Mateparae was the bandleader and vocalist, and he played bass on the track. The song was recorded live to portable reel-to-reel at a Sunday afternoon/evening youth club social in Whanganui in 1959, and the band members were aged 16 and 17.
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Sam Mateparae - vocals, bass, saxophone
Peter Wolland - drums
Kawana Waitere - piano
Alfred Paranihi - guitar
Herbert Steadman - saxophone
Posie Te Tana - guitar
The B-side of the band's only single listed second saxophonist Roy Steedman (aka Herbert Steadman) with the band. Little is known of him but they were always professionally known as Sam Mateparae And The Rockin' Rockers.