Stefan Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 (edited) Hi, I come just bought my copy of Bobby Sansom "Don't Leave" on Sublime and I need more info about this record. I don't find so much about him, just that It's a "blue-eye" soul group maybe from L.A ? Any addition to this info will be welcome and so much appreciated ... Cheers Stefan. Edited April 22, 2012 by Stefan Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
boba Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Hi, I come just bought my copy of Bobby Sansom "Don't Leave" on Sublime and I need more info about this record. I don't find so much about him, just that It's a "blue-eye" soul group maybe from L.A ? Any addition to this info will be welcome and so much appreciated ... Cheers Stefan. Bobby Sansom is from the UK actually and moved to California (I think bay area, not la). He has (or at least had) a webpage, he does some sort of wedding singing now or something. Apparently Sly Stone really liked the record and started playing it on the radio and totally dropped it when he found out Bobby was White. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
boba Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 here is his wedding music business: https://americanmobilemusic.com/ I'm assuming this pic is his band in the UK: https://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/vintagehofner/earlybands/band26.html Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Stefan Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 So many thanks Boba. What a great information and pics of him and his group ! "Apparently Sly Stone really liked the record and started playing it on the radio and totally dropped it when he found out Bobby was White." It's for me, one of the best male soul harmony that I've heard ... The Quality don't have skin colors ... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
boba Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 yeah, excellent midtempo track. i'm not into his other 45 on acta though. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tfk Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 (edited) Good morning Boba Very interesting info re Bobby Sansom...defo wasnt aware he was from the uk ? Do you have any info on the group The Main Events who did a version of Dont Leave???? ktf tfk Edited April 22, 2012 by tfk Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Dave Turner Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Yeah, Bobby was from Brighton. A few more pics of him on the Brighton Beat site https://www.brightonbeat.com/musicians/bobby_sansom.htm https://www.brightonbeat.com/giants/giants.htm I emailed him back in 2009 to ask if he was in fact the same Bobby Sansom and got this back --- Hi Dave,Yep, I'm the guy....no....never been asked that before.I dropped Bobby to plain ol' Bob......Still singing for a living too ! Glad you seem to like "Don't leave"....it got to #5 on the San Fran charts. Thanks for the interest.Cheers,Bob (US) This is him in a Brighton nightclub Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
boba Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Good morning Boba Very interesting info re Bobby Sansom...defo wasnt aware he was from the uk ? Do you have any info on the group The Main Events who did a version of Dont Leave???? ktf tfk The main events were a (Black) group from LA. They had one record but it was released on three labels. Here is the info: MAIN EVENTS, THE Freddie Sprewell, Arthur Sprewell, Dolph McClellan, Bailey James, Mack Givens. Arthur Sprewell and Mack Givens were formerly of the R&B group The Chants on Nite Owl, who became The Gallahads on Beechwood, and also of the Soul group The Ex-Cel Five on Enith.** Golden Bird 501 Girl, I Want You To Remember / Don't Leave (71) Miracle Mile G.B.501 Girl, I Want You To Remember / Don't Leave (71) UA 50810 Girl, I Want You To Remember / Don't Leave (7/71) 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tfk Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 (edited) The main events were a (Black) group from LA. They had one record but it was released on three labels. Here is the info: MAIN EVENTS, THE Freddie Sprewell, Arthur Sprewell, Dolph McClellan, Bailey James, Mack Givens. Arthur Sprewell and Mack Givens were formerly of the R&B group The Chants on Nite Owl, who became The Gallahads on Beechwood, and also of the Soul group The Ex-Cel Five on Enith.** Golden Bird 501 Girl, I Want You To Remember / Don't Leave (71) Miracle Mile G.B.501 Girl, I Want You To Remember / Don't Leave (71) UA 50810 Girl, I Want You To Remember / Don't Leave (7/71) Wow am glad i asked. regarding The Main Events...... fascinating stuff.re the way the groups evolved i always did prefer this group version of "Dont Leave" but could never find much info about it .apart from the info on the label -i have the Miracle Mile and dh have a spare UA Demo there must have been a lot of interest in L.A with this record with it getting 3 releases in the same year????' thanks again Boba best tfk Edited April 23, 2012 by tfk Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
boba Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 I think the 3 releases were just a result of shopping it around to bigger labels. I don't think it was any type of hit. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Derek Pearson Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 "Don't Leave" is such a fabulous record indeed, must admit I was quite surprised to discover he was white as well. Above photo is currently on sale on Ebay as Buy It Now. derek Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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