The original members of The Chartbusters were Vernon Sandusky (lead vocals, lead guitar), Johnny Dubas (bass, vocals), Vince Gideon (rhythm guitar, vocals) and Mitch Corday (drums). Mitch very early on shifted to the business side for the band, with Chib Holmes taking over on drums.
In 1966 Frank Dillon replaced Vince Gideon and in 1967 Stewart Ross replaced Chib Holmes. Frank Dillon wrote and/or co-wrote a wealth of material during his tenure with the band.
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Influences
The Beatles, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Del Shannon
Aside from our SNOCAP Store above, we have also made arrangements with a wide variety of digital retailers to sell music by The Chartbusters. Our first offering is a 4 song EP that includes "She's The One", "Why (Doncha Be My Girl)", "Can't You Hear Me Callin'" and "One Bird In The Hand Is Like Two Birds In The Bush". These tracks - like the tracks from our SNOCAP Store - are remastered original versions from the original master tapes. Currently available at eMusic, iTunes, Amazon.com and Rhapsody!
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The Chartbusters were an American group that had a big hit with the single "She's The One" (Mutual Records, catalog number 502) in 1964, during the height of The British Invasion. The Chartbusters were managed by Bobby Poe and featured lead vocalist/lead guitarist Vernon Sandusky from Rockabilly Hall of Famers Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats. Bobby and Vernon also produced The Chartbusters' recordings, with Vernon writing or co-writing much of the group's material. Vernon went on to play guitar in Country Music Hall of Famer Roy Clark's band in the 1970's - a gig he held for over 20 years.
In the late 1960's and after The Chartbusters broke up, Bobby Poe founded the respected music industry publication "Pop Music Survey". Starting in 1972, The Poe Kat presented 25 annual "Pop Music Survey" Radio/Record Conventions, which lasted until his gala retirement Convention in 1996.
"She's The One" was released in the Summer of 1964 and went on to sell over 750,000 copies, peaking at Number 33 on Billboard's singles chart. At the time, it was also a Number 1 record at several radio stations around the country. Joey Reynolds of WKBW Radio in Buffalo, New York can take credit for breaking the single nationally.
The Chartbusters were a popular live act and did gigs with many of the great stars of the time including The Beach Boys, Johnny Rivers, The Animals, Jan & Dean, Herman's Hermits, The Yardbirds, The Lovin' Spoonful, Dino, Desi & Billy and many more. Their gigs took them all over the country. Shown here is a picture of the band co-headlining with The Animals at the legendary Paramount Theater in New York City.
The band also got it's share of TV exposure, performing on national shows such as "American Bandstand" and local Washington, D.C. shows like "Wing Ding". Shown here is a picture of The Chartbusters backstage with Dick Clark. Now for the first time on myspace.com original tracks by The Chartbusters are available for your listening pleasure. Featured are the band's first two singles on Mutual Records, "She's The One" and "Why (Doncha Be My Girl)". Also to be found here at MySpace are the B-Side of "Why (Doncha Be My Girl)" entitled "Stop The Music" along with various other singles and B-sides.
For you trivia buffs out there, Tom Hanks was quoted in People Magazine as saying The Chartbusters were one of the inspirations for his film "That Thing You Do!". In the 1980's "She's The One" was released by Rhino Records on "Nuggets, Volume 4" as part of their highly respected series of classic singles from the mid-1960's (the original vinyl series released in 1984, not the later CD box set).
Check out our SNOCAP Store above for digital collections by The Chartbusters and Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats. The Chartbusters' lead guitarist/lead vocalist Vernon Sandusky was lead guitarist for Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats. Vernon joined The Poe Kats when he was only 16 years old!
Visit the Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats site on MySpace by clicking on them in the "Friends" section below. There (aside from the 13 tracks available in the SNOCAP Store here) you can purchase the Rockabilly cult classics "Rock And Roll Record Girl", "Rock And Roll Boogie" and "Piano Nellie" through digital retailers such as iTunes and Amazon.com. Add those 3 tracks to nicely supplement "The Rockabilly Collection" available through SNOCAP!
This Just In: We are excited to announce two singles by The Chartbusters - "Kick Wheeler" and "Lonely Surfer Boy" - will only be available on a forthcoming release on Sundazed Music (see our "Friends" section below to visit Sundazed Music on MySpace).
