Abnak Album Discography
By Mike Callahan, Dave Edwards, and Patrice Eyries
Last update: January 7, 2012







Dallas, Texas-based Abnak Records was part of Abnak Music Enterprises, Inc., founded by successful Fort Worth insurance man John H. Abdnor, Sr. His son, John Howard Abdnor, Jr., otherwise known as Jon Abnor, was a part of the duo Jon & Robin. The elder Abdnor apparently started the label as a vehicle for his son's musical interests, but quickly also became involved on the business end when he signed the Five Americans and he became their personal manager. Abnak Music Enterprises included the Abnak and Jetstar labels.

Jon Abnor put out several records on the Abnak label in 1963 and 1964. Although they got a bit of airplay in Dallas, they didn't chart nationally. Meanwhile, he spent his time running the day-to-day operations of his father's record label. In 1965, after an unsuccessful attempt to go to a national audience by releasing a single on Atco, Jon was paired with female vocalist Javonne Braga as the duo Jon & Robin. (Javonne was called Robin because she was a replacement for the first singer, Robin Beavers, who quit before the duo started recording.) As it turned out, the duet proved to be a better arrangement for Jon's success, with several chart records nationally. Their first hit was "Do It Again A Little Bit Slower" [Abnak 119], which reached the national top-20 in late spring, 1967. This and several followup singles were billed as "Jon & Robin & the In Crowd."

Jon & Robin's followup singles, however, hovered around the bottom of the top 100, as they couldn't repeat their national success (although the records sold well in Dallas and the Southwest). By 1968, with the release of their album Elastic Event, Jon & Robin are pictured on the cover looking positively dour, and each tried a solo effort about this time. Jon's single ["Save Me, Save Me," Abnak 133] was cryptically credited to "Jon & the In Crowd," the label looking every bit as if Robin's name were airbrushed out. (In fact, the flip side had earlier been released as by Jon & Robin.) It stiffed. Javonne "Robin" Braga's solo single was also without much success ["Dirty Old Man" as "Robin (of Jon & Robin)" on Abnak 136, with the flip another Jon & Robin song]. The duo got back together, sans the In Crowd, for a few more singles stretching to the late summer of 1969 before breaking up for good. Javonne Braga married Five Americans drummer Jimmy Wright in 1970. Jon Abnor put together a new group in 1969 called the John Howard Abdnor Involvement, which released three singles and an LP to little notice. Jon went through a series of personal and legal crises in the 1970s that took him out of the music business. He died July 2, 2008, in Dallas.

The "In Crowd" was not the same group who hit with "Questions and Answers" on Viva in 1966. Instead, it was Bobby Rambo (guitar, percussion), Jim Glaves (keyboards), Pete Molino (guitar), James Anderson (bass), and Rex Ludwick (drums). Actually, the group sounded a lot like the Five Americans. The first single they put out as a solo venture was a Five Americans song, "Big Cities" [Abnak 121], which also appeared on the Americans' Western Union LP. The single version by the In Crowd is not the same recording as the Five Americans version on their LP, but except for a slightly different arrangement, it sounds close enough to have been recorded at a Five Americans' session. Group members (as well as the Five Americans, who wrote it) hoped the single would be a big hit, due to the large number of cities named, but actually, it missed the national charts altogether. In my opinion, the 45 version released by the In Crowd was not as good as the Five Americans LP cut, but it was a bit more "radio-friendly". By 1968, when the second Jon & Robin album was recorded, the In Crowd was down to just Rambo and Glaves, with three members of the Five Americans (John Durill, Jim Grant, and Jimmy Wright) filling in, and Five Americans frontman Mike Rabon doing the production. The In Crowd's next single, "Hangin' from Your Lovin' Tree" [Abnak 129] managed to make an anemic #131 nationally. At this point, mid-1968, except for the "Jon & the In Crowd" 45 mentioned above, the In Crowd was history. Bobby Rambo would join the Five Americans formally in 1969.

The most successful act for the Abnak label was the Five Americans. The group had started as a predominantly instrumental college band in 1962. They called themselves the Mutineers, based at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, Oklahoma. Originally, the group included Mike Rabon (vocals/guitar), Norm Ezell (vocals/guitar), John Durill (vocals/keyboard), Jim Grant (bass), and Johnny Coble (drums). Like many bands of the time, they played at frat parties and occasional gigs at bars, covering the popular surfing/Duane Eddy instrumental hits along with other dance numbers. In late 1963, Mike Rabon's father ponied up some cash for them to cut a single at Seller's Recording Studio in Dallas (about 90 miles south of Durant). A thousand copies of the record (two original instrumentals) were pressed for sales at their gigs, but they had bigger plans, bringing the 45 to Oklahoma City to try to get it on the radio. While there, they didn't get any takers for the radio, but they became aware of the Beatles for the first time. This changed their style (both music and wardrobe) from surf to British Invasion fairly quickly.

After the school year ended in May, 1964, the group planned to head for a bigger venue to make their fame and fortune instead of getting summer jobs. They decided to move down to Dallas for the summer, but Coble chose not to go. They invited Jimmy Wright, a high-school aged drummer with another local band, the Accents, and he jumped at the opportunity. The new lineup rehearsed for two weeks at Mike Rabon's parents' house, then headed the hour-and-a-half south to Dallas.

The Mutineers quickly found jobs in the Dallas club scene, first at the 4500 Club, then the Pirate's Nook, and later at Louann's, one of the best known clubs in Dallas. It was there they again started writing some original tunes rather than just do covers of Beatles' and other artists' songs. By late June, 1964, they recorded a few demos of their material at a local studio, and brought them to KLIF deejay Ken Dowe for his advice. Dowe told them to go see the folks at Abnak. After listening to the demos, Jon Abnor brought them in for an audition, then offered them a contract. Abnor's father, John Abdnor, Sr., became their manager. The A&R man for Abnak, Roger Guegenheimer, suggested a name change that everyone liked. By July, 1964, they were the Five Americans.

In September, 1964, Abdnor sent the group to Sumet Recording Studios in Dallas, where they recorded "It's You Girl" and "I'm Gonna Leave Ya." At first, Abdnor placed the group on its Jetstar label, used mainly for R&B records, and released the two songs as Jetstar 104. The Five Americans went back to Sumet several additional times, and in December, 1964, they recorded the original "I'm Feelin' O.K." and the Little Richard cover "Slippin' and Slidin." Abdnor put out the single on Jetstar 105. Neither of the Jetstar singles clicked, even in Dallas, so Abdnor decided to put the Five Americans on the Abnak label rather than Jetstar from that point on.

In the spring of 1965, Abdnor issued one more single by the group taken from the Sumet sessions, a couple of songs recorded in October, 1964, but unreleased up to that point. He issued the decidedly Beatlesque "Say That You Love Me" backed with "Without You," as Abnak 106. Still nothing. Feeling that they were getting nowhere, Abdnor sent the group to Nashville to record a couple of songs he licensed to ABC-Paramount, "Show Me" backed with "Love Love Love" [ABC-Paramount 10686]. The record received little promotion, and predictably, sank without a trace after its release in late June. At about the same time, a Jon Abnor single was similarly placed with Atco, with exactly the same result.

Discouraged, the band launched into a period of practicing eight hours a day for months in an attempt to get better. They were also introduced to recording engineer Robin Hood Brians, who had hand-built a recording studio in his home in Tyler, Texas, a hundred miles or so east of Dallas. During one lengthy session in late 1965, the Five Americans laid down ten songs, with Dale Hawkins producing. Again they brought the tapes to KLIF deejay Ken Dowe for his opinion. Dowe was lukewarm about most of the songs, but when he heard "I See the Light," he knew it was a hit. Abnak released the song in late 1965, backed with the slow, depressing "The Outcast" on the flip, as Abnak 109. It took off immediately in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, making so much noise that HBR Records (Hanna-Barbera Records, the Hollywood label whose parent company gave us Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear) called and offered to pick it up for national distribution. On HBR 454, it hit the national charts in January, 1966, eventually reaching #26. In the rush to re-release the record on HBR, the flip side was misspelled as "The Outcasts".

The group was immediately shipped to Los Angeles to finish an album and record a followup single. The followup, "Evol-Not Love," a stomping rocker with a march tempo and a nasty put-down lyric, was issued in March as HBR 468, backed with a cut from the album, "Don't Blame Me." Although the song only reached #52 nationally, in certain cities it was a huge hit, for example making #8 in Chicago, even edging out their hit "Western Union" (#10) as their highest all-time charter in that city.

Back in Texas, John Abdnor was quickly figuring out that his own Abnak label, though unprepared for national distribution a few months earlier when "I See the Light" hit, could do national distribution as well as the next guy (at least, if that next guy was HBR). To finish the contract requirements, the Five Americans recorded "Good Times" at Robin Hood Brians' studio, which HBR released as HBR 483, backed with another track from the HBR album, "The Losing Game." This time, the single failed to chart at all, but that was not surprising due to lack of promotion on a lame-duck act for a label that was itself going down the tubes.

Meanwhile, the Five Americans were busy with Dale Hawkins in Robin Hood Brians' studio, recording tracks for singles. By this time, the band had begun to sound really polished, and their songwriting had improved substantially. In the fall of 1966, they issued the single "Reality"/"Sympathy" on Abnak 114, then later in the year "If I Could"/"Now That It's Over" on Abnak 116. Although neither single charted nationally, all four of these songs would later show up on their first Abnak album, Western Union [Abnak 1967/2067], arguably their best album ever. The deejay copy of Abnak 116, shown at right, was typical of Abnak's promotional practice of issuing deejay copies on colored vinyl. Although that had been a practice in the 1950s, by the mid-1960s it was all but dead, and the colorful Abnak 45s were eye catching for program directors and deejays.

In January, 1967, the group recorded and released their biggest hit ever, the Dale-Hawkins-produced "Western Union" [Abnak 118], which reached #5 nationally. They churned out two more quick top-40 hits with "Sound of Love" [Abnak 120, #36] and "Zip Code" [Abnak 123, #36], both also produced by Dale Hawkins and recorded at Robin Hood Brians' studio. A second Abnak album, Progressions [Abnak 2069] was issued late in 1967. But as I can well recall from being in a rock band at the time, it was not "cool" to be a top-40 (i.e., bubblegum) band, with FM album bands like the Doors, Cream, and the like now on the scene. The next two singles, "Stop-Light" [Abnak 125] and "7:30 Guided Tour" [Abnak 126] both were steps toward an edgier sound, but the public wasn't buying (literally), as they stalled at #132 and #96, respectively. The next three singles, issued in 1968, didn't chart at all.

Frustrated with differences among the group as to musical "direction," two of the members of the band, John Durrill and Norm Ezell, decided in early 1969 to head for California and record as a duo. Dale Hawkins also found other things to do. The remaining group members brought in Lenny Goldsmith to replace Durrill and Bobby Rambo to replace Ezell, and changed the name of the group to "Michael Rabon & the Five Americans." A third Abnak album, Now and Then [Abnak 2071] was a two-LP set consisting of one disc of the material the original group had put together ("Then"), and another with the new lineup ("Now"). A single that was started with the original lineup and finished later was "Virginia Girl" [Abnak 134], released in early 1969 credited to "Michael Rabon & the Five Americans," which reached #133. As far as chart hits, the Five Americans were finished.

In fact, Abnak was almost finished, too. Only one of the later Abnak singles charted until the label went inactive in 1971: Errol Sober's "What Do You Say To A Naked Lady" [Abnak 148], which reached #106 in May, 1970. Sober was a California-based singer who later had two more minor chart singles for other labels.

As for the Five Americans, they disbanded in 1970. Michael Rabon and Jim Wright formed the band Choctaw (see photo at left), a country band going back to their Oklahoma roots, but their one album on Universal City (UNI) Records did not sell well. Rabon and John Durrill recorded some demos together in the 1970s, but nothing came of it. Rabon released a solo album in 1975, with Jim Grant on bass, but it, too, flopped. Rabon eventually became a school administrator in Oklahoma. As of the late 1980s, Jim Wright was working as a commercial photographer for a television station in Dennison, Texas, about an hour north of Dallas. He and his wife Javonne lived in Durant, Oklahoma, just across the Texas-Oklahoma border.

John Durrill told Ben McLane in a 1998 interview, "I left the group in late 68/69 and came to Los Angeles with Norman. Before I left Texas we recorded demos with Robin Hood of some of Norman and my songs. No one in Los Angeles was interested in those songs. I was living in a one bedroom apartment in Hollywood that Norman and I shared and was selling dental equipment. I was desperate. As luck would have it, I had met singer Vic Dana (of "Red Roses For A Blue Lady" fame) and told him of my plight. He told me to call Bobby Vee. By coincidence, I had already met Vee while I was on tour with the Five Americans. I asked Vee if he knew of any bands that needed a keyboard player. Vee thought the Ventures did and got me an audition with them. I was hired to play with the Ventures in 1969 for $150 a week, right after they had a worldwide hit with the "Hawaii Five-O" theme. I immediately went to Japan for a Ventures tour. I recorded at least seven or eight albums with the Ventures and toured the world." Durrill eventually worked with Snuff Garrett, and wrote several songs for other artists, including Cher's #1 hit "Dark Lady" [MCA 40161] in 1974. He also recorded an album in 1978 called Just for the Record [UA 824].

Norman Ezell became a born-again Christian in 1975 and worked in the Christian ministry for decades. He was involved in some Christian music projects in Nashville in the 1980s, when he and his wife were the prison outreach directors at Faith Is The Victory Church in Nashville. He continued to write and perform Christian music as part of his Gloryland Ministries in Lodi, California, until his death on May 8, 2010.

Bassist Jim Grant became a graphic artist in the Dallas area after the group broke up. This was a natural for him - he had designed the covers for the Five Americans albums and was always interested in art. Jim continued playing bass in addition to his professional career. Sadly, he passed away in December, 2004.

The Five Americans had a 20 year reunion concert at the Hard Rock Café in Dallas in 1988, and a "homecoming" concert in March, 2003, at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Besides Jon & Robin, the In Crowd, and the Five Americans, Abnak had very few other artists. Most had only a single record released on the label. Over the nine years from 1963 to 1971, the additional artists on the label were limited to Maria Strattin, the Ripples, Rex Miller, Jimmy Velvet, Dale Hawkins (also a producer for Abnak), Guckenheimer (who was possibly Abnak's A&R man Roger Guegenheimer), the Everyday People, Billy Sans, Justus Tarmar, and Bobby Patterson, who had many singles on Jetstar and finally charted one in 1969 with "T.C.B. or T.Y.A." [Jetstar 114, #36R&B, 4/69]. Patterson was also used as a backing vocalist for other Abnak records.

John Abdnor, Senior, sold the Abnak/Jetstar masters to Bob Irwin of Sundazed Music in the late 1990s. John H. Abdnor, Sr., died in Dallas July 24, 1999. As Bob Irwin told me in 2000, before his death Abdnor told Irwin that he wanted to sell the masters to someone who would care for them the way he had all these years. Judging from the wonderful sound of the Sundazed CD reissues, that apparently was very well, indeed.

The Abnak label was yellow with a black area at the top of the label starting just above the center hole. The yellow Abnak logo was in the black field, along with the title and artist of the album in yellow under the logo. Printing in the yellow area was black. At the bottom of the label, the following words bend around the label edge: "A PRODUCT OF ABNAK MUSIC ENTERPRISES, INC." Promotional copies (near left) had the same label, but were overprinted with "D.J. Copy" to the left of the center hole and "Not For Sale" to the right.

We would appreciate any additions or corrections to this discography. Just send them to us via e-mail. Both Sides Now Publications is an information web page. We are not a catalog, nor can we provide the records listed below. We have no association with Abnak Records or Sundazed Music. Should you be interested in acquiring vinyl albums listed in this discography (which are all out of print except the Beat Rocket LP), we suggest you see our Frequently Asked Questions page and Follow the instructions found there. Compact disc reissues of the Abnak material is available through Sundazed Music. This story and discography are copyright 2007 by Mike Callahan.

ABNAK ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY

Cover	Number - Title - Artist - [Release Date] (Chart) Contents
	ABNAK PRODUCTIONS (Hanna-Barbera Records):
	HBR HLP-8503 (mono)/HST-9503 (stereo) - I See the Light - Five Americans [1966] (4-66, #136) An Abnak Production. Personnel included Mike Rabon (vocals/guitar), Norm Ezell (vocals/guitar), John Durill (vocals/keyboard), Jim Grant (bass), and Jimmy Wright (drums). I See The Light/The Losing Game/Goodbye/I Know They Lie/Twist And Shout/She's-A-My-Own//The Train/It's A Crying Shame/I'm So Glad/Don't Blame Me/The Outcast/What'd I Say
	Abnak ABLP 1900/ABST 2000 Series:
	ABLP 1967 (mono)/ABST 2067 (stereo) - Western Union - Five Americans [1967] (7-67, #121) The stereo version of this album was mastered out-of-phase. This was corrected by Sundazed Music when the material was reissued on CD. Personnel same as above. Western Union (S)/Gimme Some Lovin' (S)/Husbands & Wives (S)/If I Could (S)/Sympathy (S)/Big Cities (S)//Sound Of Love (S)/I Put A Spell On You (S)/Tell Ann I Love Her (S)/Reality (S)/Now That It's Over (S)/See-Saw-Man (S)
	At this point, all issues become "compatible stereo-mono" releases.
	ABST-M-2068 - Soul of a Boy and Girl - Jon & Robin [1967] Musicians include members of the Five Americans. Do It Again...A Little Bit Slower/Come See About Me/I Found A Love/Love Me Baby/Hurt/Hold On, I'm Comin'//Drums/Midnight Hour/I Can Make It With You/What Now My Love/I Who Have Nothing/I Want Some More
	ABST-M-2069 - The Five Americans' Progressions - Five Americans [1967] Personnel same as above. Stop Light (S)/Con Man (S)/Black Is White, Day Is Night (S)/(But Not) Today (S)/Come On Up (S)//Zip Code (S)/Rain Maker (S)/Sweet Bird Of Youth (S)/Evol-Not Love (M)/Somebody Help Me (S)
	ABST-M 2070 - The Jon & Robin Elastic Event - Jon & Robin [1968] Musicians include members of the Five Americans (Rabon, Durrill, Grant, Wright). A&R by Mike Rabon of the Five Americans. Doctor Jon/Honey Bee/Like I Know You Do/We Watched Each Other Fall In Love/Grizzely Bear//You Got Style/Just Imagine/Thursday Morning/By The Time I Get To Phoenix/Truly, Truly True
	ABST-2071 - Now and Then - Michael Rabon & the Five Americans [1969] (2-LP set) Personnel on the Then disc were the original lineup as above. Personnel on the Now disc included Mike Rabon (vocals/guitar), Bobby Rambo (background vocals/guitar), Lenny Goldsmith (vocals/keyboard), Jim Grant (bass), and Jimmy Wright (drums). Disc 1 (Now): I See The Light 69/A Taste Of Livin'/Molly Black/Medusa/A Change On You/Jondel//Ignert Woman/Amavi/Big Sur/Red Cape/8 To 5 Man; Disc 2 (Then): Virginia Girl/7:30 Guided Tour/Pink Lemonade/Peace And Love/You're In Love//She's Too Good To Me/Generation Gap/God Didn't Smile On Me/Disneyland/Scrooge
	ABST-2072 - Intro to Change - John Howard Abnor Involvement [1969] Jon Abdnor of Jon & Robin. How Do You Teach A Turtle To Fly/I'll Come Running To You/Pickin' Up On You/JD/Sandy I'm Your Man/Maintain/Relaxation' Me/Disneyland/Scrooge
	Abnak/Universal City Records Release:
	UNI/Abnak 73102 - Michael Rabon & Choctaw - Michael Rabon & Choctaw [1971] Gatefold cover. Personnel include Michael Rabon (vocals/guitar), Randy Fouts (keyboard), Jerry McDonald (bass), and Jim Wright (drums). Rabon and Wright were formerly in the Five Americans. Engineering was by Robin Hood Brians, who also did the Five Americans' albums. The jacket's cover design was by Five Americans' bassist Jim Grant, who also designed the covers for the Five Americans' albums. An Abnak Music Production. Heaven Knows/Sad Jamboree/Musical Apparation/Country Music/Mary Miles//California, Hollywood/Texas Sparrow/Down Past The Road/I Need You/Coming Home
	RELATED ALBUMS:
	KNIFE WING (US) 441 - Texas Till I Die - Michael Rabon [1975] Personnel include Larry White (steel guitar/dobro) and ex-Five Americans bassist Jim Grant.
	UNITED ARTISTS (US) UA-LA-824 - Just for the Record - John Durill [1978] Oklahoma City Lights/Changin'/Woman In 209/Dance Real Slow/Carnival//Love Won't Wait/Someplace Called Manhattan/Darlin'/Smoke On The Far Horizon/I Think My Heart Is Gonna Let Me Stay
	BEAT ROCKET (US) BR-143 - Early Americans - Five Americans [2006] Slippin' And Slidin'/It's You Girl/Make Me Or Break Me/Ya Hurt Me/Without You/Roll Over Beethoven//I'm Feelin' O.K./The Train/I Know They Lie/Don't Matter To Me/She's-A-My Own/It's A Cryin' Shame
	SUNDAZED COMPACT DISCS (US):
	SC-11004 - Western Union - Five Americans [1989] Western Union (S, runs slightly longer than 45)/Good Times (S)/Zip Code (S, 3:17 unedited version with organ break)/I'm Feeling OK (S)/It's A Cryin' Shame (S)/The Train (S)/Evol-Not Love (M)/Slippin' And Slidin' (S)/Reality (S)/Tell Ann I Love Her (S)/Sound Of Love (S, with countoff)/No Communication (M)/Say That You Love Me (M)/It's You Girl (M)/I See The Light (S)/Don't Blame Me (S)/Big Cities (S)/Stop Light (S)/Virginia Girl (S)/7:30 Guided Tour (S)
	SC-6018 - I See the Light - Five Americans [1994] A reissue of the original HBR LP-9503, with two bonus tracks. I See The Light (S)/The Losing Game (S)/Goodbye (S)/I Know They Lie (S)/Twist And Shout (S)/She's-A-My-Own (S)/The Train (S)/It's A Crying Shame (S)/I'm So Glad (S)/Don't Blame Me (S)/The Outcast (S)/What'd I Say (S)/The Train (S, alternate version)/Good Times (S, alternate version)
	SC-11107 - The Best of the Five Americans - Five Americans [2003] I See The Light/Reality/Western Union/The Losing Game/The Train/Good Times/No Communication/I Know They Lie/If I Could/Now That It's Over/Zip Code/Sympathy/She's-A-My Own/It's A Crying Shame/The Outcast/Stop Light/Evol Not Love/Don't Blame Me/Sound Of Love/Show Me/You Can't Win/She's Too Good To Me/Virginia Girl/7:30 Guided Tour/Letters, Pictures, Melodies
	SC-11165 - Do It Again!: The Best of Jon & Robin - Jon & Robin [2006] Do It Again-A Little Bit Slower (S)/Dr. Jon (The Medicine Man) (S)/You Got Style (S)/Drums (S)/Love Me Baby (S)/I Want Some More (S)/You Don't Care (M)/Like I Know You Do (S)/We Watched Each Other Fall In Love (S)/Thursday Morning (S)/Truly, Truly, True (S)/My Heart Beats Faster (M)/How Come (M)/Can't Make It With You (M)/Lucille (M)/Gift Of Love (M)/If You've Got It, Flaunt It (M)/Walking In Different Circles (M)
	SC-6224 - Western Union - Five Americans [2006] Reissue of Abnak ABST-2067 with one bonus track (+). Mastering has been corrected to eliminate out-of-phase sound of the original LP. Western Union (S)/Gimme Some Lovin' (S)/Husbands & Wives (S)/If I Could (S)/Sympathy (S)/Big Cities (S)/Sound Of Love (S)/I Put A Spell On You (S)/Tell Ann I Love Her (S)/Reality (S)/Now That It's Over (S)/See-Saw-Man (S)/+Livin' Is Lovin' (S)
	SC-6225 - Progressions - Five Americans [2006] Stop Light (S)/Con Man (S)/Black Is White, Day Is Night (S)/(But Not) Today (S)/Come On Up (S)/Zip Code (S)/Rain Maker (S)/Sweet Bird Of Youth (S)/Evol-Not Love (M)/Somebody Help Me (S)

ABNAK SINGLES DISCOGRAPHY:

Record # - Artist - Contents (Chart) [Release Date]

Note: D.J. copies were pressed in yellow, gold, orange, and tortoise-shell colored wax.












1963

Abnak AB-100 - Jon Abnor - Mama's Boy/Maybe Tomorrow
Abnak AB-101 - Jon Abnor - You're Losing That Old Feeling (KBOX-Dallas, #19 9/28/63)/Wishing For You

1964

Abnak AB-102 - Maria Strattin - The Things I Didn't Say/Little White Dove
Abnak AB-103 - Jon Abnor - D.J. Record Hop/Popping Bubble Gum
Abnak AB-104 - Jon Abnor - Blue For You/I Really Don't Wanna Know
Abnak AB-105 - Ripples - Don't You Just Know It/Walk Don't Talk

1965

Abnak AB-106 - Five Americans - Say That You Love Me/Without You
Abnak AB-107 - Rex Miller - Ballad Of The Boss Bug/Ringo's Doctor
Abnak AB-108 - Jimmy Velvet - Donna/Here Love
Atco 6358 - Jon Abnor - Summer's Comin'/Don't [released 6-65]
ABC-Paramount 10686 - Five Americans - Show Me/Love Love Love [released 6-65]
Abnak AB-109 - Five Americans - I See the Light/The Outcast
Abnak AB-110 - Dale Hawkins - The Flag/And I Believed You
Abnak AB-111 - Jon & Robin and The In Crowd - Lonely One/How Come
Abnak AB-112 - Bobby Patterson - You Just Got To Understand/Till You Give In
HBR 454 - Five Americans - I See The Light (1-66, #26)/The Outcasts [sic]

1966

HBR 468 - Five Americans - Evol-Not Love (4-66, #52)/Don't Blame Me
Abnak AB-113 - Jon & Robin and The In Crowd - If I Need Someone—It's You/I Can't Make It With You
Abnak AB-114 - Five Americans - Reality/Sympathy
HBR 483 - Five Americans - Good Times/The Losing Game [released 10-66]
Abnak AB-115 - Jon & Robin and The In Crowd - Hey Girl/If I Need Someone—It's You
Abnak AB-116 - Five Americans - If I Could/Now That It's Over
Abnak AB-117 - Bobby Patterson - You've Just Got To Understand/?

1967

Abnak AB-118 - Five Americans - Western Union (3-67, #5)/Now That It's Over
Abnak AB-119 - Jon & Robin and The In Crowd - Do It Again A Little Bit Slower (5-67, #18)/If I Need Someone—It's You
Abnak AB-120 - Five Americans - Sound of Love (5-67, #36)/Sympathy
Abnak AB-121 - The In Crowd - Big Cities/Inside Out
Abnak AB-122 - Jon & Robin - Drums (8-67, #100)/You Don't Care
Abnak AB-123 - Five Americans - Zip Code (8-67, #36)/Sweet Bird of Youth
Abnak AB-124 - Jon & Robin and The In Crowd - I Want Some More (11-67, #108)/Love Me Baby
Abnak AB-125 - Five Americans - Stop Light (11-67, #132)/Tell Ann I Love Her
Abnak AB-126 - Five Americans - 7:30 Guided Tour (1-68, #96)/See-Saw-Man

1968

Abnak AB-127 - Jon & Robin and The In Crowd - Dr. Jon (The Medicine Man) (3-68, #87)/Love Me Baby
Abnak AB-128 - Five Americans - No Communication/The Rain Maker
Abnak AB-129 - The In Crowd - Hangin' From Your Lovin' Tree (5-68, #131)/Let's Take A Walk
Abnak AB-130 - Jon & Robin - You Got Style (7-68, #110)/Thursday Morning
Abnak AB-131 - Five Americans - Lovin' Is Livin'/Con Man
Abnak AB-132 - Five Americans - Generation Gap/The Source
Abnak AB-133 - Jon & The In Crowd - Save Me, Save Me/Thursday Morning

1969

Abnak AB-134 - Michael Rabon & the Five Americans - Virginia Girl (3-69, #133)/Call On Me
Abnak AB-135 - Jon & Robin - Gift of Love (Top 40 Style)/Gift Of Love (Country Style)
Abnak AB-136 - Robin - Dirty Old Man/Honey Bee
Abnak AB-137 - Michael Rabon & the Five Americans - Ignert Woman/Scrooge
Abnak AB-138 - Jon & Robin - Give Me Your Love/Lonely One
Abnak AB-139 - Michael Rabon & the Five Americans - I See The Light '69/Red Cape
Abnak AB-140 - Jon & Robin - There's An American Flag On The Moon, Part 1/There's An American Flag On The Moon, Part 2
Abnak AB-141 - Jon & Robin - If You've Got it Flaunt It/I'll Come Running to You
Abnak AB-142 - Michael Rabon & the Five Americans - Molly Black/She's Too Good For Me
Abnak AB-143 - Guckenheimer - Why Can't People See/If I Need Someone—It's You
Abnak AB-144 - The John Howard Abdnor Involvement - Sandy, I'm Your Man/I'll Come Running to You

1970

Abnak AB-145 - John Howard Abdnor - Leather & Lace/Big Silver Angel
Abnak AB-146 - Errol Sober - Sugar Shaker/You're In Love
Abnak AB-147 - John Howard Abdnor - She Is/Mama Do (Label is marked "stereo" on both sides)
Abnak AB-148 - Errol Sober - What Do You Say to a Naked Lady/I'll Come Running To You (Label is marked "stereo" on both sides)
Abnak AB-149 - Everyday People - I Think I'm Gonna Rain/Half And Half

1971

Abnak AB-150 - Everyday People - Half And Half/You're In Love
Abnak AB-151 - Billy Sans - Footprints In Her Yard/Home Coming
Abnak AB-152 - Justus Tarmar - May The Circle Be Unbroken/Jesus Made Me Higher (Label is marked "stereo" on both sides)





At left, Five Americans; at right, The In Crowd .


Thanks to Bob Irwin.



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