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The Swingin’ Medallions’ one claim to fame, “Two times Shot (Of My Baby’s Like),” charted at number 17 on July 2, 1966, and produced them an institution within the South. It had been the band’s second launch for Smash Information; the very first, “I Wanna Become Your Man,” proceeded to …

Garage-fuzz combo the Apollos shaped in Falls Cathedral, VA, originally comprising guitarist siblings Dave and Don Harney, bassist Jim Cost and drummer Jan Sylvester. Drummer Wayne Groves shortly changed Sylvester, and by adding vocalist Tommy Vorhauer, the group started entering regional battle-of-the-bands contests–for acquiring top honors in a single such …

A Minneapolis rock and roll & roll music group, they evolved from Jim Thaxter & the Travelers, saving a unitary under that name (“Sally Jo”/”Cyclone”). The group comprises Tony Andreason (lead electric guitar), Dan Winslow (electric guitar/ vocals), Bob Reed (bass), and Steve Wahrer (drums/vocals). Unfairly depicted being a novelty …