The Playmates
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Biography
[Edit]The Playmates — best known for "Beep Beep," one of several Top 40 hits — were one of the first rock & roll groups signed to the New York-based Roulette Records, formed and co-owned by music industry leaders Morris Levy, Joe Kolsky, and George Goldner. Originally known as the Nitwits (probably a better name for them in the long run), the Playmates had been performing in the area around Waterbury, CT, for five years before signing to Roulette in 1958. The label had already scored a few rock & roll hits by the time they signed the group; unfortunately, the Playmates' specialty was not rock & roll, but novelty music.
Despite the oft-corny lyrical content of their upbeat pop fare, they earned two hits right away with "Jo Ann" and "Beep Beep," the latter with a chorus that featured the group repeating a phrase of car beeps ("beep beep, beep beep, this car goes beep, beep beep"). Despite its silliness, "Beep Beep" — written by group members Carl Cicchetti and Donald Claps — climbed to number four in the nation in December 1958 and earned the Playmates the right to record an album, At Play With the Playmates, which followed soon after.
In 1959, they scored again with "What Is Love?" (number 15) and followed suit the next year with "Wait for Me" (number 37). The group subsequently recorded three additional albums for the label: Cuttin' Capers, Wait for Me, and Broadway Showstoppers. Another album, The Playmates Visit West of the Indies, was issued on an early- to mid-'60s budget reissue label called Forum Records, which was a division of Roulette Records. The group disbanded in 1964.
Title: Attention! Girl (Show Me Everything) - Single
Artist: Kj, The Playmates
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Collections
Title: 45 RPM - The Lost Record Collection
Genre: Pop
Title: Rare Records from the 60's
Genre: Pop
Title: Pop Gold, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: A Mixed Bag of Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 47
Genre: Pop
Title: The First US Hot 100 August 1958, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best Hits of All Time, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: Doo Wop 58
Genre: Rock
Title: Parade of Broken Hearts (Heartbreaks By the Number)
Genre: Pop
Title: Perfectly Stoned
Title: The 1959 British Hit Parade the B Sides, Pt. 1, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Great Rare Songs, Vol. 1
Genre: Rock
Title: What We All Want
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative
Title: Doo Wop Dance Essentials Vol 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: A Mixed Bag of Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Drive-In Memories, Vol. 11
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Popcorn Kernels 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: 1958 Hit Songs, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Pop, Bop, & Doo-Wop, Vol. 5
Title: Home Schooled: ABCs of Kid Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Alberta's Finest Ukrainian Artists, Vol. 1
Genre: Dancefloor, World Music, Dance Pop
Title: Rockin R&B Vol. 4
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: East Coast Teen Party - Volume 8
Genre: Pop
Title: Doo Wop Dance Classics, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Popcorn Kernels 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Two Way Family Favourites, Vol. 2
Genre:
Title: The Hits of 1958, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Just hits Vol 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Doo Wop 59
Genre: Rock
Title: De Plaat Voor De Etherpiraat 2
Genre: World Music
Title: A Mixed Bag of Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: 1000 Original Hits 1958
Genre: Rock
Title: Teen-Age Dreams - Vol. 25 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1958 Volume 2
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: American Heartbeat 1958 (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Rockabilly, Pop, Pop Rock, Folk
Title: The Greatest Novelty Songs (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: This Magic Moment: The Sound Of The Brill Building (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Home Schooled: The ABCs Of Kid Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Eccentric Soul: Sitting In The Park
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Ho-Dad Hootenanny Too Vol. 2
Title: Mr Bongo Record Club, Vol. 4 (Compiled By Mr Bongo)
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Funk, Psychedelic
Title: Lyric Funk: Listening Soul Mix (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk