Be My Baby is a night devoted to the girl groups of the late 50s and 60s and the music that they have inspired.

From the Wall of Sound, Motown, Yé-yé, Northern Soul and New Wave to indie pop… if it’s got a female lead vocal and we like it we’ll play it.

Expect to hear: The Shirelles, Orlons, Marvelettes, Velvelettes, Ronettes, Supremes, Chiffons, Go-Go’s, Pipettes, Nancy Sinatra, Skeeter Davis, France Gall, Dusty Springfield, Le Tigre, Those Dancing Days, Francois Hardy, Amy Winehouse, Annie Philippe, Sandie Shaw, Fabienne DelSol, Yumi Arai, Blondie, Dee Dee Sharp, Lori Burton, Aretha Franklin…

The Red House
Saturday 19th March
9-2
Free entry

Great name, great playlist!!!

Great name, great playlist!!!
Glad you approve our current name is certainly working much better for us than 'The Trouble with Boys' which we used to go by, as it turned out very few people know that particular Little Eva song.

Here's a partial playlist from last month's BMB which will hopefully also be agreeable:

Debbie Dovale - I'm My Own Doctor
Diane Castle - My Heart Belongs To A Devil Of A Boy
Fabienne Delsol - Pied Piper
The Girls - Chico's Girl
The Orlons - South Street
The Storey Sisters - Bad Motorcycle
The Shangri-Las - Sophisticated Boom Boom
Darlene Love - Long Way To Be Happy
Sandie Shaw - Heaven Knows I'm Missing Him Now
The Supremes - Come See About Me
Martha Reeves & the Vandellas - Dancing In The Street,
She & Him - This Is Not A Test
Julie Grant - Everyday I Have to Cry
Antoinette - There He Goes (The Boy I Love)
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
The Flirtations - Nothing But a Heartache
Freda Payne - Band Of Gold
Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - Tramp
Aretha Franklin - Respect
LaVern Baker - Saved
Little Eva - Let's Turkey Trot
Dorothy Berry - You're So Fine
The Four Pennies - When the Boy's Happy (The Girl's Happy Too)
The Raindrops - Kind of Boy You Can't Forget
The Pipettes - Pull Shapes
The Cinderellas - Baby, Baby (I Still Love You)
The Ronettes - Be My Baby
The Angels - Wow Wow Wee
The Bristols - You`re A Moody Guy
Imelda May - Love Tattoo
Wanda Jackson - Let's Have a Party
Lulu - Shout
Irma Thomas - Break-A-Way
The Velvelettes - Needle In A Haystack
Bobbie Miller - What a Guy
Jacqueline Taïeb - 7 Heures Du Matin
Clair Lane - Frankie and Johnny
Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits
Lavern Baker - Batman To The Rescue
Johnny Boy - You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Bad Reputation
Nikki & the Corvettes - Let's Go
The Long Blondes - Weekend Without Makeup
The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack
Maxine Brown - She's Got Everything
Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good
Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
Brenda Holloway - Think It Over (Before You Break My Heart)
Hattie Littles - Love Trouble Heartache And Misery
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep-Mountain High
Shirley Bassey - Vehicle
Kathleen Emery - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
Liza Minnelli - Use Me
Sugar Pie Desanto - Straighten It Out With Yo Man
Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man
Petula Clark - Reach Out I'll Be There
Cilla Black - Aquarius
the pin-ups - lookin' for boys
Candy & Kisses - All You Gotta Do
Little Eva - The Loco-Motion
The Rev-Lons - After Last Night
The Girlfriends - My One and Only, Jimmy Boy
Connie Francis - Gonna Git That Man
Jacqueline Perez - Notre Prof' D'anglais
Anna Bell - La Moustache A Papa
Sakura And The Quests - My Boy Lollipop
Yumi Arai - Rouge no Dengon
Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans - Not Too Young To Get Married
April Young - Steady Boyfriend
Jean Martin - Save the Last Dance for Me
Little Peggy March - I Will Follow Him
Linda Flavell - And the Trouble With Me Is You
Imelda May - Johny Got A Boom Boom
The Supremes - My World Is Empty Without You
The Shirelles - I met him on a Sunday
The Marvelettes - Destination: Anywhere
Sugar Pie DeSanto - Soulful Dress
Nat Johnson - Teenager in Love (Live Cover)
Dolly Parton - Don't Drop Out
Clydie King - He Always Comes Back To Me
Dionne Warwick - Walk on By
Jan Bradley - Mama Didn't Lie
Skeeter Davis - I Can't Stay Mad at You
The Dixie Cups - Chapel of Love
The Goodies - The Dum dum ditty
Annette Hanshaw - A Precious Little Thing Called Love
Billie Holiday - I've Got A Right To Sing The Blues

Period dress is by no means compulsory but there will be prizes for those in the best* 50s/early 60s outfits.

*best here meaning whatever the DJs like the most.