He liked the track and had it re-recorded by the band in Lakewood in February 1959;[5] its title "Tall Cool One" was apparently suggested by Morrill's mother.
[7][8] The band made the cross-country trip to New York to record an LP, The Fabulous Wailers, which was released in December 1959 and featured two vocals by Morrill as well as instrumentals.
The band decided to return to the Northwest, rather than staying in New York as their record label wished, and they were dropped from their contract.
However, its style, with its trademark 1-2-3, 1-2, 1-2-3 riff,[14] inspired other groups from the Seattle area, most notably the Kingsmen of Portland, Oregon, to record the same song.
[10] Also in 1964, "Tall Cool One" was re-promoted by the Golden Crest label, and again made the Billboard pop chart, this time peaking at # 38.
[10] The Wailers' song "Out of Our Tree" was featured in the 1998 CD version of the Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era collection.
Several of the Wailers' tunes were also covered by The Ventures,[6] and the two bands released an album together, Two Car Garage, in 2009 to celebrate their 50 years in existence.