The Hollywood Argyles
The Hollywood Argyles were a quickie act thrown together by producers Kim Fowley and Gary Paxton and featuring Sandy Nelson. Fowley made his first recordings with drummer Nelson during the late '50s and had already produced a number of short-lived groups -- including the Paradons and the Innocents -- and found his first taste of success by producing a handful of successful efforts by Arizona schoolmates Gary ("Flip") Paxton and Clyde ("Skip") Battin, who performed under the name Skip & Flip, and scored two Top 20 hits in 1959, "Cherry Pie," (number 11 Pop) and "It Was I" (number 11 Pop). Immediately after dissolving Skip & Flip, Paxton and Fowley created a novelty doo wop-inspired group -- a one-off collective of local musicians and vocalists -- and called them the Hollywood Argyles.
In 1960, this "group" actually topped the charts with the number one smash hit "Alley Oop," a flagrant Coasters ripoff that had been written and performed by future country artist Dallas Frazier a few years earlier in 1957. It was based on a popular newspaper comic strip character at the time. Fowley and Nelson, drunk as skunks, bashed empty bottles and wastepaper baskets. As the group weren't merely anything more than a collection of Fowley's music-making associates, they didn't have a follow-up, and Fowley and Paxton moved on.
In October of that same year, the two signed a production deal with Bob Keene's Del-Fi Records, recording a follow-up called "Alley Oop Cha Cha Cha," while Paxton drawled out the very same lyrics to the "Alley Oop" hit. It was credited to the Prehistorics.
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Discography
14 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Presenting The Hollywood Argyles
Rock - Released by Universal Digital Enterprises on Dec 3, 1960
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Gary Paxton Meets The Hollywood Argyles
Gary Paxton, The Hollywood Argyles
Rock - Released by Jasmine Records on Aug 17, 2018
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Alley Oop (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 24)
R&B - Released by Music Manager on Dec 19, 2018
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Alley Oop - The Very Best Of
Pop - Released by Master Classics Records on Mar 1, 2011
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Backseat Memories of the 1960's - Vol. 1
Pop - Released by Resnik Music Group on Nov 12, 2015
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All The Best
Blues - Released by Retro Music Box on Jan 20, 2020
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The Best of The Hollywood Argyles
Soul - Released by Vintage Jukebox on Jan 9, 2020
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Alley Oop (Billboard Hot 100 - No. 01)
R&B - Released by Music Manager on Dec 19, 2018
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