This website is the Story of the RIP CHORDS from one of the two original RIP CHORDS.
The RIP CHORDS recorded from 1962-1965 at Columbia Records in Hollywood, California. Please take a moment to visit the main page, and read the true story of how the RIP CHORDS started and evolved.
Interesting Links:
- WQAM 1963 Survey Listed “Here I Stand” as #16 on the March 30 ‘survey’
- WLS 1963 top 40 list — “Here I Stand” is #32 in it’s 3rd week of release, May 3, 1963
- WLS 1963 top 40 list — “Here I Stand” is # 16 in it’s sixth week of release, May 24, 1963
- Anopheles Records – Homestead & Wolfe – The Gold Star Tapes 1973-75
- SunDazed Records BEST HITS
THE 2006 Columbia / Sundazed “Best of” release, says it best:
NO GROUP EPITOMIZED THE SUN-SOAKED CALIFORNIA SOUND BETTER THAN THE fabulous Rip ChordsLed by legendary producer Terry Melcher along with future Beach Boy Bruce Johnston and ace-vocalists Ernie Bringas and Phil Stewart, these long-board big-guns left an indelible mark on the surf’n strip sounds of the ‘60s…. the best of the Rip Chords! 20 trophy winning tracks.
Here are a few of those songs for you to enjoy:
Hey Little Cobra:
Here I Stand
Trophy Machine
GONE
Little Duece Coupe
Karen
Three Window Coupe
Bonneville Bonnie
This Little Woodie
Surfin’ Craze
My Big Gun Board
Summer U.S.A.
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