Mike Tate (Bill Lamb Productions)

Mike Tate
TNT & Friends

37277 - B-U-I-C-K
37278 - Cadillac Cowboy

Recorded at Bill Lamb Productions
Flint, Michigan
1976

Mike Tate was a Fisher Body #1 employee who had a country western band that played weekends at the Old Silver Rail Saloon in Flint.  He was also heard on the early morning Buick Factory Whistle Radio Show. Song tells about his job building Buicks.  Mike died in 1976.

Bill Lamb who hosted the "Buick Factory Whistle" radio show on Country WKM/FLINT, MI, which dubbed itself "the Country music capital of the north," for 26 years, and owned the BILL LAMB RECORDS store on Harrison Street in downtown Flint, passed away in 2015.

One copy is for sale here

Johnny Chaplo Sings

Johnny Chaplo Sings

36567 – Maria! Maria! (J. Chaplo)
36568 - Lovin' Feelin' (J. Chaplo)

Recorded at Bill Lamb Productions, Flint Michigan

[April 1976]

On eBay now, with sound clip. "Raw obscure - teen Rab garage track - Early ? Mark & The Mysterions ?" is the description. As you can guess, this is indeed not a Teen, not a RAB or not a garage record. Note the allusion to a well known Flint band, Question Mark and the Mysterians.

It rarely happens but a Google search brings ZERO result for "Johnny Chaplo", so, yes, this record is obscure.

The River Bank Singers (Citizens Bank)

40937 - 'Friendly Citizens' sung by the River Bank Singers
40938 - 'Friendly Citizens'  sung by Kay and The Driving Force

Words and music by Bill Lamb
Produced by Bill Lamb Productions - Flint, Michigan.











<<===- Photo by Megan Spelman, The Flint Journal
A worker changes a neon tube on the Citizens Bank letters under the weather ball Friday, Sept. 22, 2006.





Turns out that Michael Moore isn't the only round celebrity to hail from Flint, Mich. According to the Flint Journal, the Citizens Bank weather ball has been a fixture on the Flint scene for decades.

First lit on Oct. 30, 1956, the 2.5 ton, neon-lit sphere has become the icon of the city, warning citizens of impending weather. There is even a weather ball poem that helps folks decode the meaning behind the globe's glow:



When the weather ball is red, higher temperatures ahead.
When the weather ball is blue, lower temperature is due.
Yellow light in weather ball means there'll be no change at all.
When colors blink in agitation, there's going to be precipitation.





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Dynamic Givenaires

Dynamic Givenaires

41797 - God Won't Put No More On You
41798 - Master Move This Bitter Cup

Black male quartet recorded by Bill Lamb Productions, Flint, Michigan

Nancy Clayton on Starlet

Nancy Clayton
Starlet BLP 130
Recorded by Bill Lamb Productions, Flint Michigan

21487 – I Can’t Release You
21488 – Love Is The Bitter End

Side 1 produced by Clarance Sprague;
side 2 produced by Graham Prince

Jazz/RnB/Soul.

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The Tunesters

The Tunesters
The Sounds Of The Tunesters! Live!
#24261/24262

Recorded by Bill Lamb Productions Flint Michigan.

Side one :

1. Showtime,
2. Hello Young Lovers,
3. Mame,
4. Havi Nagila
5. Little Green Apples.

Side two :

1. Downtown,
2. Turn Around,
3. Elvis Vs. Mrs. Miller
4. Rock-A-Bye Medley
5. Perfidia.

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