Hawk Records was owned by "Walkin' Talkin' Bill Hawkins. He was the first black DJ in Cleveland in the late 40s and may have been one of the first in the country playing blues and R& B records on the radio. The record probably did not have national distribution, Hawkins owned a record store on East 105th street and sold his records there as well as some local record stores. From : http://oldwax.blogspot.fr/2011/10/fishtruck-boogie.html
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music_xplosion
Hawk Records was owned by "Walkin' Talkin' Bill Hawkins. He was the first black DJ in Cleveland in the late 40s and may have been one of the first in the country playing blues and R& B records on the radio. The record probably did not have national distribution, Hawkins owned a record store on East 105th street and sold his records there as well as some local record stores. From : http://oldwax.blogspot.fr/2011/10/fishtruck-boogie.html
music_xplosion
Even more info on Bill Hawkins here : http://www.walkintalkin.com/bios2.html
Sid_Bonkers
Kitty Kaye & The Cats, what a great name. Terrific jam, love it.
music_xplosion
@Sid_Bonkers Thanks Sid, I'm happy you enjoyed it :)
Brownpants
Fantastic jam!!!!! What a great name for both a song and a band! :-)
music_xplosion
@Brownpants Thanks, I'm glad you liked it! I love the name too, when I stumbled across this I thought 'it's going to be a great track' :)