Is much known about the Jesse Crawford who had a 45 out on Symbol in 1963 ..........

Symbol #925 - Jesse Crawford -- "I Love You So / Please Don't Go" 

 

I know he got to tour a bit on the back of that 45, one such show he did taking place at the Coliseum in Baltimore on October 19th 1963.

Edited July 8, 201312 yr by Roburt

I think there's one on Rujac

Same tune on both labels, Orange Rujac if I remember rightly. Please Don't Go - great R & B!!

 

Des

Same tune on both labels, Orange Rujac if I remember rightly. Please Don't Go - great R & B!!

 

Des

I knew he had connections to Baltimore but didn't think to look at the Ru-Jac discography. I guess this was the only Ru-Jac 45 to be picked up by Symbol.

Here's the ad for his show in October 63. Locally based Jay Wiggins was also on the bill, as was Lou Johnson. MC on the show was Sparky Mullens who owned / ran the Spar & Zennette record labels. Sparky probably organised the show & got the artists to perform for expenses (as he was playing their tracks on his WSID radio shows at the time).

I have  Baltimore club / Carr's Beach ads for the Kay Keys Band (who backed Jesse up on his cuts) as well somewhere. 

Edited July 8, 201312 yr by Roburt

Been a while, but weren't they slightly different takes/mixes? More echo on the Rujac press? Think all presses state Jessie not Jesse, by the way.

No doubt Jesse Crawford got to perform at Carr's Beach himself as the booking agency for the venue up to around 1965 was Ace Booking of Baltimore. Of course, Ace Booking was run by Rufus Mitchell, who also ran Ru-Jac Records. 

Many acts signed to Ru-Jac (& other local Baltimore artists) got to play support on the Carr's Beach shows, though many were last minute adds to the bill and so didn't get name checks on the ads for the gigs.

A radio ad for shows held at Carr's Beach ............

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ4vJRt_9iI

 

They obviously didn't have a photo of Tammi Terrell at the time the ad was placed !!!!

Edited July 8, 201312 yr by Roburt

Jessie was probably performing with the Kay Keys Band on this Carr's Beach show in May 63 .........

The Strands were also locally based.

A Philly doo-wop group on the bill ...........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wHQYDfk3nc

Edited July 8, 201312 yr by Roburt

Jessie's 45 in it's Ru-Jac form .............

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5s7b2F7CCA