410 Sid King and the Five Strings “Ooby Dooby” 1957 and “Who Put the Turtle in Myrtle's Girdle" 1953

“Under the name of the Western Melody Makers, the group played country music and western swing, picking up radio appearances as well as live shows” (and recording novelty songs like “Who Put the Turtle...”). They changed their group name as they began to play more rockabilly. “One of the first songs they recorded was ‘Ooby Dooby,’ a song written by another young Texan named Roy Orbison.” A recording executive “was impressed by the song but not the singer and passed Orbison’s song onto Sid King’s outfit” (Paula Felps, Lone Stars and Legends, 2001).  

Sid King and the Five Strings “Ooby Dooby”

Western Melody Makers “Who Put the Turtle in Myrtle's Girdle"