Not Me

Back in 1961 - In The Past's favourite rock'n'roll year after 1966 - Gary U.S. Bonds released an amazing track called "Not Me", which due to the squares, never hit the Top 40 like it should have (1:17).  We celebrate this American road trip of a song while we revel in its "in the red" levels and the Virginia rebels behind the "Norfolk Sound." Later on, The Orlons managed to make the song a hit in 1963 and we talk about Rosetta Hightower's low growls , Stephen Caldwell's froggy vowels, and add some crucial new Simon Cowells (i.e. critical terms) to the world of Rock and Roll  Studies (55:42) Finally, we end up in Mexico to check out Los Apson's re-written, re-titled refrito version, "Por Ti" (1:25:14).