Cat. No. VV 1543: JO ANN CAMPBELL ~ MISS REET PETITE. CHARLY RECORDS CR30248.

USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE. JO ANN CAMPBELL (BORN JULY 20, 1938) WAS ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF ROCK'N'ROLL / ROCKABILLY. JO ANN BEGAN ATTENDING MUSIC SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF FOUR AND WON MANY HONOURS AS A DRUM MAJORETTE AT FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOL. IN 1954, SHE TRAVELLED TO EUROPE AS A DANCER, THEN MOVED TO NEW YORK WHERE SHE JOINED THE JOHNNY CONRAD DANCERS AND MADE SEVERAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES ON SHOWS SUCH AS THE MILTON BERLE SHOW AND THE COLGATE COMEDY HOUR. IN 1956, JO ANN QUIT DANCING AND BECAME A SINGER AFTER A VISIT TO THE BROOKLYN PARAMOUNT THEATER TO SEE ONE OF ALAN FREED'S ROCK'N'ROLL EXTRAVAGANZAS. WITH THAT JO ANN CHANNELLED ALL HER ENERGIES INTO BECOMING A SINGER. JO ANN RECEIVED HER FIRST RECORDING CONTRACT WITH RKO-POINT RECORDS IN NEW YORK AND RELEASED HER DEBUT SINGLE "WHERE EVER YOU GO" / "I'M COMING HOME LATE TONIGHT" IN 1956. IT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, SHE SIGNED WITH ELDORADO RECORDS AFTER PERFORMING AT HARLEM'S APOLLO THEATER. JO ANN WROTE AND RELEASED HER SECOND SINGLE "COME ON BABY" IN 1957, HOWEVER, IT WAS HER NEXT RELEASE ON THE LABEL "I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE" WHICH STARTED TO OPEN DOORS FOR HER. JO AN WAS SNAPPED UP BY NEW YORK'S GONE RECORDS. IN HER THREE YEAR SPELL WITH GONE RECORDS JO ANN RELEASED SEVEN SINGLES AND AN ALBUM. JO ANN SHE RELEASED SEVERAL RAUNCHY ROCKERS COMMENCING WITH "WAIT A MINUTE" WHICH GAVE HER A REGIONAL HIT. HOWEVER, NATIONAL SUCCESS STILL ELUDED HER ON GONE DESPITE REGULAR SPOTS ON DICK CLARK'S AMERICAN BANDSTAND SHOW. IN 1960, JO ANN CHANGED LABELS JOINING ABC PARAMOUNT AND AT LAST SOME DEGREE OF NATIONAL SUCCESS CAME HER WAY RELEASING SOME OF HER ROCKINEST TRACKS. THIS IS THE BASIS FOR THIS RELEASE ON CHARLY RECORDS. JO ANN APPEARED IN TWO FILMS: GO, JOHNNY, GO (1959) AND HEY, LET'S TWIST (1962) WHILE CONTINUING TO RELEASE RECORDS. IN JUNE 1961, JO ANN REACHED No. 41 IN THE UK SINGLES CHART WITH "MOTORCYCLE MICHAEL". HER BIGGEST HIT CAME IN AUGUST 1962 WITH "I'M THE GIRL FROM WOLVERTON MOUNTAIN". THE SONG REACHED NO. 38 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART. JO ANN MARRIED ATLANTIC RECORDS PRODUCER, TROY SEALS IN 1964 AND LEFT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND THE RECORD IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT. TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Crazy Daisy / Motorcycle Michael / I Changed My Mind Jack / Mr Lee / Dance With Me Henry / Willie And The Hand Jive / Duane / Mama Don't Want No Twistin'. Side 2 - A Kookie Little Paradise / I Wish It Would Rain All Summer / You Made Me Love You / Eddie My Love / Bobby Bobby Bobby / Amateur Night / Goodbye Jimmy Goodbye / Puka Pula Pants. 12" VINYL RECORD