JESSE LEE TURNER "SPACE GIRL" RARE UK LONDON 7" 1959
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Description
You are bidding on an original 7", 45 RPM Vinyl single
By: JESSE LEE TURNER
Containing: "The little space girl" / "Shake, baby, shake"
Released in the UK on London 45-HL-L 8785 in 1959,
Jesse Lee Turner had a strong rock 'n' roll voice, with an Elvis-like quiver. Unfortunately, this side of Turner can be heard on only a few of his discs. He had the misfortune that his only hit was a novelty number and that fact kept haunting him for the rest of his recording career. Jesse Lee was hired as Jerry Lee Lewis' driver in 1957. He recorded "Put Me Down" as a demo for Sun and Jerry Lee was sufficiently impressed to record the song himself, for his first album. Turner's career as a recording artist zoomed into orbit with his first real release. At a time when witch doctors, purple people eaters and chipmunks were all over the charts, a song about another alien from outer space, "The Little Space Girl" looked like a good commercial bet. The record was produced in Texas by Dewey Groom (a veteran country singer who set himself up as a music entrepreneur after coming off the road in 1958) and leased to Carlton Records. "The Little Space Girl", featuring the Chipmunk-like voice of Paul Belin, a Texas deejay, was written by Jesse Lee's cousin Floyd Robinson, though Turner was inadvertently credited as the writer. It came out in December 1958 and was picked by Billboard as a "Spotlight winner of the week". By February 1959, it had reached # 20 on the Billboard charts. However, those who flipped the record over and played "Shake Baby Shake" (based on Hank Ballard's "Sexy Ways") knew immediately where Turner's musical loyalty lay. It is his best rocker. Fortunately, Jesse Lee had the good taste to record the follow-up, "Baby Please Don't Tease" in the same style as "Shake Baby Shake". It failed to sell though and Carlton let him go.
Condition:
Disc: Light signs of play, some light hairlines, VG+
Labels: Light handling, no writing, stickers or damage. Tri centre intact. EX
Sleeve: Original company, EX
Postage and Packing
UK Mainland: £4.00 (Special Delivery) plus 25p for each additional 7" record
Europe: £5.50 (International Signed-For Insured Airmail) plus 25p for each additional 7" record
Rest of the World: £6.25 (International Signed-For Insured Airmail) plus 25p for each additional 7" record
