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“What’d I Say” is rock and roll and soul classic created live after a show with a little time left. The song with the response from the backup singers was so electrifying that Ray decided immediately that he had to record it. With so many hits, many say it is still his “signature” song. Released in 1959 on Atlantic records, the 45 is worth up to $40.00. The 78-rpm version up to $300.00 and the album up to $40.00 on a red record label and up to $200.00 on a black record label.

The first record by the Rolling Stones, released in the U.S, was called, “Stoned.” Radio stations balked at the idea of playing it because of its implied drug reference. London Records then tried to plug the flip side, “I Wanna Be Your Man,” but to no avail. Both sides are pictured here. A original copy is worth up to $12,000.00.

Dion had 39 top-40 hits in the early rock and roll era as a solo artist and as lead singer with the Belmonts. Among his many hits are “A Teenager in Love,” “Ruby Baby, “The Wanderer” and his signature hit, “Runaround Sue.” The “Runaround Sue” single is not a big collectible at up to $20.00. The album, not much more than $25.00 on black vinyl. However, copies on green vinyl, as seen here can make the album worth up to $750.00.

The Fifth Dimension tore up the charts in the mid to late 60s with classics like “Up Up and Away (in My Beautiful Balloon),” “Stoned Soul Picnic, “Wedding Bell Blues,” and the Grammy award winner, “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In.” A black vinyl copy is worth no more than $20.00 but a gold vinyl version, as seen here can, sell for $200.00 today.

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AC/DC first breathed rock and roll in to an unsuspecting world in 1973. Banded together by brothers, Angus and Malcome Young in Sydney, Australia, their music has been called hard rock and heavy metal, but they simply call it rock and roll. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2002, Epic Records released a boxset of 15 discs known as “The AC/DC LP Collection.” The set is worth up to $500.00 today.

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In 1964, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller who wrote so many classics like “Jailhouse Rock” for Elvis and “Yakety Yak” for the Coasters, wrote one for a group known as the Ad Libs. That song was “The Boy From New York City,” on the Blue Cat record label, which went top-10 on the Billboard 100. It worth up to $30.00 today. A year later A.G.P. Records release the Ad Libs single, “New York in the Dark.” A copy is worth up to $500.00 today.

What album by the Carpenters is worth up to $150.00? The answer can be  be found on our 5th YouTube video. Here’s the link https://youtu.be/U1kxAHckWP0

Dewey Bunnel of the folk-rock band, America, said that, “A horse with no name” was “a metaphor for a vehicle to get away from life’s confusion into a quiet, peaceful place.” All I know is that it was a # 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972. The 45 isn’t valued more than $10.00. The album, “America,” is up to $25.00 UNLESS you have a copy where “A Horse with No Name” is not included. Then the value can jump to $75.00.

Holy Rock and Roll, Batman. What song about the cape crusader can
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“Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl” was a hit in 1965 for a band from Cape Cod, Massachusetts known as the Barbarians. The song was a social commentary on the long hairstyles and fashions of the day. It even mocked British bands with lyrics, “You’re either a girl or you come from Liverpool.” The 45, released on Laurie Records, is worth up to $30.00 while the bands only album, “The Barbarians,” can sell for $75.00 today in mono and $175.00 in stereo.

What album by the Beach Boys can get you up to $800.00? The answer can be found on our YouTube video. Here’s the link:   https://youtu.be/tvWDdW4lniM

If there’s one song that represents what rock and roll is all about its “Johnny B. Goode” by Chuck Berry. The song really is about its creator. Also, the lyric in the song is “There was a country boy named Johnny B. Goode.” Chuck Berry wrote the original lyric as “There was a colored boy named Johnny B. Goode.” He knew to get radio airplay back in the late 50s, he would have to change colored to country. Another hint that makes the song autobiographical is that Chuck Berry was born at 2520 Goode Avenue in St. Louis. The original 45 on Chess Records is worth up to $40.00. On a 78, the value can jump to $200.00. Both versions are shown here.

What makes Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out” album worth up to $500? The answer can be found in our YouTube video. Here’s the link:  https://youtu.be/OM7r4tz8PzA

Location! Location! Location! That phrase describes the necessity of being in the right place to maximize profit. Chancellor Records was in the right place, Philadelphia, and the right time when American Bandstand took off like a rocket in the late 1950’s. Chancellor stars Frankie Avalon and Fabian didn’t have far to go to get to the Bandstand studios where Dick Clark would make them teen idols. In 1960, Chancellor Records put their two stars on one album. An original copy of “The Hit Makers” is worth up to $100.00 today.
What was the first song played on “American Bandstand” when it went national in 1957 and what is it worth today? The answer can be found in our YouTube video. Here is the link:  https://youtu.be/Jinv2H3itV0