Wanted for The Ballad Of Angel by Bobby Swanson. Igloo Records placed an advertisement in the November 21, 1959, issue of Cashbox magazine. And there was also the 45 RPM of “Rockin’ Little Eskimo”/”The Ballad Of Angel”. The tracks were re-recorded on a subsequent pressing, as was the 45 RPM “A Letter To Linda”/”Bobby’s Baby Doll”. Igloo released the following singles by Bobby Swanson: “Willow” and “Ballad Of Angel”, were the first two printed as “Advanced Copy” discs sent to radio station DJs. Subsequently, Igloo flew Bobby from Denver to Chicago where he recorded a number of songs. It was sent to Igloo Records in Anchorage, Alaska. Subsequently, Bobby Swanson recorded a demo backed with a song he wrote titled “Ballad Of Angel”. The officer told Bobby’s father that she’d written a song titled “Rockin’ Little Eskimo”, and was trying to get it recorded by someone. Subsequently, Bobby’s dad was doing a job as an electrician at the home of Officer Carol MacTavish. Bobby remembers “I kept thinking this is the same microphone that Elvis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash recorded into!” Philips told Bobby to come back to Memphis when he was 18-years-old. The Swansons went to Sun Records and Bobby auditioned for Sam Philips. When he was just 15, in the summer of 1958, Bobby Swanson traveled with his parents to Memphis. Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ did not chartīobby Swanson was born in Denver, Colorado, in January, 1943.
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