Artist:Godchildren of Soul f/General Johnson and Joey Ramone
Song:Rockaway Beach
Album:Anyone Can Join
Here's a 1994 one off album that appears to be a tribute to classic soul. It's not clear if this was supposed to be a one off. It looks like there may have been record company problems. This cover of The Ramones classic Rockaway Beach was released as a single and there was even a video. The guy behind this album was veteran record executive Steve Greenberg. He is currently the owner of S-Curve Records. But in 1994 he was an executive at Columbia Records. He is also an expert on vintage soul. He has won Grammys for his liner notes for Stax Records collections. So it's not surprising that Greenberg would produce a soul tribute. Greenberg produced most of the album with Ben Wolff and Andy Dean. They are remix guys known as Boilerhouse. They produced this cover of Rockaway Beach featuring Joey Ramone and Chairmen of the Board leader General Johnson. Other artists appearing include Rufus Thomas, Sam Moore, The Sugarhill Gang, Swamp Dogg and The Klezmatics. This is available as a budget CD. It looks like what might have happened is Greenberg owned the masters. So when he left Columbia, he took it to Rhino and it is on Rhino's Forward label. Here's the video for Rockaway Beach by Godchildren of Soul featuring General Johnson and Joey Ramone.
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