Beatnik & Jive (& Beatploitation)
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"I belong to the...Beat Generation" -- Beatnik tributes and caricatures never quite go out of style. Spike Jones spoofed of hipsters repeatedly, and "Beat Generation" was a 1950s beatploitation flick starring Mamie Van Doren (who sings the title tune). A more reverent anthem by that title was covered notably in 1980 by San Diego's heroic Beat Farmers. Gassiest is "Kookie's Mad Pad," from the ginchiest of LPs, by Edd "Kookie" Byrnes, the outrageous hot-rodder of TV's "77 Sunset Strip." Another beat rodder was the perennially puzzling Nervous Norvus. And many later '60s acts were Beat-inspired, of course: the Fugs, Captain Beefheart, the Last Poets. "Beatnik" albums have less to do with the 1950s Beat poets (and their albums) than with early, "hipster," be-bop and scat-spouting jazz musicians of the late 1930s. Jazz is the "beatific" music of Kerouac, after all. While the Beats may not have appreciated every latterday caricature, undoubtedly they dug at least Babs Gonzales, Slim Gaillard, Al Collins, and the like. Credit Juliette Greco for the all-black costume and Dizzy Gillespie for the goatee and beret. But it was class cutups Babs and Slim who laid down the swinging vibe of the "house rent party." While not your garden-variety PBS-approved "jazzz," it was classic, unpretentious music (and jive rantings of original jazzbos). Oddly enough, the legacy of beatnik records remains stuck in a fairy-tale groove -- jive versions of the Brothers Grimm tales, that is. Steve Allen and disc jockey Al Collins (famous for The Purple Onion shows and later for work on the AMC television channel) revisited the theme at least three times in three different decades. A book version, Bop Fables (Simon & Schuster), also resulted. Beatnik characters abound in 1960s film and television, starting with Bob Denver as Maynard G. Krebs on the show "Dobie Gillis." As beatploitation became a minor B-movie idiom, such movies as Roger Corman's "Bucket of Blood" gave mild-mannered beatniks a less than beatific cast. John Waters' use of Pia Zadora in beret and black reduced pseudo-sophisticated stereotype to ultimate pop inanity. Buying: Manic modern jazz, the mad beat of the bongos, and hepcat jive all come together in Rafael "Googie" and Leon René's Romesville. Don Morrow's album also is as significant as it is sensational. For speech, Lord Buckley! |
Beatnik & Jive LPs
| Rating | |
| Lord Buckley: Hipsters, Flipsters and Finger Poppin' Daddies Knock Me Your Lobes 10"; RCA Victor LPM-3246; 1954 (reissued on 12" LP) | |
| 8 | Lord Buckley: Euphoria Vol. 1; Vaya VLP-101/2 (rec. 1951; partly or entirely reissued on The Best of Lord Buckley; Elektra/Crestview CRV-801, later Elektra EKS-74047) |
| 8 | Lord Buckley: Euphoria Vol. 2; Vaya VLP-107/8 (rec. 1951; partly reissued on The Best of Lord Buckley; Elektra/Crestview CRV-801, later Elektra EKS-74047) |
| Lord Buckley: The Parabolic Revelations of the Late Lord Buckley; Nonesuch/Pye PPL-208; 1963/1951 (UK; rec. Hollywood; "A Collection of Six Lessons by the 'Hip Messiah'") | |
| 8 | Lord Buckley: A Most Immaculately Hip Aristocrat; Straight STS-1054 (rec. 1956) |
| 8 | Lord Buckley: Way Out Humor; World-Pacific WP-1279; 1959 (live; mono-only; Lord Buckley in Concert; Liberty/World-Pacific WP-1815) |
| 7 | Lord Buckley: Blowing his Mind (and Yours, Too); Liberty/World-Pacific WP-1849; (rec. 1959-60, partly live; mono-only) |
| Lord Buckley: Buckley's Best; Liberty/World-Pacific WP-21879 | |
| 7 | Lord Buckley: Bad Rapping of the Marquis de Sade; Liberty/World-Pacific WPS-21889; (rec. 1960, live; mono-only/electonic stereo) |
| 7 | Del Close & John Brent: How to Speak Hip; Mercury SR-61245 (spoken; more of an overrated stoner-comedy LP than Beatnik) |
| Al "Jazzbo" Collins: East Coast Jazz Scene; Coral CRL-57035; 1956 | |
| 7 | Al "Jazzbo" Collins & the Bandidos: A Lovely Bunch of; Impulse AS-9150 (more/remakes of hip fairy tales) |
| 7 | Al Jazzbeaux Collins & Slim Gaillard: Steve Allen's Hip Fables; Doctor Jazz FW-38729; 1983 (still more hip fairy tales) |
| Slim Gaillard: [title unknown]; Clef LP-138 (singles compilation) | |
| Slim Gaillard: [Opera in Vout]; Clef LP-506 | |
| Slim Gaillard & his Musical Aggregations, Whenever He May Be; Norgran LP MG-N-13 (singles compilation) | |
| 8 | Slim Gaillard: Mish Mash 10"; Mercury MGC-126; (c)1951 (singles compilation) |
| 8 | [Chef] Slim Gaillard: Smorgasbord; Verve MG V-2013; 1956 (reissues MGC-126/singles compilation) |
| Slim Gaillard Trio; Dot; 1958 | |
| 8 | Slim Gaillard Rides Again!; Dot DLP-3190; 1958 (mainly overlaps previous Dot LP) |
| 8 | Slim Gaillard with Dizzie Gillespie & Orchestra; Halo 50273 (& Charlie Parker!; Slim's Jam--Slim Gaillard 1945-66; Alamac QSR-2441) |
| 8 | Slim Gaillard: Opera in Vout; Verve 2304-554; ?/1946-1952 (French reissue/singles compilation) |
| 7 | The Dot Sessions; MCA 1508; 1982 (adds previously unissued "Take the 'A' Train") |
| 7 | Slim Gaillard--Trio-Quartet-Orchestra 1945; Musidisc 30-JA-5196 (France) |
| 7 | Slim Gaillard with Bam Brown & Leo Watson: McVouty Slim & Bam; Hep 6 (1945-46 recordings; 1 Harry Gibson cut) |
| 7 | Slim Gaillard & Bam Brown: Son of McVouty; Hep 11; (1941-47 recordings; 1 Harry Gibson cut; Chico Hamilton's earliest recordings) |
| 7 | Slim Gaillard at Birdland; Hep 21; 1979/1951 (live; w/Slame Stewart, Billy Taylor, Terry Gibbs, Brew Moore) |
| 6 | Slim Gaillard: The Voutest!; Hep 28; 1982/1946 (live) |
| 6 | Slim Gaillard: Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere!; Hep 2020; 1983/1982 |
| Slim Gaillard: Slim & Slam--1938; Tax 8028 | |
| Slim Gaillard: Slim & Slam--1938-41; Caete 4 | |
| Slim Gaillard: Roots of Vouty; Putti Putti LP 1 (similar to Halo/Alamac) | |
| Slim Gaillard; Jazz Anthology 5196 | |
| 8 | Slim Gaillard: Cement Mixer, Putti, Putti; Folklyric 9038; 1984/1945-49 |
| 8 | Slim Gaillard: Laughing in Rhythm Vol. 1; Official 3050; 1989 (Denmark; singles compilation) |
| Slim Gaillard: Laughing in Rhythm Vol. 2; Official 3055; 1989 (Denmark; singles compilation) | |
| 2 | Harry "The Hipster" Gibson/unknown: Rockin' Rhythm featuring; Sutton SU-313 (3 cuts; budget-label exploitation) |
| 7 | Harry "The Hipster" Gibson: Boogie Woogie in Blue; Musicraft Vintage Series MVS-2003; 1984/1944-46 (4 cuts have Slim Gaillard; jacket has jive glossary!) |
| 4 | Harry "The Hipster" Gibson: Everybody's Crazy But Me; Progressive PRO-7042; 1986 |
| 8 | Babs Gonzales: Voila; Hope LP-0001; 1959 (Fresh Sound Records FSR-702, Barcelona; Esquire also given as alternate/original label) |
| 8 | Babs Gonzales: Sunday Afternoon at Small's Paradise; Audio Fidelity/Dauntless DM-4311; 1963 (live w/Johnny Griffin, Clark Terry, Horace Parlan..; Live at Small's Paradise; Chiaroscuro CR-2025) |
| 7 | Babs Gonzales: Tales of Manhattan--The Cool Philosophy of Babs Gonzales; Jaro International JAM-5000; 1964 (J. Arthur Rank's label) |
| 6 | Babs Gonzales Tells Tales on the Famous; Expubidence EX-001/EX-002 (comedy) |
| 6 | Babs Gonzales Tells Tales on the Famous No. 2--Guess Who?; Expubidence EX-003/EX-004 (comedy) |
| 7 | Babs Gonzales: The Be-Bop Story; Expubidence EXP-004; 1971 (1/2 reissues Dauntless DM-4311) |
| 7 | Babs Gonzales: Ghetto Street Poetry & Funk; Expubidence EXP-011; 1972 (comedy) |
| 7 | Babs Gonzales: Babs; Audio Fidelity/Chiaroscuro CR-2032; 1981 (reissue w/Johnny Griffin, Clark Terry, Horace Parlan, Melba Liston, Charlie Rouse..) |
| 7 | Jack Hammer: Rebellion--Songs & Poems of the Beat Generation; Warwick W-2014 |
| 8 | Jack Hammer: Brave New World; Polydor 582001; 1966 (U.K.) |
| 7 | Rod McKuen: Beatsville; HIFI SR-419 |
| 8 | Don Morrow: Grimm's Hip Fairy Tales as Dug by Don Morrow; Roulette R-25146 |
| 8 | Ken Nordine w/Fred Katz Group: Word Jazz; Dot Jazz Horizons DLP-3075; 1957 |
| 8 | Ken Nordine w/Fred Katz Group: Son of Word Jazz; Dot Jazz Horizons DLP-25096/DLP-3096; 1958 |
| 7 | Ken Nordine: Love Words; Dot DLP-25115 (spoken love-themed songs; w/Fred Katz, Johnny Frigo..) |
| 8 | Ken Nordine: Next Word Jazz; Dot DLP-25196; 1959 |
| 8 | Ken Nordine: Word Jazz Vol. 2; Dot DLP-25301; 1960 |
| 8 | Ken Nordine: Colors-A Sensuous Listening Experience; Philips PHS-600-224; 1967 |
| 8 | Ken Nordine: Robert Shure's "Twink"; Philips PHS-600-258; 1967 |
| 9 | Ken Nordine: How Are Things in Your Town?; Blue Thumb BTS-33; 1971 (compilation of the 4 Word Jazz LPs plus outtake "Pacing") |
| 7 | Ken Nordine: Stare with Your Ears; Snail SR-1001; 1979 |
| 8 | Kenneth Patchen; Cadence CLP-3004; 1958 (w/the Chamber Jazz Sextet; poetry over jazz) |
| Ken Nordine: Grandson of Word Jazz | |
| 8 | [Rafael "Googie" René] Googie Rene Presents Romesville; Class CSLP-5003; 1959 |
| 5 | Saroff & the Cool Ones: Like Beat...Man!; Kapp KS-3057; 1959 (authentic Beat reading w/misleading jacket & title) |
| 7 | [Sam Ulano]: Sam the Drummer Tells Famous Fairytales for Your Children; Lane 156 (drumming w/mad spoken fairy tales) |
| 8 | Various: Coffee House; Dorian 1001; 1959 (live folk/ukulele/spoken set--highly accurate reflection of the era; Frank Hall, Judy Henske, Paul Sykes, Marilyn Powell, Fred Thompson) |
Partly Beatnik/Jive LPs
| Rating | |
| 8 | Bilal Abdurahman: Echoes of Timbuktu & Beyond in Congo Square, U.S.A.--African American Musical Roots Revisited; Folkways FC-7755; 1979 (partly jazz/out w/scat & narration) |
| 6 | Jeanne Bargy/Bill Costa: Greenwich Village U.S.A. ST; 20th Fox MasterArts TCF-105-2S; 1960 (2-LP unexpurgated version; 1-LP expurgated version is FOX-4005) |
| 5 | Warren Barker: Barker is "In"; Warner Bros. WS-1331; 1959 (big-band music w/beatnik aspects, esp. jacket) |
| 7 | The John Barry Orchestra: Beat Girl ST; Columbia SX-1225; 1960 |
| 7 | The John Barry Seven & Orchestra: Best of; EMI; 1979 (Hit & Miss; Charly CM-110; 1982) |
| 7 | The Beat Farmers: Glad 'n Greasy EP; Demon Vex-5; 1986 ("[I Belong to] The Beat Generation") |
| 9 | Edd Byrnes: Kookie--Star of "77 Sunset Strip"; Warner Bros. WS-1309; 1959 |
| 7 | Tadd Dameron/Babs Gonzales/Dizzy Gillespie: Capitol Jazz Classics Vol. 13--Strictly Bebop; Capitol M-11059; 1972/1949-50 (5 Babs Gonzales songs) |
| 6 | Billy Daniels at the Stardust, Las Vegas; MGM E-3762 ("The Beat Generation") |
| 6 | Mamie Van Doren: The Girl Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll; Rhino RNLP-70819; 1986 ("The Beat Generation") |
| 5 | Bob Dorough & Bill Takas: Beginning to See the Light; Laissez-Faire 02; 1976 ("I'm Hip") |
| 7 | Ella Fitzgerald; MGM/Metro MS-500 ("Like Young") |
| 8 | Mr. Gasser & the Weirdos: Hot Rod Hootenanny; Capitol ST-2010 |
| 7 | Dizzy Gillespie: The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie; Verve MG-V_8328 ("Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac") |
| 8 | Rolf Harris: Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport & Sun Arise; Columbia/Epic BN-26053; 1963 (w/Johnnie Spence; "Living it Up") |
| 8 | Mel Henke: La Dolce Henke; Warner Bros. WS-1472; 1962 ("The Lively Ones") |
| 8 | Eddie Jefferson: Body & Soul; Prestige PRST-7619; 1968 ("Now's the Time") |
| 7 | Spike Jones & the Band that Plays for Fun: Omnibust; Liberty LST-7140 (spoofs 77 Sunset Strip, Johnny Staccato, Al Collins, others) |
| 5 | Spike Jones in Stereo; Warner Bros. WS-1332; 1959 ("Two Heads are Better Than One," also on Various: How to Get the Most Out of Your Stereo; Warner Bros. XS-1400; 1960) |
| 7 | Linda Lawson: Introducing Linda Lawson; Chancellor CHLS-5010 ("Like Young") |
| Woodrow "Woody" Leafer: [title unknown]; Folkways (has original "Drums in the Typewriter") | |
| -> | Kay Martin & her Body Guards (most LPs) -- see Thrushes/Torch (female vocal) |
| 8 | Bob McFadden & Dor: Songs Our Mummy Taught Us; Brunswick BL-54056 ("The Beat Generation" by Rod McKuen, a.k.a. "Dor") |
| 6 | Rod McKuen Takes a San Francisco Hippie Trip; Everest/Tradition 2063 ("Kranko's Hippie Party") |
| 8 | Rod McKuen/Julie Meredith/Tak Shindo: The Yellow Unicorn; Liberty/Imperial LP-12036/LP-9092 (esp. "Third Avenue") |
| 8 | Robert Mersey: Synchro Fox Golden Group; Sam Fox SF-2002 (crime/beatnik/rock; compilation; "Beatnik") |
| 7 | James Moody: Hey! It's James Moody; Cadet LPS-666; 1959 (Eddie Jefferson on "Summertime") |
| 7 | James Moody: Don't Look Away Now!; Prestige PRST-7625; 1969 (Eddie Jefferson on "Hey Herb! Where's Alpert?") |
| 8 | Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces: Searching for My Love; Chess/Checker LP-3000; 1966 (mod soul/funk/r&b/soul-rock/beatnik-jive; "The Hamburger Song") |
| 6 | Rudy Moore: Below the Belt; Dootoo DTL-808 (nightclub comedy; one bit is "The Beatnik & the Judge") |
| 4 | Mark Murphy: Bop for Kerouac; Muse MR-5253; 1981 (jazz tribute) |
| 4 | The NORAD Band Presents Mountain of Music; Century NCM-68-6 ("The Beatnik"--instrumental) |
| 7 | Pat Patrick: ABC's in Bubbaville; Kimbo Upbeat Basics KUB-0002; 1986/1981 (kid funk/beatnik/disco/truck/crime/exotica/DJ; 28 career choices) |
| 8 | Shorty Petterstein: The Wide Weird World of; World Pacific WPM-412; 1958 (mad Beat/psychological comedy; covers "Drums in the Typewriter"; blue label original, also black label WP-1274) |
| 8 | Michel Polnareff: French Rock-Blues; Kapp/Four Corners FCS-4240("Beatnik"--rock vocal) |
| 7 | Buryl Red & Grace Hawthorne: It's Cool in the Furnace; Word WST-8580; 1972 ("It's Cool in the Furnace"; part-spoken Christian kids musical w/lyric book; w/Harold Bradley, Charlie McCoy) |
| 7 | Huey Smith & his Clowns: For Dancing; Ace (Gema/Line LLP-5191-AS; 1982 -- "Doin' the Beatnik Twist" also titled "Beatnik Blues") |
| 6 | Irving Taylor: The Whimsical World of; Warner Bros. WS-1352; 1959 (compilation, "Zeekie, Zeekie, Lend Me Your Comb" spoofs Kookie) |
| 6 | Clay Tyson Digs the Beatniks; Winley (Up Front UPF-117; comedy) |
| 6 | Billy Vaughn: The Shifting Whispering Sands; Dot DLP-25442/3442 (Western; Ken Nordine narrates the 2-part title track) |
| 6 | Cecil Young Quartet: Concert of Cool Jazz by 10"; King 295-1 (instrumental only) |
| 8 | Cecil Young Quartet: A Concert of Cool Jazz; King 395-505 (live; abridged as Jazz on the Rocks; King/Audio Lab AL-1516) |
| 6 | Paul Winter: Esoterica for Everyman; Offbeat 4010 (jacket: A Winter's Tale--Songs to Make You Thimk--sic) |
| 7 | Wolfman Jack; RCA/Wooden Nickel WNS-1009; 1972/1971 (golden throat/funky rock/beatnik-jive) |
| 7 | Various: Black California; Arista/Savoy 2215; 1976/1945-52 (2-LP compilation; Slim Gaillard w/Bam Brown, Dodo Marmarosa, Zutty Singleton: "Laguna," "Boogin' at Berg's," "Dunkin' Bagel") |
| 7 | Various: Black California, Vol. 2; Arista/Savoy 2242; 1980/1946-54 (2-LP compilation; Slim Gaillard w/Bam Brown, Dodo Marmarosa, Oscar Bradley: "The Jam Man," "Slim's Riff," "I'm Confessin'," "Oxydol Highball") |
| 8 | Various: Las Vegas Grind Vol. 3; Strip 003 (compilation; exotic rock/rock/beatnik) |
| 7 | Various: Looney Tunes; K-Tel NU-9140; 1976 (compilation w/Nervous Norvus, Kookie) |
| 6 | Various: Merry Christmas from Sesame Street; Children's Television Workshop CTW-25516; 1975 (Northern Calloway's "The Night Before Christmas on Sesame Street") |
| 6 | Various: Pictures from the Gone World (Beat Jazz); Pesky Serpent PS-1001 (compilation) |
| 4 | Various: Sights & Sounds of Elbow Beach Surf Club; Bermuda BLP-4012 ("King Trott's Blues") |
| 7 | Various: Swing for a Crime; Jazzbo CR-SFC (compilation) |
| 6 | Various: A Swingin' Summer ST; Hanna-Barbera HST-9500; 1965 (Raquel Welch: "I'm Ready to Groove"; also Swingers/Donnie Brooks/Carol Connors/Righteous Bros./Rip Chords) |
| 8 | Various: Voodoo Artistry from Haiti; AMC 1203; 1968 ("Voodoo Scat 1& 2"; w/Ti RoRo, Ti Marcel, Lucienne Pierre..; prod. Herby Widmaier) |
| 7 | Various/Warner Bros. Stars: We Wish You a Merry Christmas; Warner Brothers WS-1337 (Edd Byrnes "Yulesville", Poncie Ponce, Connie Stevens, Robert Conrad, Roger Moore..) |
Beatnik/Hep/Jive 45s/EPs
| Rating | |
| 7 | Los Albinos EP; Palette 226.001-M ("Cha Cha Be-Bop") |
| 7 | Steve Allen: Cinderella/Goldilocks & the Three Bears; Decca/Brunswick 9-80228; 1953 ("Bebop's Fables" adapted, played, & told by Steve Allen) |
| 9 | Jim Backus w/Daws Butler: I Was a Teenage Reindeer/The Office Party; Dico D-101 |
| 7 | The John Barry Seven: Farrago/Bee's Knees; Parlophone R-4394; 1958 |
| 6 | The John Barry Orchestra: Beat for Beatniks/Big Fella; Columbia DB-4505; 1960 |
| 7 | The Beats: Beatnik Bounce Parts 1 & 2; Columbia (good rock/R&B instrumental but beatnik in name only) |
| 7 | William S. Burroughs & Gus Van Sant: Millions of Images/The Hipster Be-Bop Junkie; T.K./SOL 910; 1990/1985 (from "The Elvis of Letters" EP) |
| 9 | Edd Byrnes & Friend: Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)/You're the Top; Warner Bros. 5047 (A-side w/Connie Stevens; w/the Big Sound of Don Ralke; picture sleeve) |
| 9 | Edd Byrnes & Friend: Like I Love You/Mad Pad; Warner Bros. 5087 (w/the Big Sound of Don Ralke; picture sleeve) |
| 7 | Edd "Kookie" Byrnes, Star of "77 Sunset Strip" & the Mary Kaye Trio: Kookie's Love Song (While Dancing); Warner Bros. 5114; 1959 (picture sleeve; A-side w/Joanie Sommers; sing-along B-side minus Sommers so you can "Do a Duet with Kookie") |
| 8 | Edd "Kookie" Byrnes, Star of "77 Sunset Strip": Yulesville/Lonely Christmas; Warner Bros. 5121 (A-side w/Warren Barker; B-side w/Don Ralke; picture sleeve) |
| 8 | Al "Jazzbo" Collins: Little Red Riding Hood/Three Little Pigs; Decca/Brunswick 9-80266; 1953 (black label is original; 45 & 78 issued also as picture sleeve: "Steve Allen's Grimm Fairy Tales for Hip Kids"; Decca/Brunswick 9-86001; copyright Down Beat, Inc. & Steve Allen) |
| 8 | Al "Jazzbo" Collins: Max/Sam; Decca/Coral 9-61589 (satellite theme) |
| 8 | Al "Jazzbo" Collins: Space Man/Jazzbo's Theory; Decca/Coral 9-61693 (A-side w/Alan Freed, Steve Allen, & the Modernaires; B-side rec. at Max's Pawn Shop w/"talking instruments") |
| 8 | Al "Jazzbo" Collins: Jack & the Beanstalk/Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs; Capitol 2580 (w/Lou Stein, piano) |
| 8 | Al "Jazzbo" Collins: The Invention of the Airplane/The Discovery of America; Capitol 2624 (w/Lou Stein's "Entire" Orchestra; "Great Moments in History As Told by") |
| Al "Jazzbo" Collins: Little Red Riding Hood/The Pee Little Thrigs; Capitol 2773 (correct title) | |
| 8 | Scat Man Crothers: What's a Nice Kid Like You Doin' in a Place Like This?/Golly Zonk!--It's Scat Man; Hanna-Barbera HBR-476; 1966 (twist/dance & Batman spoof) |
| 8 | Scatman Crothers w/Lew Raymond Trio: Transfusion; Tops 4-R286-49 (EP w/3 others, incl. Bud Roman's Glendora) |
| 4 | James Dean/Bob Romeo: Dean's Lament/Jungle Rhythm; Romeo 45-100 (exploitation if not exactly Beat) |
| 8 | [The Voices & Instruments of] Rod Derret: Bongo Train/The Kiwi Train; (bongo/beatnik/New Zealand; B-side live/narrated) |
| 7 | Mamie Van Doren: The Beat Generation/I'm Grateful; Dot 45-15970 |
| 7 | Jimmy Van Eaton: Beat-Nik/Foggy; Rita 1004 |
| Slim Gaillard & his Musical Aggregations, Wherever He May Be; Norgran EP N-19 | |
| Slim Gaillard & his Musical Aggregations, Wherever He May Be; Norgran EP N-20 | |
| Slim Gaillard, Here He Is; Norgran EP N-55 | |
| Slim Gaillard, Here He Is; Norgran` EP N-56 | |
| Slim Gaillard: That Ain't Right/Santa Monica Jump; Majestic 9004 | |
| Slim Gaillard: Bartenders Just Like.../Boip Boip; MGM 10111 | |
| 7 | Gabe Garland & his Rocking Band: Cool Talk/Week-End Rock; Wynne W-14 (NYC; A-side features hip recitations of names of monsters) |
| 7 | Paul Gayten: Beatnik Beat/Scratch Back; Anna 1112 (dirty-sax R&B instrumental, beatnik in name only) |
| Babs Gonzales: Watch Theme/Be Bop Santa Claus; King 4836 | |
| 9 | Babs Gonzales: The Be-Bop Santa Claus/Manhattan Fable; Bruce 122 (or Essex 377) |
| Babs Gonzales: Be-Bop Santa Claus/Dem Resolution Liars; Bruce | |
| Babs Gonzales: Capitolizing/Professor Bop; Capitol | |
| Babs Gonzales: Dob-La-Blee; Blue Note | |
| Babs Gonzales: Everything is Cool/1280 Special; Apollo | |
| Babs Gonzales: Flyin Home/For Dancers Only; Crazy | |
| Babs Gonzales: Get Out Dat Bed; Savoy | |
| 9 | Babs Gonzales: House Rent Party/She's Just Right for Me; King 4885 |
| Babs Gonzales: Lonely One/We Ain't Got Integration; Prestige | |
| Babs Gonzales: The James Moody Story/Still Whalin'; Mercury | |
| Babs Gonzales: A Lesson in Bop-ol-o-gy/Honeysuckle Rose; Manor | |
| 7 | Babs Gonzales: Old McDonald Did the Twist/At the Two for One; Tina 0003 |
| Babs Gonzales: Oop-Pop-A-Da/Lop Pow; Blue Note | |
| Babs Gonzales: Pay Dem Dues/Weird Lullaby; Blue Note | |
| 9 | Babs Gonzales: The Preacher/Lullaby of the Doomed; Hope 1002 ("An Excerpt from the "Voila" album") |
| Babs Gonzales: Prelude to a Nightmare/St. Louis Blues; Capitol | |
| Babs Gonzales: The Trouble with Me, is Me/That's What I Thought You Said; Jubilee | |
| Babs Gonzales: You Can't Keep Runnin' Around/Stomping at the Savoy; Blue Note | |
| Babs Gonzales: Voila/No-Fools-Fun; Vogue | |
| 7 | Babs Gonzales & his International Jazz Men: Sugar Ray/Cool Whalin'; Barclay (Babs 6402/6403) |
| 9 | Babs Gonzales & Eddie Jefferson: Rockin' & Rollin' the Blues/Hair Dressen Women (Put Your Business in the Street); Crazy 1002 |
| 9 | Babs Gonzales w/Jimmy Smith Trio: You Need Connections/'Round About Midnight; Blue Note 1638 |
| 8 | Babs Gonzales/Little "Babs" Forest: Git to Dat/2 x 7 + 1 an' 1 More; A-J 906 |
| 9 | Tony Rodelle Larson: Bear Rug/? |
| 8 | Lee & Paul" The Chick/Valentina, My Valentina Columbia 4-41337 ("The Chick" only) |
| 9 | Jerry Madison & the Space Men: Von Dutch the Mad Martian Pinstriper/Theme from (instrumental); Tops S-307 ("autograph personality series") |
| 9 | Bob McFadden & D'Or: The Mummy/The Beat Generation; Brunswick 9-55140 (on the LP but worth noting) |
| 8 | Rudy Ray Moore Presents Gregory Tutt--Jody the Grinder; Kent KST-007 ("Honky Tonk Bud"; Comedians Inc. COM-S-1110) |
| 8 | Ken Nordine & the Fred Katz Group: I Used to Think My Right Hand Was Uglier Than My Left Hand/My Baby; Dot 16000 |
| 8 | Nervous Norvus: Transfusion/Dig; Dot; 1956 (a.k.a. "Singing" Jimmy Drake; A-side also on Various: Looney Tunes; K-Tel NU-9140; 1976) |
| 8 | Nervous Norvus: Ape Call/The Wild Dogs of Kentucky; Dot (w/ape calls by Red Blanchard; A-side also on Various: Looney Tunes; K-Tel NU-9140; 1976) |
| 9 | Nervous Norvus: The Fang/Bullfrog Hop; Dot 15500 |
| 8 | Nervous Norvus: Transfusion EP; Ace/Big Beat NED-12; 1985 (12" EP w/all 6 Dot cuts, liner notes) |
| 7 | Rune Overman w/Arne Bills Orchestra: Smorgasbord/Beatnik Walk; Stacy 970; 1963 (instrumental, beatnik in name only; Kim Fowley Music lic. Sweden) |
| 8 | Patsy Raye & the Beatniks: Beatnik's Wish/?; Roulette R-4208 (Xmas) |
| 8 | Googie René: Caesar's Pad/Serenade in the Night; Class 262; 1959 (abridged versions of cuts on Romesville; Class CSLP-5003) |
| 6 | Hal Schaefer Trio: Just Too Much EP; RCA Victor EPA-628; 1955 (jazz--progressive piano; significant only for beatnik jacket art) |
| 7 | Huey Smith & his Clowns: Beatnik Blues/For Cryin' Out Loud; Ace ("Beatnik Blues" only, same as "Doin' the Beatnik Twist" above) |
| 7 | Clay Tyson: The Beatniks/The Marching Bedbugs; Winley 246 (A-side only; comedy) |
| 5 | Sam Ulano: Drum's Fairy Tales (The Three Bears)/Will Lorin: Poughkeepise Pizzicato; A-Bell 889/841-AA (A side only) |
| 8 | Untouchables: Benny the Beatnik/Crawlin'; Rello RST-2 (vocal novelty like Coasters/R&B) |
| 8 | Joey Warren: Goatee/That's It; Superior 3305 |
| 8 | Cecil Young Progressive Quartet, Vol. 1 EP; King KEP-276 (jive/scat; same as King 395-505 except w/beatnik jacket art) |
| 8 | Cecil Young Progressive Quartet, Vol. 2 EP; King KEP-277 (jive/scat; same as King 395-505 except w/beatnik jacket art) |
Beatnik 78s
| Rating | |
| 8 | Al "Jazzbo" Collins: Little Red Riding Hood/Three Little Pigs; Decca/Brunswick 80226; 1953 (black label; w/Lou Stein, piano; copyright Down Beat, Inc. & Steve Allen; also as Brunswick 86001, maroon "Brunlite" label w/picture sleeve: "Steve Allen's Grimm Fairy Tales for Hip Kids") |
| 8 | Slim Gaillard Trio w/Wini Beatty: Early Morning Boogie/That Ain't Right, Baby; Bel-Tone 754 (reissued on LP) |
| 9 | Slim Gaillard Sextet: Organ-Oreenie/Slim Gaillard & his Trio: Little Red Riding Woods; MGM 10599 (reissued on LP) |
| Slim Gaillard & his Trio: Boip! Boip!/The Bartender's Just Like a Mother; MGM 10111 | |
| 8 | Slim Gaillard & Bam Brown: Opera in Vout (Groove Juice Symphony); Disc Company of America 463 (2-disc album prod. Norman Granz; reissued on LP) |
| 9 | Slim [Gaillard] & Slam [Stewart]: Flat Fleet Floogee/Chinatown, My Chinatown; Vocalion 4021 |
| 8 | Slim [Gaillard] & Slam [Stewart]: Tutti Frutti/Look-a-There; Vocalion 4225 |
Beatnik Films
| Rating | |
| Beat Generation; 1959 (dir. Charles Haas; w/Mamie Van Doren) | |
| 6 | The Beatniks; Barjul International Pictures; 1959; B&W; 73 mins. (dir. Paul Frees) |
| 6 | The Bloody Brood; 1959; B&W; 80 mins. (dir. Julian Hoffman; w/Peter Falk) |
| 6 | A Bucket of Blood; AIP; 1959; B&W; 66 mins. (dir. Roger Corman; music by Fred Katz w/Paul Horn) |
| For Those Who Think Young | |
| The Greenwich Village Story; 1960 | |
| High School Confidential; 1958 | |
| 7 | Hootenanny A Go-Go (formerly Once Upon a Coffee House); Berney Productions; 1965/1964; color; 79 mins. (dir. Shepard Traube; w/The Goldebriars, The Free Wheelers, Oscar Brand, & Jim+Jake+Joan Rivers) |
| Pull My Daisy; 1959 | |
| 6 | The Rebel Set; 1959; B&W; 72 mins. (dir. Gene Fowler, Jr.) |
| Shadows; 1959; dir. John Cassavetes | |
| The Subterraneans; MGM; 1960 |
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