I Love The Applejacks
The Applejacks were a recording group created by musician, songwriter, producer and arranger, Dave Appell, born March 24, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Applejacks consisted of various studio musicians including Dan Dailey, Joe Shur and Joe Mack, along with other musicians. Appell started his career as a musical arranger while in the U.S. Navy where he worked as an arranger for several United States Navy big bands. After the Navy he started a quartet called the Dave Appell Four, but with the emergence of rock and roll he changed the name to The Applejacks. Appell went to work for Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe, founders of the very successful Cameo Parkway Record Company, where he recorded records. He became a jack-of-all-trades for the company providing background vocals, guitar session work, arranging, producing, and songwriting for such artists as Charlie Grace, Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell, Dee Dee Sharp, The Dovells, The Orlons and many more Cameo Parkway artists. In 1961 Appell began recording under the name of Dave Appell and His Orchestra, dropping the Applejacks name altogether. His last 45 was the 1970 "The Son of a Preacher Man' and "Girl of the Skies" and were recorded on B.T. Puppy Records under the name Dave Appell. In 1970 Appell produced for Tony Orlando and Dawn, including the hit songs "Knock Three Times" and "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Around the Old Oak Tree". The Applejacks had three Billboard Hot 100 instrumental hits, "Mexican Hat Rock" (#16), "Rocka-Conga" (#38) and "Bunny Hop" (#70), as well as other popular songs such as "The Rock and Roll Story", "Ring Around My Baby", "Honey Bunch", "Country Dance", "Sweet Patootie Pie", "Ooh, Baby, Ooh", "Teenage Meeting", "The Love Express", "Ookey Ook", "Smarter", "Reunion", "Alrighty", "Apple-Jack", "No Name Theme", "Chitter Chatter Baby", "Circle Dance", "Theme from the Young Ones", "Mexican Hat Twist", "Let's Continental", "Happy Jose", "Noivous", "Back in Sixty Seconds", "Hippies Waltz", "Theme from The Untouchables", "Cherry Valley", "Hot Toddy", "Night Train Stroll" & "Love in the Jungle".
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