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Here are some records you may well hear while shaking your tail feathers at past Sophisticated Boom Booms...

Actionette DJs - (L to R) Roulette, Corvette, Dansette, Niamh, Crepe Suzette, Tourette

Corvette may well spin the following...

Sentimental gentleman from georgie - The dinning sisters
Sally go round the roses - The jaynettes
Liar liar - The castaways
Two little girls from little rock - Marilyn monroe and jane russell
When the boy's happy (the girl's happy too) - The four pennies
Shop around - Smokey robinson and the miracles
The boy from new york city - The ad-libs
Mixed up shook up girl - Patty and the emblems
Aint nobody's business but my own - Ella fitzgerald
Personality - Johnny mercer

Miss Roulette might get to play (in no particular order):

Don'na Won'na - Wanda Jackson
Frankie - Connie Francis
Hey Now - Leslie Gore
I won't run - Feminine Complex
Do I Love You? - Ronnettes
Bulldog - Shangri Las
When the Lovelight starts shining in his eyes - Dusty Springfield
Comes-a-long-a-love - Kay Starr
Stop, Look and Listen - Chiffons
Come on a my house - Julie London

As suggested by Niamh, her top 10(ish!) soul / R'n'B would be...

Don’t let your eyes get bigger than your heart Sylvia Robbins
Let her go Gene Stridel
Goin' to the river Bill & Will
Slick Chick Vernon Harrell (dedicated to the Actionettes, of course)
My book Bruce Cloud
We're gonna get married Bo Diddley
When you said let's get married The Persians
Leave my kitten alone Little Willie John
I’m standing Rufus Lumley
I dig your wig Buddy Guy (another Actionette dedication. Well, you didn't think they dyed their hair so often, did you?)

and her top 10 (ok, 15) garage / freakbeat might contain...

I cannot stop you Cherry Slush
Buses Hung Jury
It’s my pride The Guess Who?
Someone like me Shadows of Knight
Apple Cider Five by Five
One track mind The Knickerbockers
Run, run, run The Gestures
Can’t help thinking about me David Bowie
What she does to me The King Bees
Hey Conductor Sonny Flaherty & the Mark V
I want your love The Pussycats
Junction # 1 The Nightrockers
You’re gonna miss me 13th Floor Elevators
We ain’t got nothing yet The Blues Magoos
Ben Franklin’s almanac The Cryan Shames

And Miss Dansette may well get the people going with...

Nobody But Me Human Beinz
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker Ramones
Ghost In My House R. Dean Taylor
Needle In A Haystack Velvelettes
Viva Las Vegas Elvis
What A Way To Die The Pleasure Seekers
The Swim Bobby Freeman
Do You Love Me? Johnny Thunders And The Heartbeakers
Too Much Too Young The Specials
Pushing Too Hard The Seeds

Some current favourites from Crepe Suzette that will get you shaking your tail feather…

Determination Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Peanut Duck Marsha Gee
The New Breed Jimmy Holiday
Bang Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Magic Boots Clinic
Comin' Home Baby Mel Tourme
The Thing Dirtbombs
Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone Dusty
Dr Love Tom Jones
Save Me Nina Simone
Oh, How To Do How The Monks
That's How it Goes The Breakaways
I Gotta Get Out of the Town Nancy Sinatra

Groovin tunes from Miss Tourette

Shot Down Sonics
Trouble Music Machine
Mickey's Monkey Smokey Robinson
Mr Big Stuff Gene Knight
In the Basement Sugar Pie De Santo
You Know, You Know Sultan's Five
I Wanna Be Sedated Ramones
Teenage Kicks Undertones
Out of Our Tree The Wailers
Dance to the Underground Radio Four

*NOT* for tired feet!  
 
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