tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11910289.post112538535082811748..comments2024-01-16T02:57:00.836-06:00Comments on It's Great Shakes: Joe Dodo and The Groovers: Groovy /Goin' Steady(RCA Victor 47-7207)Todd Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01121569810897361036noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11910289.post-6429707046486090282014-12-04T16:42:38.549-06:002014-12-04T16:42:38.549-06:00When I was in college in the 1980s a friend brough...When I was in college in the 1980s a friend brought in his dads 45s. We had a blast playing them and "groovy" was our fave. I recently found a tape I had made, which had this on it. I always wondered about the band and the mysterious joe dodo. Thanks for the info.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02362258656198111078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11910289.post-86926403386383722952012-02-14T11:46:00.131-06:002012-02-14T11:46:00.131-06:00glad to know someone else in the world is familiar...glad to know someone else in the world is familiar with this record too. My mother and grandmother both had a copy of this record. i used to play all of my mom's 45's and this one was a total fave. It was so much fun and so goofily weird. In my whole life I never knew anyone else who had ever heard of it. i still have the record. i also have another one by Joe Dodo titled "Elevator Operator". I loved that too. I used to make all my friends sing it with me. Its has these great great "bob-a-dop-bip-boop-bop" backgrounds. So, thanks for posting this!Sevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11910289.post-36063200888006851142011-04-16T14:59:23.201-05:002011-04-16T14:59:23.201-05:00I have loved this record since it was new, and hav...I have loved this record since it was new, and have owned it almost as long. There is no producer credit on the label - it would have been a rare thing to have in 1957 or 1958, when this was new - but the sound of the record, right down to the rockin' sax player, sounds like Hugo & Luigi's "Cha-Hua-Hua," which was a huge hit on<br />Roulette (and inspired a west coast cover by The Pets on Arwin, another studio group). Of course, they were producers, not musicians, so my guess is that this is a bunch of New York studio guys that H&L might have produced. Another hint that it could be H&L: they bolted Roulette for RCA, where they produced The Tokens and many others, and "Joe Dodo" is on RCA. Maybe this was a "trial balloon" - does anybody know for certain?<br />Thanks for posting this gem - and if the girl looks like she sounds, can I get a date? (Oh, never mind - it's 53-or-so years after the fact....)<br />-- Country PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11910289.post-1149339447865970112006-06-03T07:57:00.000-05:002006-06-03T07:57:00.000-05:00I've been trying to find who made this song since ...I've been trying to find who made this song since a friend of mine had it in a complilation tape that a friend made her like 10 years ago. I googled "groovy groovy groovy groovy groovy groovy" and finally found it on your site. Thanks. As I recall, it was one of the best songs I had ever heard. Now I apparently have to buy a turn table to hear it again...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com