Babs Gonzales	Lee Brown aka Ram Singh aka Ricardo Gonzales	Newark, NJ, USA
Oct 27 1919 – Jan 23 1980 age 60	Official Site	Wikipedia

Babs Gonzales, born Lee Brown, was an American jazz vocalist and band leader of the late 40's Be Bop era and later was known as an effusive beat poet. He may be most notable for penning the song "Oop-Pop-A-Da", which was made famous by Dizzy Gillespie, but originally recorded and performed by his own band, three bips and a bop, a scat vocalese group that later was briefly expanded for some sessions as Six Bips and a Bop in December of 1948. Babs was also a road manager in the early 50's for the James Moody band and was also once the chauffeur for Errol Flynn. ~musicwn.com

01 Lop-Pow 2:39
02 Oop-Pop-A-Da Dizzy Gillespie / 2:50
03 Stompin' at the Savoy Benny Goodman / Andy Razaf / Edgar Sampson / Chick Webb 2:44
04 Pay Dem Dues 3:10
05 Runnin' Around 2:57
06 Bab's Dream 2:52
07 Dob Bla Bli Tadd Dameron 2:46
08 Weird Lullaby 2:57
09 Capitolizing 2:41
10 Professor Bop 2:25
11 The Continental Con Conrad / Herbert Magidson 2:40
12 Prelude to a Nightmare 2:18
13 Real Crazy 2:22
14 Then You'll Be Boppin' Too 2:21
15 When Lovers They Lose 3:20
16 St. Louis Blues W.C. Handy 2:36
17 'Round About Midnight Bernie Hanighen / Thelonious Monk / Cootie Williams 3:36
18 You Need Connections 3:00
19 Encore 4:30
20 Encore 4:19
    

  

	Beatnik Bop		Blue Note
Thanks Steve K!
His other material on this blog is HERE The following are WANTED
Voila 1958		Tales on the Famous Guess Who? 1961
Sunday Afternoon With Babs Gonzales at Small's Paradise 1963		The Expubident World of Babs "Speedy" Gonzales 1968
Rock And Roll Santa Claus / Me-Spelled-M-E-M-E (78) 1958		A Proper Introduction to Babs Gonzales: Real Crazy 2004
She's Just Right For Me and House Rent Party (45)		Babs Gonzales - Babs
Babs Gonzales - Cool Whalin' 1958-ish

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