Andy Rix

Nice article .. thank you

That looks like John Vincent's writing

https://www.facebook.com/groups/160929280739470/permalink/2197982290367482/ Ady asked a question on FB ... link above ...

It's on a CD for sure but I'm in Laos so can't look on the shelf.. it will be detailed on Don't Forget the Motorcity website

I've messed up .. defective reading skills .. humble pie being eaten as I type Robert Simon Staunton Robert G Walker So it might be the same guy Last contact details I had for Staunton he was living in L.A. .. but never managed to 'catch' him I'll dig some more A

I'm not convinced they were the same person If you check BMI ...https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Catalog?num=00YdWa%2bv%2bpEFuy5tPyt6rw%3d%3d&cae=twuaHqwnbKLf9JqQZbcZOg%3d%3d&partType=WriterList&search={"Main_Search_Text"%3A"the blizzard"%2C"Sub_Search_Text"%3A""%2C"Main_Search"%3A"Title"%2C"Sub_Search"%3Anull%2C"Search_Type"%3A"all"%2C"View_Count"%3A100%2C"Page_Number"%3A0%2C"Part_Type"%3Anull%2C"Part_Id"%3Anull%2C"Part_Id_Sub"%3Anull%2C"Part_Name"%3Anull%2C"Part_Cae"%3Anull%2C"Original_Search"%3Anull%2C"DisclaimerViewed"%3Anull}&resetPageNumber=True&partIdSub=YO0HedHMatLb45JzS23DVw%3d%3d You'll see the Motown guy was Robert Simon Walker .. and the RCA guy was Robert G Walker .. it's not that unusual to see BMI merge, and therefore confuse, two different songwriters with very similar names Andy

'Keep On Rolling' is Brenda .. no question

Not that I'm aware of

First time I've ever seen a stock copy ... must be elusive Andy

I thought it was .. I was down til the count of 9 .. but now I'm back to make her mine Andy

I think Lou would be stunned ......

When I met Ed Lewis in NY .. one of the co-writers .. I asked him about the song and what did he think of the Sam Williams release .. he replied he'd never heard of Sam and the only version he knew was the one they had recorded with Nate Adams Andy

Wonder if he would accept £225 !!!!

I'd quite like one ... where are they all ?? Andy

This is such sad news ... but so pleased he finally got recognition, and royalties, from his legendary 45 thanks to Mark Bicknell I have a special connection to this 45 having first heard it on the 28 August 1980 in Skegness when Dave Raistrick played it as 'Roy Hamilton' ... I fell in love with it I pestered Dave and he finally agreed to sell it to me, in 1981, but I had one chance, as he had half-promised the 45 to Soul Sam, which meant a drive to a Sunday Notts Palais all dayer to hand over the £50 ... only problem was I couldn't drive and didn't have £50 .. but a nurse colleague, I was living in nurses residence at the time, drove me there and lent me the cash ... result So I covered it up as Don Gardner & The Chicago Hit Men - Gotta Find A Way .... inspired by Pat Brady having the General Assembly - Sensitive Mind - covered as Don Varner & The New York Soul Generation ... it sounded cool It soon became my No 1 sound .. and I soon lent it to Ian Clark who cut an acetate and then started playing it at Yate ... and Nigel Parker borrowed it a few years later when he was DJing at Bradford .. the rest, as they say, is history R.I.P Eric ... Andy

Just to note ... Bobby Allen, who was one of the trumpet players on the Shrine sessions, later became a member of the El Corols .. and had a 45 release on Rouser .. told me that Frank Beverley's uncle was also in the group ..so there is afirm connection between Frank and Rouser Andy

I spoke to Pat Livingston about the 45 as she co-owned the label with Don Wilson.. she only vaguely remembered Esther and didn't have a copy .. she tried to connect me to Don via his daughter but that got nowhere .. still a very tough 45 Andy

One and the same .. his real name is Curtis Futch .. he's a really nice bloke

yes I did meet him .. he was a very nice chap Andy

Vince Montana gave me this acetate when I visited him in Philly ... the annotation 'Me and Bud' means Vince M & Bud Ross Andy

http://soul-patrol.com/the-dreamlovers-a-philly-doo-wop-history/ worth a read Andy

I spoke to Herbert Campbell on a few occasions many years ago and still have the cassette recordings of those conversations With regards to 'Double Cookin' he referenced the fact that it was very heavily influenced by the Motown sound and in particular the strings on Kim Weston's - I'm Still Loving You ... which he said had received a lot of local airplay when released the previous year ..... I think many of us had clocked that but it was interesting that he confirmed it was so Andy

Just found this on the shelf ....

Just found this on the shelf ....

OK that's great ... always best to check just in case .... Andy