The Rinky Dinks – Early In The Morning 45 rpm!

Early In The Morning – The Rinky Dinks (Atco Records) 1958, 45 rpm! A direct recording (all these posts recently are direct recordings in case I forgot to say so). In 1956, Bobby Darin’s personal manager got him a one year contract with Decca Records. Two years earlier Decca had signed one of rock and roll’s biggest acts, Bill Haley and His Comets, but didn’t know how to capitalize of this new form of music. Darin was an example of this misdirection. Instead of harnessing his exuberance, they placed him in a restrained musical setting and had him sing “pop” fluff. Darrin signed a one year contract with Atlantic Records and recorded with their subsidiary Atco. Darin was made an arranger and songwriter , and secondarily a recording artist. Darin’s “Love Me Right” was recorded by LaVern Baker, but his first three singles went nowhere. During his Atco contract, Darin approached Brunswick Records with “Early In the Morning.” Brunswick was impressed, but as Darin was still under contract, the song was released by the Ding Dongs. New York deejays liked the the record and Atco soon discovered the deception. Brunswick was forced to turn over the masters to Atco which released the record as by the Rinky Dinks. Brunswick had Buddy Holly cover it. After television appearances on “The Dick Clark Show” and “The Perry Como Show” Darin’s version edged out Holly’s in sales.. That June Atco released “Splish Splash” the final single under Darin’s contract. The song had been recorded the …
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