Three from 1962 by King Curtis: "Beach Party," "Raunchy," and "Slow Drag"

Three from King Curtis Recordings on Capitol (1962-65); personnel and recording date info from "King Curtis The Capitol Discography" by Kurt Mohr, Roy Simonds, and Richard Weize:
1) Beach Party (recorded May 1962 in New York City): with Billy Butler, Joe Richardson (guitar), Jimmy Lewis (bass); Ray Lucas (drums); George Stubbs (piano), Ernie Hayes (organ)
2) Raunchy (recorded June 1962 in New York City): with Harold Johnson (trumpet), Taft Jordan (trumpet), Billy Butler, Carl Lynch, Charles Massey (guitar), Jimmy Lewis (bass); Ray Lucas (drums); Gary Chester (percussion), Paul Griffin (piano/organ), Leroy Glover (director)
3) Slow Drag (recorded August 1962 in New York City with unknown personnel)

[@JustalittlebitOsoul]

Raunchy is awesome !! Love the others too but Raunchy really stands out 😊

[@MrJones-bio1gy]

It does!

[@LLS710]

Why is it called Raunchy? Also, during that time, wouldn't that have been a no-no title? Or did it matter if you were not on the radio?