Car of the Future: Buick 59
(8 downloads)Thursday, Feb 07, 2008
“Buick 59” (1954) was the first release from the Medallions on the LA based DooTone record label. The Medallions were formed at the behest of DooTone founder and namesake, Walter “Dootsie” Williams, when he discovered the group’s front man, Vernon Green. Williams was apparently so impressed with Green’s singing that he urged him to put together a vocal group so he could get them into the studio. The title “Buick 59” is a take on the R&B hit “Rocket 69”, though without the sexual innuendo. When Dootsie Williams formed his record label in 1949, it was operated it out of his home in the Watts area of Los Angeles. Eventually, the growing business forced Williams and his family to leave the house and relocate. It was originally named Blue Records and renamed it DooTone in 1951. Later, in 1957, he again changed name of the label to Dooto in order to avoid a lawsuit from Duo-Tone records.
DooTone 347, 1954