Original UK 45" released in the 1958 on the Tri-Centre Silver & Blue Decca Records label. Cat: F11059.
Lord Rockingham's XI were the house band for the TV pop show Oh Boy!, one of the first dedicated pop music shows on TV in the late '50s. Jack Good, who controlled the Oh Boy! TV show, wanted a band to segue together the guest stars and also to provide a raucous instrumental backing for them. He already had the band's name, Lord Rockingham's XI based on a play on the words "rocking 'em" and he hired musical arranger Harry Robinson to get the band together. Knowing the sort of sound that Good was looking for, Robinson put together a large collection of musicians including Red Price and Rex Morris on tenor sax, Benny Greene and Cyril Reubens on baritone sax, Ronnie Black on double bass, Cherry Wainer (from South Africa) on organ, Bernie Taylor and Eric Ford on guitars, and Don Storer and Reg Weller on percussion. The 11 of them (including Robinson) produced an instrumental wall of sound and stomping beat that quickly became synonymous with the show. They released the double-sided single "Fried Onions" b/w "The Squelch," but despite their popularity, it was not a hit. That all changed, however, with the release of their second single, "Hoots Mon," a track based on a traditional Scottish song, "A Hundred Pipers." This raucous instrumental track soared all the way to number one in November 1958, selling over half a million copies, although the bandmembers reputedly received only six pounds each (at the time around 15 dollars).
Tracks: Hoots mon/ Blue train.
Record has some light scuff marks and light marks that cause a few light crackles and is in VG+ condition.
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