1957
BABY OH BABY * THE SHELLS * JOHNSON 104 * USA
The Shells were: Nate 'Little Nat' Bouknight, Randy "Shade Alston, Bobby Nurse, Danny Small and Gus Geter, they had a top 30 hit with the above the groups first on Hiram Johnson's New York independent. Johnson, who also gets the obligatory label owners credit as writer on the above, continued issuing the groups records until 1960 when his label folded, they also had releases on: Gone, Bobbin (with Fred Green), End, Genie, Josie and Juanita. Nate Bouknight also turned up in an ersatz 'Clovers' outfit that recorded for Paul Winley's Porwin label in 1963.