The major labels all passed on Bobby Pickett's novelty single, so it took the young production phenom Gary S. Paxton to shepherd it along and release it on his own label, Garpax Records. Paxton previously performed under the moniker Flip with his college pal Clyde Battin, aka Skip. Skip & Flip were a short-lived duo with a handful of hit singles during their run. These recordings are collected in It Was I - The Very Best of Skip & Flip, the contents of which were all released between 1959 and 1961.
Lo-fi and rudimentary rock 'n roll make up the body of Skip & Flip's output. Full of "Na Na Nas" and "Whoa-ohs," their songs, subsequent to their debut "It Was I," echo previous radio hits across rock song forms (ballad, dance craze, story song,...) with only "Fancy Nancy" having any verve. The rest lack inspiration and fail to push them out of the shadows of less tame Rock & Roll duos.
Note: Another compilation means another year listing that represents when the material was first released, and not when the actual compilation album came out. That would be 1998.
Here is the discography for Skip & Flip:
Betty Jean (1958 single as The Pledges)
Why Not Confess (1958 single as Gary and Clyde)
One Hundred Baby (1959 single as Chuck and Chuckles)
It Was I (1959 single)
Fancy Nancy (1959 single)
Cherry Pie (1960 single)
Green Door (1960 single)
Hully Gully Cha Cha Cha (1960 single)
Searching for Linda (1960 single by Skip)
Tami's Dance (1960 single by Clyde Gary & His Orchestra)
Betty Jean (1961 single)
In the Soup (1961 single by Skip & The Hustlers)
Twister (1961 single by Clyde Battin)
Strange as It Seems (1961 single by Leonard Brothers with The Pledges)
It Was I: The Very Best of Skip & Flip
Over the Mountain (1962 single)
"It Was I" by Skip & Flip
"Lunch Hour" by Skip & Flip
Pass the Headphones!!
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