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This is quite long .... but it includes lots of info (some new to me) ....... ... GIRL GROUPS: the Grit, the Glamour, the Glory ..... http://metrotimes.co...glory-1.1443481 added by site Preview of Metro Times 3 page article full article link http://metrotimes.co....1443481?pgno=1 ...ultimately caught the ear of noted Detroit songwriter and record producer Richard “Popcorn” Wylie, who would take the girls to Motown to provide background harmonies for his songs. In those days, one could pay Motown $100 for a block of studio time and record anything one pleased. After several sessions, Marlene and Jackie literally tried to run from their eventual vocation. “Every time he would come over to teach us his songs, we would hide,” Jackie recalls. “We would say, ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah,’ but we dreaded it. Mama said, ‘I’m tired of that boy. Y’all tell him that you do not want to learn those songs and go over there and sing. But you’re not doing anything else, so what’s the problem?’.... Related Soundcloud Radio show Head Curator Lina Stephens joins Craig in-studio to discuss the latest exhibit, GIRL GROUPS: The Grit, The Clamour, The Glory. The new exhibit opens Friday , 2013 and features such legends as: The Supremes, The Vandellas, The Marvelettes, The Velvelettes, and the Unsung Vocal Heroes of Motown, The Andantes. photo: Andantes with Kim Weston -
Marva's MS dancer ...........
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MARVA HICKS ................ She was signed to Infinity Records in 78/79/80 and had a single out ("Looking Over My Shoulder") that was big on the MS scene. In 1985, Frankie Beverly was producing some tracks on her but they never came out. Signed with Polydor in 1991.
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Another version of "Harlem Shuffle" (though thankfully not the Rolling Stones abysmal take on the song) ....... Moroccan Berba Vigon moved to France in 1960 & cut his 1st version of this there in 1967 ............ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubEh-uyj41s
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Another white guy who was no slouch .......... on a Detroit TV show in the mid 60's .........
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If you want to hear some good covers of 60's soul songs (songs that were popular in UK mod clubs in the mid 60's -- original versions & / or the covers) just pick up any Georgie Fame album from that period ............ Between about 1963 & 1968 Georgie cut versions of "Bring It On Home To Me", "Green Onions", "Let The Good Times Roll", "Sitting In The Park", "Funny (How Time Slips Away)", "Shop Around", "I Love The Life I Live", "Baby Please Don't Go", "Sunny", "Ride Your Pony", "Night Train", "My Girl", "Sweet Thing", "Point Of No Return", "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag", "Pride And Joy", "Knock On Wood", "Lovey Dovey", "See Saw", "Soul Stomp", "Monkey Time" & more. ........... here he is in 66 ............ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo4Mnjhy3kw
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US news footage showing clips from the show's rehearsals (+ interview with BG) ..... https://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-grio/50797493/#50797493
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Pic & Bill had their best days (on record) when they worked with Bill Smith .......
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Talking of cover versions ... What's jimmy Helms 1973 version of "I'll Take Good Care Of You" like ?? It was always one of my fave Garnet Mimms tracks back in the 60's.
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If you include UK cover versions of soul songs then there's 100's to choose from. Even more if you use modern songs that have sampled old soul songs ......
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There's a new CD due out to coincide with the opening of the show next month ..... No track listing yet but It makes sense for it to include the songs featured in the show (though as the CD just states 'Songs that inspired the Broadway show' -- it may just be the big 60's hits again). The guy who's playing Marvin looks much more like Smokey to me (especially if he has an Afro wig on stage).
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Some good tracks up there Greg .......... really like Willie Burley & the Cousins 'Don't let the devil fool you' (Landmark).
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........ POSTED UP ON FACEBOOK by Sidney ............ Just talked to an old friend in LA who says, he's got some people interested in doing a docudrama of my life from childhood to now, based on my autobiography..Umm, I wonder who'd play me. Of course it would probably end with me next year winning a Grammy for new artist of the year or something. Now wouldn't that be a cool ending. I'd guess that way less than 10% of TV / film projects actually reach fruition, but this could be really good if it makes it to the 'shooting stage'. MIND YOU ........... there must have been about a dozen projects to make a film of Otis Reddings life floated down the years (Billy Ocean was talked of as the guy to play Otis when his records were big US hits) and none ever progressed very far. Guess the investors much prefer projects about Karen Carpenter than ones about old black singers.
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A pic of the people playing Diana Ross & Berry Gordy in the musical (which opens in NY soon) .... ...... the lady certainly has caught the 'Diana Ross' look quite well ..... don't know about the guy (I know its about his acting ability, but they don't seem to bother about him looking anything like BG)
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This is quite long .... but it includes lots of info (some new to me) ....... ... GIRL GROUPS: the Grit, the Glamour, the Glory ..... http://metrotimes.co...glory-1.1443481 Tap to view this Soul Source News/Article in full
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Billy Stewart - Sittin' In The Park - Chess/cadet
Roburt replied to macca's topic in Look At Your Box
"Sitting In The Park" was originally released in early June 65. Light Blue label Chess 45's came later (around Nov / Dec 66) though old 45's were re-pressed by the company with blue Chess labels. Early 45's on the label (mid 50's) were silver / blue labels. Dark blue labels were around in 57 to 61/62/63 (Chess written down left hand side of label). Orange / yellow labels were then used, from about 1961 to as late as 64 (on blues 45's rather than the soul releases near the end I believe).. Black labels started to replace orange / yellow labeled ones around 1964. But SITP was a massive hit & so will have been pressed up at 2/3 different plants from the early days after its release. The 45 also sold well in the pop field & the 45 made it into the Top 30 of the US pop charts .... so the number being pressed up during that period would far exceed usual Chess 45 pressing levels. I would guess that most of the 1st press versions of this 45 had a black label BUT some could have been rushed out (to meet the great demand) using orange / yellow labels that were still laying around. To me, originals are the ones with black labels BUT no doubt someone else will dispute that. -
Jackie Opel spent quite a lot of time in Jamaica in the 60's but he returned to his native Barbados around 1967. There he acted as mentor to a upcoming local singer -- Jigs Kirton. Jigs cut some Bajan tracks but eventually headed out to join his older sister in Canada (67). He made an immediate impact on the Ottawa soul scene and established a name for himself. In 69, he headed out to New York and hung out at the 521 Club in Brooklyn (making musical contacts). After performing in local NY clubs for a while, he heard from a friend back in Canada that Sam & Dave were up there and in dire need of a drummer. Jigs took the job and toured the US and Europe with Sam & Dave for a while. He would head back to NY in his time off from S&D's band and here some guys came looking for him at the 521 Club (73). Before he knew it, he was asked to join the Invitations and was recording "They Say the Girls Crazy" with them. Some time later, Lew Kirton went solo. While he was away from Barbados, His old mentor Jackie Opel was killed in a car crash in Bridgetown in 1970.
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The 1971 concert at the Apollo was released in 71 & a bit later as well ..... 'Revolution Of the Mind -- Live @ the Apollo) ..... .see ........ https://www.discogs.com/James-Brown-Revolution-Of-The-Mind-Recorded-Live-At-The-Apollo-Vol-3/master/98805
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JB put out quite a few LIVE albums. The most famous onea are his 'Live @ the Apollo' series. The 1st dates from early 63 (recorded in late Nov 62). Then there's 'Pure Dynamite -- Live @ the Royal' (released in Feb 64 but recorded in Nov 63 @ the Royal Theatre, Baltimore). To follow those were :- 'Live @ the Garden' (67) AND 'Live @ the Apollo 2' double LP (67), 'Sex Machine' in 69 and 'Live @ the Apollo Vol.3' in 1971. ....... TAKE YOUR PICK... as to which one it is that you want.,
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Here's a few moves to incorporate into your dance floor antics ...........
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Of course, Cholly Atkins was a top tap dancer for many years on the US chitlin circuit (as part of a duo). He went on to sort out stage acts for all the top black groups (every Motown outfit, the O'Jays, etc.) BTW ......... wonder if there will ever by a childrens book about a NS dancer ????? .......... here's one about a famous black US tap dancer ............
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Just checked and Peg Leg Bates had a 45 out on Blue Chip out of Michigan -- "THE FUNNY OL' HOUSE / SAVE YOUR SORROW". He sings & DANCES on those tracks !!!!
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The Eddie Holloway track is STUNNING !!! Eddie was based in Miami in the 60's & I posted up an ad for one of his shows on the 'Old Miami Shows' thread a while back. He was also the lead vocalist on the 3rd Guitar's big Rojac cut -- "Baby Don't Cry" (he wrote the song).
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Peg Leg Bates ..............
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RE: Mad Hatters - People all over the world - Peg Leg Bates Peg Leg Bates was a famous US 'one legged' dancer. He danced for the British King twice in the 30's and toured the UK again in the 50's with Louis Armstrong. He didn't stop touring till he was in his 50's (around the mid to late 50's). He owned and operated the Peg Leg Bates Country Club in the Catskill Mountains from 1951 to 1987 (being the first black resort owner in the area). The club attracted folk (in the summer) from all over the greater NY / NJ area as well as people from as far away as Baltimore & the like. ..... SEE article published about him on his passing .......... https://www.nytimes.c...dies-at-91.html I guess he hired the Mad Hatters to play his club & was so impressed, he arranged a recording session for them. Any idea when this 45 dates from (70's ?) and if there are any other Peg Leg Bates related records / labels ?? At Peg Leg Bates club in 1985, the main singer was Rene Bailey (who has sung at the resort since 1972). She was backed by a 'funk-flavored jazz' outfit Richard Diamond & the Mad Hatters (can't find out how long they had been the club's resident band). So I guess this is the group who had cut "People All Over the World".
