Oldie rock instrumental, please help identify

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I’ve wondered for years what this tune is, and I’m hoping one of the musical Dopers can help. I don’t know what key it’s in, but for the purposes of describing the melody let’s say it’s in C.

The main melody is played by a horn of some kind, probably a sax, and goes something like this:

E,C, (down to)F,F,F,G (repeat)
C,C, (down to)A,C,C,E,D.

Under the horn there’s kind of an eigth-note rhythm guitar shuffle.

From the sound I’d say it’s early or mid 1960’s vintage, but I’m fairly sure it’s not from one of the better known acts of the time like The Ventures.

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Oh hell, I goofed: the first line of the melody should be
E,C, (down to)A,A,A,B (repeat)

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Can you at least give a time signature (march? waltz? common time?) and how long each note is held?

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It’s 4/4, and I think the tempo would be called “medium rock” on a score.

Note duration is obviously hard to represent here, but I think the opening 2 notes would be halves, based on 4/4. The next four notes are eights, and the last one before the repeat is another half, making up a 2 bar phrase.

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It is Wild Weekend by The Rockin’ Rebels

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Not that I’ve ever heard it but I think it might be “The Lonely Surfer” by Jack Nitzsche. You can preview it here: http://www.artistdirect.com/music/artist/card/0,,473692,00.html

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Thanks everyone for responding. It sounds like I need to fix something on my computer here, because I can’t listen to the link.
But in any event I don’t think it sounds like a surf tune, so K364 is possibly correct, as his title sounds appropriate.

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Javaman - It IS your song! I’m sure!

Try right-clicking on the link and choose “Save target as…” You’ll end up with an MPEG audio on your hard drive. This can be played with any audio player.