Hitch Hike Baby!
The Hitch Hike was a no-brainer – extend the numb and just Hitch Hike! “Included thumbing one’s left thumb to the left with the head constantly moving left with short chin movements then repeating with a mirror image movement”
October, 1962 – Russell Byrd – Hitch Hike Parts 1 and 2
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December, 1962 – Marvin Gaye – Hitch Hike – #12 R&B – #30 Hot 100
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February, 1963 – The Slay-Riders – St. Louis Blues Hitch Hike
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October, 1964 – Philo Perry – Hitch-Hike Sailor
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1964 – The Spiders – Hitch Hike
Garage band from Phoenix, Arizona evolved into the Nazz and then Alice Cooper
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1965 – Sunny and the Sunliners – Hitch Hike
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1965 – The Fantastic Emanons – Hitch-Hike
Garage band from Bellaire, Ohio
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1965 – The Fantabulous Jags – Hitch Hike
Kansas band who relocated to Denver, Colorado
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August, 1966 – Eddie Hodges – Hitch Hike
Hodges of “Knock on Your Door” fame from Hattiesburg, Mississippi
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1966 – The Friars – Hitch Hike
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1966 – Gary Edwards and the Embers – Hitch Hikee
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1966 – The Loading Zone – Hitch Hike
Band from Oakland, California
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