Mal C Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 (edited) probably old news to some, but I was just looking at a lot of the Butler 45's that I have, and realized he's covered an awful lot of songs big on the Northern scene by other artists, whether they covered him, or he them, I dont know but it makes a great list to start: so obvious one to start: Jerry Butler - I'm The One (Impressions) Jerry Butler - I Cant Stand to See You cry (Joe Valentine, and others I just cant remember them) Jerry Butler - Find Yourself Another (Johnny Gilliam) Jerry Butler - Giving up on Love - (Aki Aleong on Trans American... and later VJ in Chicago) and I know he did allot of songs Mercury stable mate Lorraine Ellison did, 'dont let it go to your Head' and others, as well as Ordinary Joe (terry callier), the list is endless!!! any more folks? mal Edited October 21, 2013 by Mal.C. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Peter99 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 probably old news to some, but I was just looking at alot of the Butler 45's that I have, and ealised he's covered an awful lot of songs big on the Northern scene by other artists, whether thay covered him, or he them, I dont know but it makes a great list to start: so obvious one to start: Jerry Butler - I'm The One (Impressions) Jerry Butler - I Cant Stand to See You cry (joe Valentine, and others I just cant remember them) Jerry Butler - Find Yourself Another (johnny gilliam) Jerry Butler - Giving up on Love - (Aki Aleong on Trans American... and later VJ in Chicago) and I know he did allot of songs Mercury stable mate Lorraine Ellison did, 'dont let it go to your Head' and others, as well as Ordinary Joe (terry callier), the list is endless!!! any more folks? mal I'm sure there's plenty Mal. What a great artist he is too - bought a few bits by him recently. Peter Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 I didn't know he did Find Yourself Another! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 By the way look at this beauty I got off ebay at the weekend and look at the price...John Manship got £300 for his last one and it's one of the few UK records I've never had before https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121191437193?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Douglaschip Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 One night affair - cover of O'Jays - and not a bad version! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 probably old news to some, but I was just looking at a lot of the Butler 45's that I have, and realized he's covered an awful lot of songs big on the Northern scene by other artists, whether they covered him, or he them, I dont know but it makes a great list to start: so obvious one to start: Jerry Butler - I'm The One (Impressions) Jerry Butler - I Cant Stand to See You cry (Joe Valentine, and others I just cant remember them) Jerry Butler - Find Yourself Another (Johnny Gilliam) Jerry Butler - Giving up on Love - (Aki Aleong on Trans American... and later VJ in Chicago) and I know he did allot of songs Mercury stable mate Lorraine Ellison did, 'dont let it go to your Head' and others, as well as Ordinary Joe (terry callier), the list is endless!!! any more folks? mal Not the same song as Johnny Gilliam! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Plus he did the originals of most of those and people covered him, not vice versa 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Kev Cane Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Played out yesterday at Horse and Groom "Brand new me" also done by Isaac Hayes, to be honest, even if he sang "ring a ring a roses" it would be good Kev 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Only Dreaming Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Two more that spring to mind.. Giving up on love I'm the one who loves you Dave Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Two more that spring to mind.. Giving up on love I'm the one who loves you Dave yeah he mentioned both those in his first post Dave Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mal C Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 (edited) Yep same as Johnny Gilliam Pete, see if I can post an mp3... just checked, deffo the same song.. has to be earlier.. slightly different title on the label, but the words are the same.. Edited October 21, 2013 by Mal.C. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Peter99 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Played out yesterday at Horse and Groom "Brand new me" also done by Isaac Hayes, to be honest, even if he sang "ring a ring a roses" it would be good Kev Great track. Peter Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Yep same as Johnny Gilliam Pete, see if I can post an mp3... Find Yourself Another Girl isn't the same song as Find Yourself Another, if thats what you mean Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mal C Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 it is Pete, listen to the words... also he did Lorraine Ellison - I Dig You Baby, quite a good version of that.. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 co-wrote "aware of love" so guess was the first Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
billb Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 He did a version of Baby Washington's That's how heartaches are made https://youtu.be/pu6SFUjVDtI Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
billb Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 version of a Jerry Butler tune https://youtu.be/3UzgzAOg2ao 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Polyvelts Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 I know it's a bit cheesy but I love his duet of 'close to you' with brenda lee eager. There's a great clip on them on soul train in youtube Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Smudger Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) Yep he did some great songs wish they had released Stepping on my dreams as a 45 ,bought the album sampler 45 but only about a minutes worth of steppin on it and maybe he will be on at Cleethorpes one year !! Edited October 22, 2013 by smudger Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sebastian Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 it is Pete, listen to the words... Sorry, totally different lyrics to Jerry Butler's "Find Another Girl" and Jerry Gilliam's "Find Yourself Another". Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mal C Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 right I'm going to prove this cause I have a mp3 credited to him, which is deffo the same song... bare with me.. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sebastian Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) right I'm going to prove this cause I have a mp3 credited to him, which is deffo the same song... bare with me.. Might be a mis-credited MP3? Both songs can be heard above. But please post the MP3 somewhere, it would be great if there was a version of "Find Yourself Another Girl" by Johnny Gilliam. The version recorded by Jerry Butler is one of my all-time faves. Edited October 22, 2013 by Sebastian Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Polyvelts Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 right I'm going to prove this cause I have a mp3 credited to him, which is deffo the same song... bare with me.. Im really looking forward to hearing this........ but do we have to get naked ??? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Only Dreaming Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 yeah he mentioned both those in his first post Dave Cheers Pete - must look more closely in future ;-) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mal C Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) Ok, Ive egg on my face, so no need to get Naked people, i'll take another pill, calm down, nothing happened here today, certainly no new unheard version of Jerry butler... the i-tunes I'm looking at plays as Sebs above post/Clips... What I will say is, these two are very alike, dont you think? and if I was a betting man; when Johnny Gilliam wrote his 'Find Yourself Another' I'd bet he had half an ear cocked in the direction of Jerry Butler... moving swiftly on, Jerry's song 'Loneliness' has always been a favorite, has B. Butler in the credits, anybody know whether his brother recorded that as well, as well as writing it..? The words to 'Stop Steppin on my Life' are strange aren't they, I mean shooting down the babies????? Mal Edited October 22, 2013 by Mal.C. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Yep he did some great songs wish they had released Stepping on my dreams as a 45 ,bought the album sampler 45 but only about a minutes worth of steppin on it Has "Stop Stepping .." ever escaped on CD ? I would have thought it had been included on the 2fer Mercury CD release 'IceMan: the Mercury Years'. But even though that features 44 of his tracks, "Stop Stepping .." ain't one of em. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sebastian Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 What I will say is, these two are very alike, dont you think? and if I was a betting man; when Johnny Gilliam wrote his 'Find Yourself Another' I'd bet he had half an ear cocked in the direction of Jerry Butler... I agree, it seems to be heavily influenced by the Jerry Butler tune. Johnny Gilliam's singing style/phrasing also borrows a lot from Butler. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Garethx Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) The Johnny Gilliam / Jerry Butler track which both did is You Make Me Feel Like Someone. Credited to Levine and Springer on the Butler Mercury track, and Levine and Tree by Gilliam on Modern. A Jerry Butler version which is underrated is Why Did I Lose You, originally recorded by Penny Carter on Verve; a track by great Brill Building writers Roger Atkins and Carl D'Errico.. I prefer Jerry's original versions of Curtis Mayfield classics Woman With Soul, I'm The One and I've Been Trying to The Impressions own readings (which are still great). Has anyone mentioned JB's version of Kenny Gamble's You Don't Know What You Got? Edited October 23, 2013 by garethx 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 The Johnny Gilliam / Jerry Butler track which a both did is You Make Me Feel Like Someone. Credited to Levine and Springer on the Butler Mercury track, and Levine and Tree by Gilliam on Modern. There's a good version of this by P.J. Proby. I think. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Garethx Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 PJ Proby's is the original release I think. Demo'd by Jimmy Radcliffe. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chris L Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 probably old news to some, but I was just looking at a lot of the Butler 45's that I have, and realized he's covered an awful lot of songs big on the Northern scene by other artists, whether they covered him, or he them, I dont know but it makes a great list to start: so obvious one to start: Jerry Butler - I'm The One (Impressions) Jerry Butler - I Cant Stand to See You cry (Joe Valentine, and others I just cant remember them) Jerry Butler - Find Yourself Another (Johnny Gilliam) Jerry Butler - Giving up on Love - (Aki Aleong on Trans American... and later VJ in Chicago) and I know he did allot of songs Mercury stable mate Lorraine Ellison did, 'dont let it go to your Head' and others, as well as Ordinary Joe (terry callier), the list is endless!!! any more folks? mal Has been mine burning ambition to get to see him line one day, the Chicago weekender next year may be the time and place to do it. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Someone on here had an unissued Jerry Butler acetate which, if I remember rightly, was damaged - he posted half of it up and it was brilliant, and I did record it but can't remember a thing about it now. But if I can find the recording I'll post it. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
billb Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Found this version of his brothers classic on youtube https://youtu.be/19OXjwEIdrs 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mal C Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) killer version, I love it... and this, One Night Affair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZQXzDvaRUQ and this, never knew it was his most successful single... Only the Strong Survive" is a 1968 song by Jerry Butler, released on his album "The Ice Man Cometh". It was the most successful single of his career, reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was #1 for two weeks on the Billboard Black Singles Chart, in March and April 1969, respectively. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX80fZGZyz4 Edited October 22, 2013 by Mal.C. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 (edited) Yep he did some great songs wish they had released Stepping on my dreams as a 45 ,bought the album sampler 45 but only about a minutes worth of steppin on it Seems that Mercury made up those LP taster EP's for most of Jerry B's albums ........... .... plus other related items that would be considered great memorabilia today. Edited October 23, 2013 by Roburt Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Smudger Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Seems that Mercury made up those LP taster EP's for most of Jerry B's albums ........... .... plus other related items that would be considered great memorabilia today. I gave you the one with stepping on it if you remember Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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Prophonics 2029 Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Not a cover but sucha bloody great song. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Prophonics 2029 Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGHcyk9IaSg Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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billb Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Happy 74th Birthday Jerry Butler https://youtu.be/M1L7YkvivoQ https://youtu.be/-TYf8mgE_TA Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 He did a version of Baby Washington's That's how heartaches are made I always loved Jerry's version of 'That's How Heartaches Are Made', I had it on the LP before I got it on 45, I hope it gets played in soul clubs once in a while. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
billb Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Future of Northern Soul (whatever that is) no problem, £5 tune, who has never danced to this? Never forget your roots! https://youtu.be/we1R6k5IUmc Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Dave Turner Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 (edited) probably old news to some, but I was just looking at a lot of the Butler 45's that I have, and realized he's covered an awful lot of songs big on the Northern scene by other artists, whether they covered him, or he them, I dont know but it makes a great list to start: so obvious one to start: Jerry Butler - I'm The One (Impressions) Jerry Butler - I Cant Stand to See You cry (Joe Valentine, and others I just cant remember them) Jerry Butler - Find Yourself Another (Johnny Gilliam) Jerry Butler - Giving up on Love - (Aki Aleong on Trans American... and later VJ in Chicago) and I know he did allot of songs Mercury stable mate Lorraine Ellison did, 'dont let it go to your Head' and others, as well as Ordinary Joe (terry callier), the list is endless!!! any more folks? mal Just pointing out that Joe Valentine is "I Can't Stand To See You Go" ... a deep soul classic and completely different record Edited December 9, 2013 by Dave Turner Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Platters 81 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Dave Bupp and the Magnificent Men must have been chuffed when Jerry B covered "Peace of Mind" on the Soul Artistry LP....... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chas Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Jerrys version of "ordinary Joe",if memory serves he credits Terry Callier in the notes as an up and coming talent. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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