This week we have a nice lot of vintage sheet music booklets up for auction. Being a record store we're no experts on sheet music. But these were too nice to pass up. Here's a vintage 6 page Belgium Original 1965 print of The Newbeats song The Birds Are For The Bees Music & words by: Jay Turnbow, Larry Parks, Bob Finnicum Dutch lyrics by Jan Remo & Van Aleda (The lyrics are both in English and Dutch) Conditon: the booklet is in a great condition for it 's age. aging and very light wear. info: The Newbeats were an American popular music vocal trio, led by Larry Henley, best known for their 1964 hit, "Bread and Butter", which was released on the Hickory Records label. Their mother taught brothers Dean and Mark Mathis the guitar as children, and they soon mastered other musical instruments — piano, bass guitar, and drums. They both played in the band at Bremen High School, Georgia, and decided on a career in the music industry upon leaving education. Dean joined Paul Howard's Western swing Band in 1956 as pianist, then joined Dale Hawkins' band, where his brother soon joined as a bass player. They stayed with the band for two years, recording "Tell Him No" as a duet for the Chess record label. They then started their own eight-piece band and played in their hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana. It was here that they met Larry Henley, who auditioned for the band. A parting of the ways ensued when Henley tried his luck as a solo artist, and the brothers worked as a duo, both recording independently for Wesley Rose. After about 18 months they jointly made a demo of a song titled "Bread and Butter", sent it to Hickory Records, and were asked to formally record the track. "Bread and Butter" was the group's first hit. Written by Larry Parks and Jay Turnbow, the record reached no. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It sold over one million copies in the U.S. Three more singles followed in 1964 and 1965. "Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" reached as high as no. 12 that fall, but it was the trio's penultimate chart entry, although they remained with Hickory Records until 1972. Brief stints at Buddah and Playboy followed before the group dissolved in 1974. Several of their singles were rediscovered by the Northern soul movement in the early 1970s. "Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" made no. 10 in the UK Singles Chart, (higher than its original U.S. position), while "Don't Turn Me Loose" and "Crying My Heart Out Over You" are popular tracks with the "soul crowd" Shipping costs: Worldwide shipping: $11.50 - for 1 to maybe 8 booklets (depending on the thickness) folk rock, country-rock, country, rock 7 roll, r&r, 60s pop |