Vice-Roys Groups
Vice-Roys (Aladdin) – Please, Baby, Please/ I’m Yours As Long As I Live, ’55 (Aladdin 3273)
Vice-Roys (Phoenix Az) (w Mike Metko Combo) – My Heart/ I Need Your Love So Bad, ’62 (Ramco 3715)
Vice-Roys/ Viceroys Group
as Viceroys – Moasin’ {I}/ Seagrams {I}, ’62 (Bethlehem 3045)
as Viceroys – Moasin’ {I}/ Seagreen (Formerly Called Seagrams) {I}, ’63 (Bethlehem 3045)
as Vice-Roys
– Buzz-Bomb {I}/ Joshin’ {I}, ’63 (Bethlehem 3070)
– Buzz-Bomb {I}/ The Fox {I}, ’63 (Bethlehem 3070)
as Vice-Roys – Not Too Much Twist – Not Too Much Shout/ Tears On My Pillow, ’64 (Bethlehem 3088)
Note: Sources locate group in Chicago.
Viceroys Groups
Viceroys (Hollywood CA Label)
– Uncle Sam Needs You/ I’m So Sorry (It’s Ending With You), ’61 (Little Star 107 & Smash 1716)
– Dreamy Eyes/ Ball N’ Chain, ’61 (Original Sound 15)
as Jimmy Norman – I Know I’m In Love, ’62 (Little Star 121)
Viceroys (Hollywood CA Label) (Jimmy Norman & The) – You Crack Me Up, ’62 (Little Star 121)
Viceroys (Seattle)
– Until/ Bacon Fat, ’63 (Seafair-Bolo 750)
– Earth Angel/ Death Of An Angel, ’64 (Imperial 66058)
Note: There were several releases by the group not included in the book. nwmusicarchives.com/artist/viceroys-the/ for more about them.
The Arizona-based Viceroys on Ramco are actually spelled Vice-Roys.
Label scans:
whitedoowopcollector.blogspot.com.es/2014/08/the-vice-roys-ramco-records.html
Further info:
whitedoowopcollector.blogspot.com.es/2014/08/the-vice-roys-ramco-records.html
Great to credit a group correctly. Thanks for your help and the link.
You’re very welcome!
You may listen to “Not Too Much Twist – Not Too Much Shout” at 1:15:10 here:
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/45185
You won’t like it…
Rough Garage-style vocals. Could this be the same Bethlehem surf-instrumental group on #3345 (Seagrams (re-released as Seagreen) in 1960? (www.bsnpubs.com/king/bethlehem.html). Most sources list the #3388 group as Viceroys.
I might be that this is the same group.
Viceroys – Seagrams:
It’s hard to say. The vocal group leads me to doubt they’ve been recording for 4 years.
Mike Metko was a very good friend of mine while I lived in Phoenix. I met him actually when he took-up running marathons and 10K road running. After knowing Mike this way, I would go to where ever he was palying his sax in a band out and about the Phoenix area. He use to tell me about his days of playing at JD’s and Mr. Lucky’s. The last time I remember seeing him play was at a place in Glendale, AZ – called Mr. Nice And Nasty’s. He died of Cancer in the mid-90’s. The last time I talked to Mike was on the phone – when he was working for the City of Phoenix as a purchasing agent. Larry
A nice tribute. Thanks for sharing your story.