Danny & Gwen - Submarine Race / Deep Dreams Jerry Naylor Vikki Carr Snuff Garrett Surfin' Hot Rod

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Danny & Gwen -
Submarine Race / Deep Dreams
(Liberty 55490 Promo) 1962
One off duet Jerry Naylor & Vikki Carr.
Short-lived pairing of singers Jerry Naylor and Vikki Carr
who in 1962 released the teen novelty single,
"Submarine Race", which was inspired by New York City
disc jockey Murray The K's popular cultural reference
to the dating pastime of "parking", where teenagers
would go to make out in cars.
The single failed to gain traction and
the vocal partnership was dissolved.
Written by Bernie Wayne-Marvin Moore.
Flip Excellent Surf Exotica Instrumental.
Of course, the guitar is played by Tommy Garrett, aka Snuff Garrett.
Written by Tom Lesslie (Snuff Garrett)-Dick Glasser.
Both sides Produced by Snuff Garrett.
which means that it was performed by Phil Spector's prized
The Wrecking Crew, and it turns out that Jerry Naylor,
who was the lead singer of The Crickets after Buddy Holly's death,
came to Los Angeles to rely on Snuff Garrett,
who was from Texas and was the producer for Liberty at the time,
and signed a contract for this album with Snuff Garrett.

Jerry Naylor was born on March 6, 1939 in Chalk Mountain, Texas.
In 1953, at the age of 14, he started working at the newly opened
radio station KPEP in San Angelo, Texas.
After hearing Elvis Presley's "That's Alright Mama" on Sun Records,
Jerry Naylor sang backing vocals for a trio called The Cavaliers
at a talent show in San Angelo in 1956.
The trio grew and expanded into a band, which became
J. Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers in 1955.
At the time, the band's first lead singer was Alton Baird,
but around 1957, after Alton Baird joined the military,
Jerry Naylor became the lead singer of the rockabilly band The Cavaliers.
In 1961, Jerry Naylor became the lead singer of The Crickets.
This was two years after the death of Buddy Holly
and the departure of other singers, Earl Sinks and David Box.
Buddy Holly's drummer and co-songwriter Jerry Allison owned
the name and trademark "The Crickets".
Jerry Allison, who was the sole owner of The Crickets at the time,
and manager H. Daniel Whitman offered Jerry Naylor
the lead singer position for the new band The Crickets,
who were signed to Liberty Records in Hollywood, California.

He recorded as the lead singer of The Crickets until 1964,
and his first hit for the label was "Don't Ever Change",
written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, which reached
number 5 in the UK national charts.
While working as a member of The Crickets,
Jerry Naylor made his solo debut in 1961 with Skyla Record Co.
in Hollywood, which was founded by Steve Venet, the younger brother
of Nick Venet. When The Crickets signed with Liberty Records,
Jerry released this duet single as a first step, but it didn't make
much of a splash, and he had almost given up.
But after leaving The Crickets in 1964, he met Mike Curb in Los Angeles.

At the time, Mike Curb had taken over The Hondells' sessions
from Gary Usher for a short period at Mercury, and was looking for
a session singer. So Mike Curb hired Jerry Naylor to record
The Sudells - Suzuki, The Buddies "Go Go With The Buddies"
(Wing SRW-16306). Jerry Naylor re-debuted as a solo singer in 1965,
and released singles on Smash, Tower, Columbia, and MGM
as a singer for Mike Curb's Sidewalk Productions.
In particular, his blue-eyed soul singles from his Tower days were
picked up by Northern Soul DJs in the UK in the late 70s
and became immensely popular.

Vikki Carr, real name Florencia Vicenta de Casillas Martínez Cardona.
American female pop singer, born to Mexican parents
on July 19, 1940, El Paso, Texas, USA.
In 1958, she graduated from Rosemead High School
in Rosemead, California, in a class that included famed
fashion designer Bob Mackie.
Under the stage name "Vikki Carr" she signed with
Liberty Records in 1962. Her first single to achieve success
was "He's a Rebel", which in 1962 reached No. 3 in Australia
and No. 115 in the United States.
Producer Phil Spector heard Carr cutting the song
in the studio and immediately produced his own cover version
with the Blossoms (though it was presented as a recording
by The Crystals) which reached No. 1 in the United States.
In 1966, Carr toured South Vietnam with actor/comedian
Danny Kaye to entertain American troops.
The following year, her album It Must Be Him was nominated
for three Grammy Awards. The title track reached No. 3
on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in 1967,
sold more than 1 million copies and received a gold disc.

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