Chy Guys - Say Mama (Singles) - 1967 [Garage Rock]

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Garage Rock 1967 USA
Tracklist:
01 - Say Mama
02 - You'll Never Believe Me

Glenn Tracey sent in these cool promo sheets and transfers of a 45 by the Chy Guys.
The letter lists the members: Jerry Conley, 15, leader and singer; Stan Allen, 13, lead guitarist; Chuck Burgess, 13, rhythm guitarist; and Bob Lindgren, 12, drummer. I've read the band was from Rockford, IL, about an hour's drive northwest of Chicago, though that wouldn't go with their band name (Chy referring to Chicago).
The band went to MBS Recording Studios in Chicago to record demos of their songs, and the tape led to their signing by James Manning, Jr. of the Mobie Record Company. The letter doesn't clarify if the band did a new session for their Mobie 45, or if the songs cut at the demo were used. J.H. Manning, Jr. is also listed as producer, but he didn't seem to notice the imprecise nature of the band's stops and starts during "Say Mama", not to mention their tuning.
The top side, "You'll Never Believe Me" was written by J. Weiss, and while I don't think it's an original by the band I don't know the source for it.
"Say Mama" was an oft covered song since the original cut by Gene Vincent in the '50s., with versions by Mike Waggoner, the Dicers and others, sometimes under the title "Hey Mama". It's hard to know if the Chy Guys were covering the Vincent original, or perhaps the Pattens of Wheaton, IL, who released their version as "Say Ma, Ma" also in 1966.
The promo schedules the release of their 45 on September 30, 1966, on Mobie 3423. They apparently played shows in Illinois, Ohio and even as far as Huntington, West Virginia at that young age.