KARATE BOOGALOO- SHOUT USA record label
HLZ 10162 Stateside UK
'Papaaaa-Shooooooo!' K A R A T E B O O G A L O O...The Boogaloo was a dance craze in the USA and this was a recording played extensively at the Twisted Wheel, Manchester.
Jerry-O - real name Jerry J. Murray, died in the mid 1970s. He was born in 1939 in St. Louis,. He was a friend of Gene Chandler when singing with The Dukays and he helped (he was a DJ), promote them locally. He started his own label Jerry - O Records and recorded Jerk/Mo'Jerk with the Dukays after Gene had left. This was after the 'Duke Of Earl' fall out (see Gene Chandler link) a local hit in Detroit and Chicago.
1965 Jerry O was in the duo Tom & Jerrio alongside Robert 'Tommy Dark' Tharp. Boo-Ga-Loo b/w BoomerangABC / Paramount.
(Apparently Berry Gordy of Motown claimed the copyright.)
1966 with Sammy Kaplan they started the Boo-Ga-Loo label. Tom & Jerry O did everything Boo-Gal-loo.
Jerry O had a great rapping style, and the links below give great intriguing information about the man.
In the early 70's did a version of James Brown's 'There Was A Time'
