Single File-Double Pack: The Bobbettes

Hot take: the first five Bobbettes records are perfect rock’n’roll records. As proof, we give two 45s by these Harlem Queens a spin and it’s a sure bet their heps! will put some pep in your step. First up is 1957's familiar hit, "Mr. Lee" (2:00) Formerly a diss track, this one has pure rock ‘n’ roll joy! Guitar stings!! Ebullient backing vocals!!! It's an all-time great, but don't overlook the B-side, "Look at the Stars" (58:45), which is a Caribbean-flavoured dance tune with a vivid vocal performance and picante percussion. Accidentally third (Weldon mixed his A's & B's), is "Zoomy", from a 1958 recording (1:17:42). The girls give you some great first date ideas, but you might get the hiccups and handclaps! A sax solo from King Curtis seals the song’s greatness. Finally, fourth is "Rock and Ree-ah-Zole" (1:47:33) -  a song that will confound squares with its hep talk and honkin’ heps (and another blast from King Curtis).  The Bobbettes mean business!!