Hi everyone,

I was playing 'Momma's Gone/Easier To Say Than To Do' House of Fox recently and thought I'd try and find some information about the artist. But to no avail. I can't seem to find any biographical information about him or find (to date) anyone who might have information about him. So I thought I'd throw it out here and see if any of you knowledeable people have any information to share.

Many thanks - Kev

Edited Wednesday at 10:062 days by Kev Moore
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Apologies, can't add anything informative, but the flip has been a weekly play for many years, great record.

Jim.

Thought Little Johnny Blair was a pseudonym for the artist Charles Hodges who recorded for Calla amongst others and cut the b side under his own name.

Thanks everyone it was the flip I'm interested in. I wasn't aware that he was Charles Hodges and that it had come out on Calla. Anyone know which came first and why the name change?

Thanks Kev

Edited Wednesday at 10:552 days by Kev Moore

The Calla recording 1969 the House of Fox 1970.

i'm not saying it's wrong, but i find it hard to believe Charles Hodges & Little Johnny Blair are the same person.

Possibly, because i don't know the full story, or where that 'fact' came from. If someone could enlighten me, i'd be grateful.

4 minutes ago, Kenb said:

i'm not saying it's wrong, but i find it hard to believe Charles Hodges & Little Johnny Blair are the same person.

Possibly, because i don't know the full story, or where that 'fact' came from. If someone could enlighten me, i'd be grateful.

beyond mentions on here

google takes ya to a fair few mentions www

one being
https://www.sirshambling.com/artists_2012/H/charles_hodges/index.php

These sound like the same record to my ears, but I do wear aids.

Everyday is a school day. Never knew it came out on Calla.

Jim.

5 minutes ago, Jim Elliott said:

Everyday is a school day. Never knew it came out on Calla.

Jim.

Bought a Calla copy cheap recently ,also have the song by Sam Dees

54 minutes ago, Shinehead said:

These sound like the same record to my ears, but I do wear aids.

yup, agree. they are the same singer, or at least the same audio across the two you tube clips.

Even with the Lelan Rogers connection there seems something odd (to me at least) about what seems to be a New York artist on Calla arriving at House of the Fox, with Memphis writers on both sides. But i guess Calla licenced off the B-side, and hey ho...no conspiracy theory here.

Edited Wednesday at 13:392 days by Kenb

1 hour ago, Mike said:

beyond mentions on here

google takes ya to a fair few mentions www

one being
https://www.sirshambling.com/artists_2012/H/charles_hodges/index.php

Yes I saw that Mike, couldn't find anything else to confirm though so I'll take it that they are the same person. 👍

Charles wrote quite a few songs & is still registered with BMI.

On some of these songs he's listed as Charles Jacob Hodges, on others just as plain Charles Hodges. He obviously used his other name in the past as the 45 label for the song "You Were Using Me" has him listed as Jacob Hodges. He has 39 songs listed with BMI, a couple written in conjunction with Johnny Northern.

Johnny was in the music biz for years as a singer, writer, producer & he collaborated with the likes of J R Bailey, Clyde Otis, Freddie Briggs, Rudy Clark, Horace Ott & more.

So Charles had lots of contacts in the music biz. The few that are still around probably know a bit about him.

Labels he was signed to were based out of 1697 Broadway -- this is the Ed Sullivan Theatre building (though on it's Broadway frontage, there were a few floors of offices above the theatre -- this is where the record companies were based). Of course, it was here that the Beatles played their famous performance on the Ed Sullivan Show that started their 'take over' of the US pop scene.

Edited yesterday at 04:351 day by Roburt