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Title |
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Sample |
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Number |
Title |
Caller |
Sample |
Price |
Buy (MP3) |
HH 1054 | Something Stupid Hoedown | M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 5358 | That Old Piano | Hiroyuki Kaneko Jr. | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5353 | Santa Claus Is Coming On A Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train | Buddy Weaver | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1026 | Always On My Mind Hoedown (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
Lanny Weaklend | M V | $7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1024 | Around The World Hoedown (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
Tac Ozaki | M V | $7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5282 | Bad Moon Rising | Tim Crawford | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1030 | Banana Boat (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 1043 | Beat It (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 1035 | Bill Cheatham (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 5281 | Blame It On The Bossa Nova | Lottie (Ainsworth) Hummel | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5278 | Blue Clear Sky | Tim Crawford | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5350 | Blue Moon With Heartache | Buddy Weaver | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1041 | Brandy Glass (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 5269 | Can't Help Falling In Love With You | Masaru Wada & Keiko Yaoko | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5325 | Chapel Of Love | Mike Hogan | M H V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1012 | Christmas Pop (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 5287 | Coal Miner's Daughter | Lottie (Ainsworth) Hummel | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1019 | Coffee Rumba (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
Vic Ceder | M V | $7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5285 | Crazy For Loving You | Tac Ozaki | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5276 | Cupid | Masaru Wada | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5271 | Dance | Lottie (Ainsworth) Hummel | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1017 | Darren's Breakdown (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 5265 | Don't Be Cruel | Masaru Wada | M H V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1052 | Dreams (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 1014 | Easy Does It (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
Darren Gallina | M V | $7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1044 | Edelweiss Hoedown (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 471 | El Paso City | Ernie Kinney | M H V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1013 | Emotions (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
Andy Allemao | M V | $7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5302 | Except For Monday | Lottie (Ainsworth) Hummel | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1033 | Fishing Ground In The North (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
Vic Ceder | M V | $7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1032 | Five O Hoedown (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
Vic Ceder | M V | $7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5304 | Fly Me To The Moon | Joe Saltel | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1029 | Forked Tail Deer (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
Vic Ceder | M V | $7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1053 | Formula (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 1040 | French Hoedown (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 1011 | Ghost Rider's Hoedown (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 5261 | Glory Hallelujah | Masaru Wada | M H V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5338 | Gone At Last | Masaru Wada | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5307 | Good To Be Me | Andy Allemao | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5336 | Green Green | Mike Hogan | M H V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1049 | Handel Hoedown (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 5301 | Hello Dolly | Buddy Weaver | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5328 | Help | Mike Bramlett | M H V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1038 | Hi Hat Blackberry (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 1027 | Hi Hat Call Me (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 1001 | Hi Hat Hornpipe (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 1004 | Hi Hat Macarena (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 1010 | Hot Chocolate (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 5342 | Hotel California | Buddy Weaver | M H V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5334 | House Of The Rising Sun | Lanny Weaklend | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5303 | I Believe In Music | Ken Bower | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5310 | I Saw The Light | Mike Hogan & Lanny Weaklend | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5300 | I'm Pretty Good At Drinking Beer | Buddy Weaver | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5297 | If Heaven | Lottie (Ainsworth) Hummel | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5293 | If We Hold On Together | Lone Blume | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5299 | Independence Day | Darren Gallina | M H V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5324 | Kind Of Hush, A | Darren Gallina | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5286 | Kingston Town | Mike Driscoll | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1034 | Kon Tiki (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 5309 | L.o.v.e. | Lottie (Ainsworth) Hummel | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1005 | Ladies Night (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 1020 | Light Blue Rain (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
Vic Ceder | M V | $7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5277 | Light My Fire | Tim Crawford | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5356 | Living In These Troubled Times | Jim Steele | M H V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5305 | Love's Gonna Live Here Again | Elmer Sheffield | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5294 | Margaritaville | Buddy Weaver | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1015 | Middle Of A Dream (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 5317 | Miles Away From Home | Scott Bennett | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1023 | Money Maker (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
Vic Ceder | M V | $7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1037 | Mountain Dew (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 5291 | My Melody Of Love | Lottie (Ainsworth) Hummel | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1042 | New World (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 5326 | Nothing But A Good Time | Mike Hogan | M H V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5284 | Obladi Oblada | Scott Bennett | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1021 | Pipeline Hoedown (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
Vic Ceder | M V | $7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1028 | Pride Of The Province (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
Vic Ceder | M V | $7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5267 | Proud Mary | Masaru Wada | M H V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5312 | Quando Quando | Lanny Weaklend | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1050 | Rasputin (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 1003 | Red Handkerchief (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 1036 | Riverside Hoedown (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 1018 | Ruby Slippers (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
1W 5 | Sapporo (patter) | Vic Ceder | M V | $7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5311 | Save The Last Dance For Me | Mike Hogan | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1046 | Schnappi (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 1051 | Sexy Hoedown (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 5351 | Since I've Been Holding An Angel | Lanny Weaklend | M H V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1022 | Song Of Yasugi (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
Darren Gallina | M V | $7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5357 | Star-Spangled Banner, The Two keys, with and without leads |
B M L ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 5306 | Streets Of London | Lanny Weaklend | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5347 | Stuck In The Middle With You | Jerry Gilbreath | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5290 | Sunny | Buddy Weaver | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5331 | Take It To The Limit | Toshifumi Ueno | M H V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5288 | Take Me Home Country Roads | Masaru Wada & Keiko Yaoko | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1047 | Tell Me Ma (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 5298 | Tennessee Waltz | Masaru Wada | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1045 | Thanks Goodbye (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 5273 | There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays | Buddy Weaver & Girls | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5272 | Tie A Yellow Ribbon | Buddy Weaver | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1039 | Tiger Rag (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 5354 | Tonight Carmen (Is Coming Back Home) | Jerry Gilbreath | M H V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1048 | Tonight Together (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 1009 | Tribal Hoedown (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 5355 | Two More Bottles Of Wine | Jim Steele | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5308 | Washington Square | Mike Hogan | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1025 | Way Out (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
Vic Ceder | M V | $7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1006 | Weaver's Hornpipe (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 1016 | Western Bay (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
Darren Gallina | M V | $7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1007 | Wheels (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 5289 | When The Sun Goes Down | Lone Blume | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5296 | Why Don't We Just Dance | Buddy Weaver | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1008 | Wildwood Yellow Rose (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 1002 | Winter Hoedown Medley (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
M | $7.00 | Add To Cart | |
HH 5329 | Wrecking Ball | Buddy Weaver | M H V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5266 | You Are My Sunshine | Lottie (Ainsworth) Hummel | M H V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5262 | You've Got To Change Your Evil Ways | Tim Crawford | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
1W 6 | Young Man Singing (patter) | Clark Baker | M V | $7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5346 | Your Song | Hiroyuki Kaneko Jr. | M V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 5323 | Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah | Lanny Weaklend | M H V ![]() |
$7.00 | Add To Cart |
HH 1031 | Zoom Zoom (Patter) Music by Mr. Yaoko |
Clark Baker | M V | $7.00 | Add To Cart |
By Buddy Weaver (2014)
From the 1950's through the early 1960's, MERL OLDS, was producer of SETS IN
ORDER RECORDS, a subsidiary of the famous square dance magazine owned by BOB
OSGOOD. A prominent square dance caller and round dance teacher in the Los
Angeles, California, Merl along with his wife Deliah, began using musicians
who played for the Hollywood studios, to create their own record company. In
1963, HI HAT DANCE RECORDS premiered.
While Merl no longer produced SIO RECORDS, he continued his working friendship with Bob Osgood by doing the monthly music review service for SETS IN ORDER MAGAZINE.
The Hi Hat sound came from a variety of west coast musicians. Square dance
band leader JACK CARTER brought the traditional fiddle sound accented by hot
guitar playing by JIMMIE BRYANT. Bryant was called the fastest guitar in the
west.
A unique jazz sound came from DICK CARY, a famous horn player.
As many round dance classics were produced as square dance hits. Some of the biggest name square dance callers recorded for Hi Hat, including DICK HOULTON, RED BATES, ERNIE KINNEY, LEE SCHMIDT, and TOMMY CAVANAUGH.
Joining Hi Hat Records in 1965, ERNIE KINNEY would go on to record 130 vocals
on the label.
In 1976, ERNIE and LANI KINNEY acquire Hi Hat Square Dance Records (the Round Dance label is split off to another owner). Under the Kinneys, additional record labels are added - BLUE RIBBON RECORDS (1976), ELK RECORDS (1984), and DJ RECORDS (1993). The Kinneys created the only-one-of-its-kind records with "karaoke" music on 45-RPM vinyl, with a square dance caller singing on the flip side.
The Kinneys also pioneered the vocal recordings of patter for 2-couple squares. Now even groups that couldn’t get a whole square could enjoy dancing to the best callers in the world.
In 2010, the Kinneys were honored by CALLERLAB with Life Membership for outstanding service to the square dance organization. They join a very small list of Gold Card Holders. Pictured below are Buddy Weaver, Ernie Kinney, and Lani Kinney.
The musical sound of Hi Hat under the Kinneys started with guitarist DEL CASHER. A protégé of LES PAUL, the Casher musicians created the hottest selling square dance music of the seventies and eighties.
A side note to Del Casher and Hi Hat Records: his name was mis-spelled as "Katcher" on the first record label and remained in error for three decades.
In 2004, Hi Hat Records became part of the Blue Star Music family of labels owned by Buddy and Debra Weaver. Hi Hat Records became Hi Hat Music as it became one of the first square dance music companies to offer CD and MP3, saying "goodbye" to the age of vinyl records.
From 2004 to 2016 all of the new music was provided by Mr. Hiroshi Yaoko, a popular caller and line dance instructor from Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Yaoko is well-known for the unique hoedown music that he creates and Hi Hat Music is proud to have him exclusively making all our hoedowns today.
Starting in 2016, Hi Hat Music singing calls featured songs from the pop and country field played in a lively bluegrass style. Some of the biggest new hits are "House Of The Rising Sun", "Green Green", "Hotel California", and "Wrecking Ball".
Under the direction of Masaru Wada, there have been two Hi Hat Music Square Dance Festivals in Tokyo, Japan. The first in 2011 featuring staff callers Tim Crawford, Lone Blume, Masaru Wada, Tac Ozaki, Buddy Weaver, Hiroshi and Keiko Yaoko. Joined by special guest Shozo Nishimura. The second in 2014 featured staff callers Ken Bower, Masaru Wada, Tac Ozaki, Buddy Weaver, Hiroshi and Keiko Yaoko along with Shozo Nishimura.
Under the stewardship of Buddy Weaver there have been many pioneering changes: