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| The Companions Joe Mendoni (left), Mike McLaughlin (center), Richie Green (right) and my uncle Gilbert Cruz (crouching down with the bongo) |
Many years ago my Uncle Gil had a Doo Wop group and they called themselves The Companions. Just the other day I decided to look for them on the internet - hoping to find some digitized versions of the two songs I remember he played for my family and I off a 45rpm record in his living room. I remember hearing that they may have enjoyed some modest airplay with their two novelty songs "Dorothy My Monster" and "I Want A Yul Brynner Haircut". They might have even recorded other songs, I'm not sure - but these two seemed to stick out in my head - and so I set upon trying to find them.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find the Yul Brynner song (which is what I was really looking for - I recall being quite amused by that one!) but I did end up locating and purchasing a Doo Wop Halloween novelty-song compilation on CD called Halloween Is A Scream, which features "Dorothy, My Monster"! Someone had even uploaded the "Dorothy" song to YouTube - which my cousin Lisa pointed out to me - but oddly enough, no "Yul Brynner" - go figure!
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| Super rare... "Dorothy My Monster" b/w "I Want A Yul Brynner Haircut" by The Companions Dee Dee Records #1047. I just noticed the record credits The "Campanions", not The "Companions" with an "o".... yet ANOTHER mystery... |
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