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"Daddy Was A Preacher But Mama Was A Go-Go Girl" was previously recorded in the early seventies by Jo Anna Neel for Four Star Music and Joe Johnson and issued on Decca in September 1971. Credited as songwriters are Jo Anna Neel and Bob Neel.

Also in the early seventies, the same song was recorded by Betty Jo Bangs on Tal Star, label out of Amarillo, Texas. And the songwriter credit, this time, goes to Betty Jo herself.




The Tal Star distributor, Sounds of Music, placed the above ad in Billboard on March 20, 1971, that is six months before the JoAnna Neel release on Decca. (Note the spelling Betty Jo Bongs).

This should be the definitive answer to the question : which version of the "Daddy Was A Preacher But Mama Was A Go-Go Girl" came first?


Soundfiles and New Colony label picture : http://myworld.ebay.com/turnblue/?_trksid=p4340.l2559 (e-Bay)


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"Obscure to say the least, this is a primitively recorded rocker from the depth of the Louisiana backwoods. A very basic band playing a self-penned tune heavily influenced by Chuck Berry’s “Promised Land”. Garage Rock ‘n Roll may be the perfect description. B-side, is more towards garage psyche "

More likely out of Chillicothe, Ohio. [Lantern Light Music publishing company was owned by William Joseph "Appalachia Joe" Waters, founder of The Recording Workshop, New Colony Records and Evergreen Jingles in Chillicothe, Ohio]


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