The Jodimars The Jodimars Cover of a Rockstar Records CD release picturing The Jodimars c.1956 . Clockwise from top : Marshall Lytle , Joey Ambrose , Max Daffner , Dick Boccelli , Chuck Hess Background information Origin Chester , Pennsylvania Genre ( s ) Rock and roll Years active 1955–1958 ; late 1980s Label ( s ) Capitol , President , Milestone Associated acts Bill Haley & His Comets Former members Marshall Lytle , Joey Ambrose , Dick Richards , Chuck Hess , Max Daffner , Jim Buffington . ( Lytle , Ambrose and Richards perform today as The Comets ) The Jodimars was an American rock and roll band that was formed in the summer of 1955 and remained active until 1958 . The band was created by former members of Bill Haley & His Comets who had quit that group in a salary dispute . The name of the group was derived from the first letters of the first names of the founding members : Joey Ambrose ( real name Joey d'Ambrosio ) ( saxophone ) , Dick Boccelli ( under the name `` Dick Richards '' ) ( vocals and drums ) , and Marshall Lytle ( string bass ) . Other members included Chuck Hess ( guitar ) , Jim Buffington ( piano ) and Max Daffner ( drums ) . During the summer of 1955 , Lytle , Ambrose and Richards , who were paid on a set salary ( as opposed to the other two Comets , pianist Johnny Grande and steel guitar player Billy Williamson , who were considered partners with Haley ) , requested a pay raise . According to the books Bill Haley by John Swenson and Sound and Glory by John W. Haley and John von Hoelle , their request was denied by either Haley 's management or by Haley himself ( accounts vary ) . During that summer , unknown to Haley , the trio recruited a couple of other musicians and recorded a few demo tapes -- including a version of a Haley composition , `` Rock-a-Beatin ' Boogie '' . This won the group a recording contract with Capitol Records and the group subsequently resigned from the Comets , although according to Swenson they agreed to help train the replacement musicians . The group 's first recordings on Capitol came out in late 1955 , and the band scored a few minor hits such as `` Well Now Dig This '' and `` Let 's All Rock Together. '' In 1956 , the Jodimars became one of the first rock and roll acts to take up residence in Las Vegas showrooms . Soon after , they left Capitol and recorded for several smaller labels with no success . By 1958 , the band had virtually broken up , though Lytle attempted to revive the group with a series of demo recordings later that year , though he was the only member of the core band to actually take part in the recordings ( members of Ricky Nelson 's band worked on the recording session instead ) and they sat unreleased until 1994 . By the 1960s , the Jodimars were only a memory , with Lytle going into real estate , Ambrose becoming a casino pit boss in Las Vegas , and Boccelli/Richards becoming a stage and movie actor . In 1987 , the band reunited for a series of concerts in conjunction with a simultaneous reunion of the original members of Bill Haley 's Comets . Today , Lytle , Ambrose and Richards continue to tour the world as part of the Comets , but always make sure to include a couple of Jodimars songs in each show . As of the summer of 2006 , the trio remain the only members of the 1954-55 Comets actively performing ( following the death of Johnny Grande and the retirement of Franny Beecher , although 85-year-old Beecher is scheduled to rejoin the Comets in 2007 ) . In 1963 , the Beatles recorded a version of the Jodimars ' `` Clarabella '' for BBC Radio , while the song `` Well Now Dig This '' inspired the name of the popular British music magazine , Now Dig This . Discography `` Well Now , Dig This '' / `` Let 's All Rock Together '' , Capitol Records F-3285 , November 1955 `` Dancin ' the Bop '' ( also issued as `` Dance the Bop '' ) / `` Boom , Boom , My Bayou Baby '' , F3360 , February 1956 `` Rattle My Bones '' / `` Lot'sa Love '' , F-3436 , May 1956 `` Eat Your Heart Out Annie '' / `` Rattle Shakin ' Daddy '' , F3512 , August 1956 `` Clarabella '' / `` Midnight '' , F3588 , November 1956 `` Cloud 99 '' / `` Later '' , F3633 , January 1957 `` Story Telling Baby '' / `` Shoo Sue ( Get Away From Me ) `` : President 1017 , 02/1958 `` One Grain of Sand '' / `` Time ( Is Endless ) : Milestone 2004 , 1958 , credited to `` Marshall & Wes and the Jodimars '' ( Wes being Wes Buchanan ) Additional recordings exist from a demo session in 1955 ( `` Flip , Flop and Fly '' , `` Rock-a-Beatin ' Boogie '' ( written by Bill Haley ) and `` The Big Beat '' ) . All but the latter were released in 1994 ; `` Big Beat '' remains unreleased . In 1958 , Lytle recorded `` Hip Shakin ' Baby '' , `` Be My Love Tonight '' , `` Honey Baby '' , and `` Bring Along Your Lovin' '' with Ricky Nelson 's band as The Jodimars but these recordings also were not released until 1994 . A Jodimars cover version of `` Dim Dim the Lights '' ( which was also a hit for Haley and the Comets ) is also known to exist but has never been released . Two compilation albums of Jodimars recordings exist : Well Now Dig This , first released in 1970 then in 1979 and finally in 1989 as a CD by the Bulldog Records label ( France ) , and Let 's All Rock Together on the Rockstar Records label in 1994 . See also Bill Haley & the Comets Categories : Rock music groups | American musical groups | 1950s music groups | Bill Haley The Jodimars Jodimars.jpg Cover of a Rockstar Records CD release picturing The Jodimars c.1956 . Clockwise from top : Marshall Lytle , Joey Ambrose , Max Daffner , Dick Boccelli , Chuck Hess group_or_band Chester , Pennsylvania Rock and roll 1955–1958 ; late 1980s Capitol , President , Milestone Bill Haley & His Comets Marshall Lytle , Joey Ambrose , Dick Richards , Chuck Hess , Max Daffner , Jim Buffington . ( Lytle , Ambrose and Richards perform today as The Comets ) 