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Texas Alexander was an early Blues singer who started his career in the bottom lands of the Bravos River. In 1928, almost 35 years before the Animals had their number 1 version, Alexander recorded “The House of the Rising Sun.” He had over 15 singles on the Okeh record label. All of them like “Frost Texas Tornado Blues” and “Last Stage Blues” are worth up to $1,000.00 each.

The world knows him now as Stevie Wonder but in the early sixties he was known as “Little” Stevie Wonder. “Fingertips” was his first hit in 1963 and is now worth up to $50.00 with its picture sleeve. It was first recorded as an instrumental as were all the other cuts on the album, “The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie.” Released on Motown’s Tamla label in 1962, the album is worth up to $400.00 today.

It was Link Wray who first used a distorted fuzz-tone guitar as demonstrated on his 1958 million-seller, “Rumble.” Wray used a pencil to puncture the amplifier to create the affect. Other hits followed like “Raw-hide.” His 1959 single, “Slinky,” released on Epic Records, is worth up to $300.00 with its picture sleeve as shown here.

There were several records of Beatles interviews in the 1960’s. Among them is the 1964 single “Lee Alan Presents a Trip to Miami.” Lee Alan was a Detroit DJ who was granted an interview in Miami. Recorded in February of 1964, the value for the single is worth up to $400.00 today. Add another $100.00 for the insert as shown here that came with the record.

Muhammad Ali was the greatest…in the ring. But when it comes to records, Joe Frazier and Sonny Liston come out on top. Frazier’s single “The Bigger They Come,” released on Cloverplay Records, can now weigh in at $100.00. In the other corner, Sonny Liston is the winner with his 1970 single, “I’m a Lover.” Released on Palamino Records, a copy can sell for $2,000.00 today.

“Sloop John B” by the Beach Boys is one of Rolling Stone magazine’s top-500 greatest songs of all time. It was originally a folk song called “The John B Sails.” In 1959, Johnny Cash recorded the song as “I Want to Go Home.” Jimmy Rodgers recorded the song in 1960 as the “Wreck of the John B.” The Beach Boy’s single, released on Capitol Records in 1966, is worth up to $50.00 today with its picture sleeve. It’s also included on the Beach Boys album, “Pet Sounds.” A mono copy of that album can now sell for $800.00.

The Rip Chords, made up of Bruce Johnson and Terry Melcher, were heavy into the California Surf music scene of the early to mid-60’s. Johnson later joined the Beach Boys. Melcher, son of Doris Day, died in 2004. Among the Rip Chords’ biggest hits in the 60’s were “Hey Little Cobra” and “Three Window Coupe.” Colored vinyl copies of each, as shown here, are worth up to $100.00 each.

In the 1970’s, Yes was one of the most successful progressive-rock groups. They had greater success in the 1980’s when they became more of a commercial band. Their debut album was “Time and a Word.” With several personnel changes to follow, “Time and a Word” is the only Yes album with all original members. Released on Atlantic Records in 1970, it’s worth up to $100.00 today.

Here’s a record you should know about. Woodrow Adams was among the long list of Delta Blues artists who are all but forgotten today. A tractor driver from Mississippi, he didn’t make his first recording until he was thirty-five-years old. Record collectors highly prize any of his recordings. The 1955 single, “Wine Head Woman,” by Woodrow Adams with the Boogie Blues Blasters, released by Meteor records, is worth up to $3,500.00 today. “Records you should know about” are records that most people have never heard by recording artists most people have never heard of BUT can be worth a LOT of money. Mighty John’s “Records You Should Know About” appraisal guide lists thousands of them, each worth at least up to $500.00 or more. Most are worth up to $1,000.00 or more. The “Records You Should Know About” appraisal guide is in Microsoft Word. Click on “Records You Should Know About” in the yellow strip above for more free samples.

In 1927 Perfect Records released the 78rpm single, “Babe & Lou” (the Homerun Twins), by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. They don’t sing but instead do a comedy routine. The record may have a different value to a collector of Yankees or sports memorabilia but to a record collector, the value is up to $250.00 today.