Cat. No. VV 1237: MILTON ALLEN ~ DONT' BUG ME BABY. BEAR FAMILY BFX 15357.
USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.
JIMMIE STRETCH, REGIONAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE AND FRONT MAN FOR RCA VICTOR, BASED IN ALEXANDRIA LA FIRST STARTED HEARING WHISPERS ABOUT A NEW TALENT CALLED MILTON ALLEN IN EARLY 1957. JIMMIE WAS URGED BY AREA DISC JOCKEYS TO MAKE A TRIP DOWN TO BREAUX BRIDGE, A FEW MILES EAST OF LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA TO HEAR A YOUNG SINGER FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS WHO WAS PACKING A LOCAL NIGHTCLUB EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT. JIMMIE MADE THE TRIP AND LOCATED A NIGHTCLUB WHERE A YOUNG MILTON ALLEN WAS PERFORMING TO A HUGE CROWD AS HE WAS INFORMED HE WOULD.
JIMMIE SHOT 150 TO 200 FEET OF FILM OF MILTON AND SENT IT TO STEVE SHOLES HEAD OF RCA'S COUNTRY AND SPECIALTY DIVISION ALONG WITH AN 8X10 PHOTO AND SOME INFORMATION. SHOLES LIKED WHAT HE SAW AND ARRANGED FOR MILTON TO RECORD SOME DEMOS OF SONGS THAT ELVIS PRESLEY HAD RECORDED BECAUSE MILTON DID EVERYTHING LIKE ELVIS. SHOLES LIKED WHAT HE HEARD AND MILTON WAS DULY SIGNED BY RCA IN THE HOPE THAT THEY HAD ANOTHER ELVIS PRESLEY. MILTON'S FIRST RECORD. "JUST LOOK , DON'T TOUCH , SHE'S MINE", WHILST RECEIVING GOOD REVIEWS, FAILED TO CREATE A STIR IN AIRPLAY. HIS FOLLOW UP "DON'T BUG ME BABY" ALSO FAILED AND RCA VOIDED HIS CONTRACT FOLLOWING MILTON'S MOTHER'S REQUEST TO DO SO. IN POP HISTORY ANNALS MILTON ALLEN WILL BE REMEMBERED AS ONE OF THE MANY YOUNG MEN PICKED UP BY RECORD COMPANIES IN SEARCH OF ANOTHER ELVIS PRESLEY.
MILTON RECORDED ELEVEN CUTS FOR RCA SEVEN OF WHICH REMAINED UNISSUED UNTIL THIS RELEASE BY BEAR FAMILY IN 1983. THE SLEEVE IS A BI-FOLD SLEEVE CONTAINING EXTENSIVE LINER NOTES AND IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH VERY LITTLE SIGNS OF WEAR. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT.
TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Don't Bug Me Baby / Jamboree / One Love Too Many / Half Loved / (In The) Land Of Tomorrow. Side 2 - It's Simply Grand / Youthful Lover / Love A, Love A Lover / Just Look, Don't Touch, She's Mine / It's Love And It's Real / Half Loved (2).
12" VINYL RECORD