXX AND THE BLUEJEANS BEFORE MOVING ON TO
CREATE HIS MOST CROWNING ACHIEVEMENTS.
