Added: Jul 23, 2008
From: PJDooWop
Duration: 2:19
Great tune. This is the original first pressing of Come On Honey. Come On Honey was also pressed on the Island label with a different flip in the early 60s. The label was from the Bronx but the record was actually pressed and distributed in Jamaica. I don't think many copies made it to America. I think this song inspired My Boy Lollypop by Millie Small (another Jamaican pop song). I believe The Jiving Juniors were living in The Bronx at the time because that also recorded for Asnes records, another Bronx label. Their origins are most definitely Jamaican.
Channel: Music
Tags: doo doowop doowopp jamaica jamaican rare ska wop wopp
Rating: 5.00 (3 ratings) Views: 308 Comments: 7
MrDooWoplino Says:
Jul 23, 2008 - I agree good one:)
ImperialSoulRolas Says:
Jul 23, 2008 - This is a clean tune!
PJDooWop Says:
Jul 23, 2008 - Thanks man!
PJDooWop Says:
Jul 23, 2008 - Jamaican 45s are hit or miss.. They either have amazing sound quality like this one or they're really raw.
PJDooWop Says:
Jul 23, 2008 - Thank you!
EagerBoy59 Says:
Jul 27, 2008 - Just checking your description, Millie's 'My Boy Lollipop' was actually a cover of a U.S. record of the same name by Barbie Gaye which pre-dates this one. Her version doesn't have a harmonica break but a sax instead. Barbie Gaye's original version was a sound system hit in Jamaica and might have inspired both this and the closer cover by Millie.
EagerBoy59 Says:
Aug 2, 2008 - I was just looking through some of my records and I found another one by The Jiving Juniors on Blue Beat titled 'Lollipop Girl' which is even closer to 'My Boy Lollipop' than 'Sugar Dandy'! I was actually thinking of uploading the other side of 'Lollipop Girl' ('Dearest Darling'), an excellent ballad reminiscent of 'Love Is Strange' by Mickey and Silvia..
Soulyadie Says:
Aug 8, 2008 - Derrick Harriott and Morris Winter out front MAN ON MAN !!!
PJDooWop Says:
Aug 8, 2008 - You KNOW your music :) Would you happen to know if this was recorded in Jamaica or the US? I know the Jiving Juniors recorded on another Bronx label, Asnes. This record label was from The Bronx but it was pressed and distributed in Jamaica.
shortrax Says:
Aug 12, 2008 - Probably American - just because I like early Jamaican music and I don't recognise the sound of that band. Have been wrong before though...
EagerBoy59 Says:
Jul 23, 2008 - Good post!