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| Homer (Scadillac Taylor's second single on Ro-Al-Ta |
Ro-Al-Ta Record Co.
P.O. Box 85, New York 39, N.Y.
1/2 Homer (Scadillac) Taylor
Fool’s Gold (w. Nick A. Kenny & Charles F. Kenny, Goldmine Music) 4May54
Wonderland Dance (w. & m. Homer H. Taylor, 22 July 1958)
3/4 Homer (Scadillac) Taylor
Boom Boom Boomerang Baby (w. Nick A. Kenny & Charles F. Kenny, Goldmine Music) 4May54
Relax Your Lips; w&m Homer H. Taylor. © Homer H. Taylor; 22jul58;
From Homer (Scadillac) Taylor, I have only two clips from his two singles issued on Ro-Al-Ta probably in 1958. These clips come from sales on ebay.
1/2 : great sax rocker and..the flip is a great r&b, but kind of a bopper with yodelin' and a great sax, piano, guitar mixed break.. unlisted in my books
3/4 : great rare R&B rocker on thick heavy vinyl pressing,
I'm looking from all his tracks. Perhaps someone is willing to share them.
Homer Taylor (possibly born in 1923) copyrighted some songs in 1957-1959. Among these songs : The Cadillac Mobile Deal & Those Reinstating Blues. But that's all I can find on this obscure artist.
Nick Kenny is mainly remembered today as the lyricist of the 1931 popular song standard, "Love Letters in the Sand", a 1957 gold record hit for Pat Boone. Kenny's next big success, "Gold Mine in the Sky," inspired the Gene Autry movie, Gold Mine in the Sky (1938) and enabled Kenny and his brother Charles to launch their own music firm, Gold Mine in the Sky Publishing Company. His songs included "Gone Fishin'" and "Scattered Toys" recorded by The Three Suns, which has lyrics somewhat similar to one of his "Patty Poems".
Nick was a syndicated entertainment columnist for The New York Daily Mirror and a poet and songwriter on the side. Bandleaders and singers often performed his songs in hopes of getting a column mention. Many of his songs were mediocre. Woody Allen managed to hit Nick Kenny's column several times.
Edit: 20 June 2024 : added both sides of Ro-Al-Ta 3/4 with thanks to Apesville
