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The Continentals

Rock

US group from Texas. It was the summer of 1959 and as the treasured three-month summer vacation approached, two cousins, Fred Raulston and Bob Shumate, aged 14 and 15 respectively, were struck with the thought: WE SHOULD START A COMBO!" The first thing they came up with as the name: The Continentals. As the summer of '59 wore on, Fred and Bob began their search for other players for their 'combo'. It was slim pickings at first with a revolving door of 'would be' musicians filing in and out of the rehearsal room (Fred's den), most of the players of sub-par talent. As new musicians were 'tried out' for the band, The Continentals played a few gigs in the north Dallas area with these players. At long last, in the early 1960's, the cream began to surface and a good little four piece group emerged. As the Continentals became better known around the north Texas area, they soon attracted the attention of Vandan Records, who signed them to a four-record contract (pretty hot stuff in those days). Vandan had just hit with The Nightcaps "Wine, Wine, Wine" and were looking for a band to tour with them. All that was needed by the Continentals was a 'top notch' record producer. The producer that stepped up was Bob 'Git It' Kelly who was working for WRR and occasionally sat in to host Kats Karavan. He took them into the studio and cut four sides that would result in 'The Continentals' first venture into the national charts. Their second single was released in October 1962 and pairs up the song "My Baby Was Ah-Nowhere" and "Kangaroo Hop." The band on this recording are : Skeet Wilson, Vic Stewart, Ronnie Floyd, Bob Shumate, and Fred Roulston.

Genres

• Rock
• Pop
• R&B/Soul
• Blues