Patty Lace & The Petticoats (3)

Patty Lace & The Petticoats (3) (New York)

Personnel :

Patty Lace (Diane Christian)  (Lead)

Paula ...

Peppi ...

Pixie ...

Discography :

1963 - Sneaky Sue / The Back (Kapp 563)
1964 - Girls Don't Trust That Boy / Girls Should Always Look Their Best (Kapp 585)
1965 - A New Boy / Say One (Is A Lonely Number) (Kapp 667)

Biography :

Hotshot producers Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer notched up some remarkable successes back in the 60s, including number ones with "My Boyfriend’s Back" by the Angels in 1963 and "Hang On Sloopy" by the McCoys in 1965, with lots of flops and almost-made-its coming in between. In late 1963 the team scored again with the Angels’ follow-up, "I Adore Him" and nearly made it three hits in a row that year with Patty Lace & The Petticoats, whose deliciously camp "Sneaky Sue" (on Kapp) undoubtedly influenced Shadow Morton's work with the Shangri-Las. Issued in the solemn aftermath of the Kennedy assassination, "Sneaky Sue" made it to #104 in early January 1964.

 
Diane Christian                                                                                                                                                

Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer frequently used studio vocalists from the New York session pool on their recordings and it seems that Patty Lace & The Petticoats were one such aggregation. Their only follow-up* had the peculiar distinction of being issued well over year later, when the group had been forgotten. Perhaps sensing this, Kapp helpfully named them on the label as ‘Patty, Paula, Peppi and Pixie’. Bob Feldman cannot recall the real identities of Patty Lace & the Petticoats other than to say that their original lead singer, Diane Christian, cut a solo 45 for Mercury. However, we do have a picture of the girls from a rare French release.

Songs :

  
Sneaky Sue                                          The Back

  
       Girls Don't Trust That Boy         Girls Should Always Look Their Best


A New Boy / Say One (Is A Lonely Number)

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