Or, to use a Beatles analogy, “Wildsville” is the “Hello Goodbye” to “You’re So Nice to Be Near”‘s “I Am the Walrus.” I would love to know if the radio DJs were flipping the record over and playing the “B-side” - perhaps at least a few of them were, given the record’s performance in the marketplace.īut wait! A piece from the Wyandotte News Herald directly contradicts 45Cat’s assertion that “Wildsville” was the single’s B-side: “‘Wildsville,’ a clever novelty, is the main side of their record, which is really going places.” The reporter adds that the song was written “along with Bob Cordell, their road manager, on the way back from a club date in the East.” This same article also points out – something I learned only yesterday – that “after they won a talent contest at school that they got a contract making singing commercials.” From there, things took off quickly: More intriguing than the record hitting the national charts is the fact that “You’re So Nice to Be Near,” a dreamy ballad, was designated the A-side while “Wildsville” – an infectiously upbeat number with a clever geographically-themed lyric – strikes me as the obvious song to lead with. original compositions on both sides – in the great Beatle tradition Images of the vinyl record itself reveal this single to have been released both as a 45 and 78. Further probing would also reveal Cash Box, in its Octoedition, to have selected this single as one of their “Best Bets” deemed “most likely to achieve popularity,” with “Wildsville” lauded as a “cute little zany novelty” number, “pertly styled” and with “a catchy bounce beat and lyrics.” Peggy Reinagle Gail Menefee Wyandotte’s Own Joyland Record Shop Peggy & Gail sing for you However, the fact that this 45 hit the Billboard Top 100 – reaching the #91 spot during the week of Novem– somehow eluded the attention of our family’s East Coast contingent until recently rediscovered by my brother, thanks to information provided by the 45Cat website. Menefee, as it turns out, is my aunt, and the fact that my dad’s brother’s wife was once in a “singing group” – before marriage and family changed the course of history – has always added a bit of luster to our family lore.
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