Roburt

There's a thread on the Soulful Detroit Forum about Funk Brother Eddie Willis needing help getting the airfare for him to go to LA for an upcoming Funk Bros 'Hollywood star' award ceremony. The thread has a link that takes you to an ebay page where a CD & signed poster are being auctioned to raise the sum necessary. I'd post the link to the SDF thread & the ebay page up but unfortunately I'm on a 'hotels'computer that doesn't allow me to copy & paste stuff like that. I'm sure some other SSourcer can post up the required links.

Yes, he was famous in the US, though mainly on the R&B circuit. He was based 'darn south' and played lots of shows in Miami (an ad for his shows is on the Óld Miami Shows' thread I think). .... but .... he also played gigs all across the US including at the Apollo in New York.

I thought Sew City was run by Matt Parsons (who had been associated with Scepter / Wand, Vee Jay, Capitol, Golden World, Motown, Atlantic & Laurie). Matt went on to have top jobs with King, Capitol & Polydor through the 70's. Mind you, Carl Proctor was also with Scepter / Wand at the same time, so perhaps they set up Sew City together. Proctor was with Farem Productions by 1970; the outfit that ran the Right-On label.

How come "Behind Locked Doors" came out on both Sew City & on Miami based BRA ???

Been mentioned before recently (on another thread).

Would think that the B&S's have some value + some of your early NME's. The others I wouldn't know but maybe to a pop fan.

Home Of The Blues July 1967 Edition 11 A window into 1967 Soul & MOD scene in England. Garnet Mimms was appearing live at The Saville Theatre, London backed by the iconic MOD band THE SENATE full 2 page Bio & review. Bio on Mable John, Pic & bio’s of Jimmy Holiday, Clyde McPhatter, Brenda Holloway, The Chiffons. Eye-catching full page ads inc: SOUL CITY shop + a 8 soul album gallery advert from EMI Records. RE: Garnet Mimms was appearing live at The Saville Theatre, London backed by the iconic MOD band THE SENATE full 2 page Bio & review. ........... I was at that show, it was held on Sunday May 7th, 1967 (Jimi Hendrix topped the bill but we walked out half way thru his performance). Would love to know what the reviewer said about the show (Garnett was great BTW).

Right, I'll book a Pickfords lorry tomorrow and get Jeremy Clarkson on board as the driver. We can only feature OVO that was played at the Mojo, Bee Gee, Attic + a few Clifton Hall MS tracks. It'll also only be open to Tykes though, both DJ wise & punters ..... deffo no 'yellow bellys allowed' on board.

Must say I knew nothing at all about this show which was staged in central Oxford less than 2 weeks ago ......... https://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/archive/2013/02/19/musicreviews+%28om_music_reviews%29/10237164.David_Gest_and_the_stars_of_Motown___The_Oxford_Union/ Mind you, it doesn't suprise me that the University didn't put the word out ...' town & gown' don't mix at all and non under-grads aren't encouraged to attend events organised by the Uni.

I believe the group is led by Carl Fisher but he's the only 60's group member left in the line-up. Carl sang lead on "My Girl Sloopy", "Love In Them There Hills" plus on most of their Neptune & 70's tracks. Ricky Owens died over 15 years back and Carl must be in his 70's now.

Keith's most recent release ......... The show will be going on the road after its stint in Philly. Its calling in at Chicago, DC & Cleveland. .... the flyer for the stage show .........

In addition to the 'Motown Story' that is about to open on Broadway (NY), there's also another Motown related stage presentation about to start. This one is being staged at the Kimmel Centre in Philly and stars the likes of (MS singer) Keith Washington. Details on the play can be viewed here ........... https://www.kimmelcenter.org/events/?id=4585 There's also an article about the show here ......... https://www.phillytrib.com/entertainmentarticles/item/7839-%E2%80%98my-brother-marvin%E2%80%99-goes-behind-the-music.html

Though he's in his 70's now, Chubby Checker keeps on performing. Here's an article published by the Philly Tribune about shows he did just a few days back in Atlantic City. https://www.phillytri...at-resorts.html Guess he doesn't include songs such as "At The Discotheque", "Cum La Be Stay", "Everythings Wrong","Hey You, Little Boo-Ga-Loo" or "You Just Don't Know" in his act -- mores the pity.

Thought a few on here might be interested in reading this Philly Tribune article (from summer 2010) on Al Goodman of the Moments + Ray, Goodman & Brown .... https://www.phillytrib.com/component/content/article/107-entertainment/entertainment/18582-soul-singer-al-goodman-remembered.html Its a real pity that no one has seen fit to put lots of old music related articles from the Philly Tribune up on the net as I guess they would contain some great info (from the 60's / 70's in particular). The newspaper itself is starting to archive old editions digitally but I don't think the public can gain access to these things yet.

Whats wrong with a road out of Scunnny in mid February (as long as its the Dony Rd of course).

Baltimore was always an important 'radio market' for record labels. If a label could get a track play listed on a Balti R&B station & then it entered the radio chart in the city, they would put a major push behind the 45 in other US cities. Just check how many breakout 45's were registering in Baltimore back in mid February 1967 ..............

Thanks for the info. As they are only available from a US site, I guess they are made / marketed there. Doesn't seem right that a UK company hasn't had the idea of making copies of this iconic British TV show available here on DVD.

Back in the 60's, lots of the top soul acts got to appear on Ready Steady Go ........ ... these included James Brown, Dee Dee Sharp, Bobby Hebb, Solomon Burke, Barbara Lewis, The Drifters, Doris Troy, Lou Johnson, Major Lance, Fontella Bass, Wilson Pickett, Roy C, Irma Thomas, Edwin Starr, Don Covay, the Adlibs, Nina Simone, Rufus Thomas, the Vibrations, Otis Redding and many of the Motown acts. I know most of the old shows were junked by Rediffusion, Dave Clarke saving a few for posterity. What clips that did remain from the show eventually escaped on video (3 in total if my memory is working). Have these been put out since on DVD ?? BTW, I used to watch the show every Friday evening when it was on & have faint recollections of Inez & Charlie Foxx appearing on one show. Can anyone here actually confirm that they were on as my memory may just be defective (it was a long time ago). I watched this clip that's up on youtube but didn't manage to spot Pete Stringfellow on it (he used to marshall all the dancers on the show & most of the time decided who from the audience would get to be in front of the cameras) ......

BTW, the new book follows a similar format to his 1st one. He reviews lots of tracks that became popular on the 'Beach music scene' after the classic years. These include efforts by the likes of Barbara Acklin, the Esquires, THE FUTURES, HOT CHOCOLATE, the Poets, Edwin Starr, TOWER of POWER, Robert Knight, WILD CHERRY, ROBERT WINTERS & FALL, Shades of Blue, the Spinners, etc.

A Beach classic from back in the 60's ....... white group, the Swingin' Medallions ...... The same group more recently .... performing their take on "But It's Alright" ...

After his 1st book (Carolina Beach Music: the Classic Years) on the subject sold well, Rick Simmons has penned a 2nd effort ......... Carolina Beach Music from the '60s to the '80s: The New Wave His new effort is already available from Amazon & similar outlets ......... https://www.amazon.co...61256436&sr=1-1 Rick's 1st book attempted to explain 'Beach Music' by reviewing a whole list of tracks that have enjoyed enduring popularity on the Beach Music Scene. Run down his list & its easy to see the links between NS & Beach ....... .. BTW, you can still buy his 1st book, Amazon have it listed.

Weren't the Temptations on backing vocals on this version ? It was released as a normal single & as a picture disc (this featuring a pic of Rod & the Tempts -- saw it real cheap just after its original release date in a Northampton record shop -- but left it there).

Would love to know the titles of the other Charlie 'Cole Black' Brown tracks.

Loads of soul / NS songs have nonsense lyrics, I sold "Slow Fizz" back around 1971 coz I couldn't stand the words (they drove me mad as by then silly dance lyrics seemed so old hat).Songs such as Hey Diddle Diddle, Ooh Sugar Wooga, La De Da I Love You, Oogum Boogum Song & Boogie Oogie Oogie for instance have rubbish titles (though I do really love Um, Um, Um, Um, Um).I'm not religious but I can easily ignore lyrics about God if everything else about a track is magnificent.

Anyone know much about Karen Small who had a regional breakout 45 ("Boys Are Made To Love") on the west coast in July 1966. The track went on to be a national R&B hit and even bubbled under the Hoy 100 Pop for a week or so. She had a follow up 45 later that summer (which Don Julian of the Larks claimed to have written but I guess he might just have found his inspiration in a massive 1964 hit). Her 2nd 45 didn't sell as well and then she was gone ......