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The first album for Heavy Metal hair-band Motley Crue debuted in 1981. “Too Fast For Love” was released on Leathur records, the band’s own label. If on the cover “Motley Crue” is in red print the value is up to $400.00 but if on the cover “Motley” is in black print and “Crue” is white then the value jumps up to $1,000.00.

Girl-groups of the 60’s were plentiful, successful, and now collectible. One-hit wonders, the Jaynettes, had their 15 minutes of fame in 1963 with the haunting melody called “Sally Go ‘Round the Roses.” The single can sell for $20.00. The Jaynettes was a conglomerate of about 20 different singers before the final take was approved. The album, “Sally Go ‘Round the Roses,” released on Tuff Records in 1963, is worth up to $300.00 today.

Chet Baker didn’t sing with the confidence of a great Jazz performer but he played trumpet as if he had always been a pro. He worked with Jazz greats like Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan. Drugs were another constant companion, causing him to have several stints in prison. Eventually, the effects of heroin and cocaine led to his death as he fell from a hotel window in Amsterdam. His 1956 album, “Chet Baker and Crew,” released on Pacific Jazz Records, can get you $750.00 today.

One of the most popular teen idols on the 70’s along with David Cassidy, Shawn Cassidy, Leif Garrett, and Donny Osmond was Bobby Sherman. He was a regular on “Shindig” in the 60’s and later found more fame on TV’s “Here Comes the Bride.” With his picture on lunch boxes and teen magazine covers he was a heartthrob to his many female fans. His first single, “It Hurts Me,” released on Decca Records, can fetch $100.00 today with its picture sleeve.

The Band was made up of 4 Canadians and an American southerner for a drummer. That was the legendary Levon Helm. The Band backed up Bob Dylan when he switched from Folk to Rock. Following the success of “Music from Big Pink,” the Band followed up with a self-titled album, which Rolling Stone magazine pegs at #45 on their list of the Greatest Albums of All Time.” Containing “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” the album was released by Capitol Records in 1969 and can get you $200.00 today.

In the late 60’s, Baby Huey and the Babysitters owned the local club scene in Chicago. Baby Huey, topping the scales at 400 lbs, was electric with his Soul music. Backed by the Babysitters, his 10 piece band, Huey sang his heart out. Unfortunately, for all of us, that heart stopped when Huey was just 26-years-old. In 1965, U.S.A. Records released “Messin’ with the Kid” by Baby Huey and the Babysitters. A copy of the 45 is worth up to $250.00 today. Find a copy on Breakthrough Records and the value jumps up to $1,500.00.

The Beatles’ “Something New” album was #2 for 9 weeks in 1964. The album that prevented the record from hitting #1 was “A Hard Day’s Night” by the Beatles. “Something New” also has many of the songs from “A Hard Day’s Night.” It also has the German version of “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (“Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand.”) An original stereo version of “Something New” is worth up to $100.00 but a mono version can get you $400.00 today.

To play with Miles Davis you had to be better than great, and Cannonball Adderley was. He blew blues through his alto saxophone better than anyone. His career as a music teacher meant as much to him as the accolades he garnered from his work on the epic Miles Davis album, “Kind of Blue,” on Columbia Records, which is now worth up to $100.00. Adderley’s “Portrait of Cannonball,” released on Riverside Records in 1958, can get you $450.00 today

The Mothers of Invention released their third studio album in 1968. “We’re Only In It For The Money” takes shots at both left and right-wing politics. It also mocks “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” by the Beatles. A parody of the “Sgt. Pepper’s” cover was made but the record label, fearing legal action, released it only on the inside jacket. A different front cover was issued. Frank Zappa wasn’t happy. The “We’re Only In It For The Money” album, released by Verve Records, can sell for up to $150.00 today.

Dion and the Belmonts had one of the best loved hits of the early Rock N Roll era with “(Why Must I Be a) Teenager in Love.” Dion went on to have numerous solo hits like “Runaround Sue” and “Ruby Baby.” The Belmonts without Dion weren’t as successful. “Come on Little Angel” from 1962 was their biggest and now worth up to $30.00. The 1962 Belmonts album, “Carnival of Hits,” containing their hit, and released on Sabina Records in 1962, can get you $150.00 today.