Westport Records !

Milt Dickey - Westport Records # 129 - 1955

Side A - Bleeding Heart

Side B - Television Love

Westport records released these Milt Dickey tracks in 1955, don't get me wrong these are very nice country songs, Milt has a decent voice and the musicianship is very good, but it feels and sound like the Rockabilly explosion a little further south had not quite reached Kansas City yet (or they refused to accept it) and just kept on insisting it was just a fad and it will pass. Either way, you can only love and gaze in wonder at the fantastic Westport label and the fact that Alvis Wayne woke them up just a year later with some damn fine Rockabilly releases.

Side A and you'll hear Milt singing a nice slow song about his bleeding heart and over the other side 'Television Love' is a little more up-tempo but never gets close to getting a tiny bit raucous, but is a better tune when all is said and done.

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The Westport Kids - Westport Records # 130 - Dec 1955

Side A - You Kaint Take It With You

Side B - Your Kisses Turned Sour


The Westport Kids are in splendid form on this toe tapping ditty country tune, you get plenty of triple harmonies by Frank, Dave & Marvin, some great fiddle and steel and it really moves along at a jaunty pace and is actually a decent tune played really well.

Then over on the other side you get a really good up-tempo female vocal bopper sung by Christine Ruf and again you get hit with some great steel and fiddle, this is a real barn burner and proves that these Westport Kids were cooking up some fine country bop by the end of 1955.

  

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Original Westport Sleeve - 1955

JIMMY DALLAS ( with Cathy Justice) 
Westport Records # 131 - 1956
Who Do, Honey You Do / I've Got A Right To Know .

Here you get two fine tunes by Jimmy Dallas, the A side has Jimmy singing with Cathy Justice and a mighty fine duet it is, perfect mid tempo county bop, loads of great fiddle and steel. The flip is not as hot but delivers a strong heart felt slow love song, and Jimmy delivers a great strong vocal and both sides he is backed by The Westport Kids.

Jimmy Dallas (1927-2004, rn Keith B. Kissee) was a country performer famous on the KC scene of the 50’s. He had 3 releases on Westport. «Good Intentions» is a fine uptempo hillbilly tune : strong vocal, sawing fiddle and bright steel. «Eeny-Meeny-Miny-Mo » and « How Do ? Honey You Do » are duets sung with Cathy Justice.