Friday, December 25, 2009

THE TAMMYS aka RITCHIE & THE RUNAROUNDS

The Tammys from Franklyn,Pittsburgh.were the sisters Margaret Gretchen and Chatherine Louise Owens with their friend Linda Lucille Jones.The girls back-up harmony in some Lou Christie recordings and recorded their songs for United Artists and Veep Records.

-Take Back Your Ring/Part Of Growing Up.1963-United Artists.
-Egyptian Shumba/What's So Sweet About Sweet Sixteen.1963-United Artists.
-Hold Back The Light Of Dawn/Gypsy.1965-Veep.
-Blue Sixteen/His Actions Speak Louder Than Words.1965-Veep.


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In the summer of 1963 Kripp Johnson of The Del Vikings,Lou Christie and The Tammys recorded under the name of Ritchie & The Runarounds the sides...




-Don'tcha Bractrack/Lost In the Crowd. Ascot Records.

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For complete information about The Tammys visit;http://keepkey.yochanan.net/tammys.htm

1 comment:

Eddie M said...

"Egyptian Shumba", penned by Lou Christie and Twyla Herbert, is one of the great girl group tunes of any age. Wonderful mix of pixie-doo wop and screaming punk that predates new wave by a generation. Shimmy shimmy shimmy shy-yi meece a deece ...