Vic Mizelle (vocals, guitar), Milton "Boo" Walke (guitar), Bill Cook (guitar), Eddie Robinson (saxophone), Paul Dixon (bass), Bill Smith (drummer)
The Rock-A-Teens were a short-lived United States
rockabilly group from
Richmond, Virginia, active in the late 1950s, led by Vic Mizelle.[1]
The Rock-a-Teens were one-hit wonders whose lone hit record was "
Woo Hoo", written by George Donald McGraw and backed with "Untrue", released on
Roulette Records R 4192.[2] The song hit No. 16 on the
Billboard Hot 100.[3]
Career
The Rock-A-Teens formed in 1956 as Boo Walke & the Rockets while still in high school.[4] After the initial success of "Woo-Hoo", they cut an album of the same name. Meanwhile Roulette Records issued a follow-up single of "Twangy" and "Doggone It Baby". Neither the album or follow-up single was successful. The group broke up shortly after and none of the members continued in the music business. Vic Mizelle went on with other Richmond groups for years.
Discography
Album
Woo Hoo (1960)
Roulette Records SR 25109 - Recorded November 1959 and Spring 1960.[5]
^Pete Crigler Keeping It Tight in the Old Dominion 2010 p5 "One of the first real non-pop bands to come out of Virginia was a group of kids called the Rock-A-Teens, out of Richmond. By 1959, they'd started playing dances around the area when they auditioned for a local label owner named George Donald McGraw..."