Roburt

You keep getting plugs for the book into threads I start Dave; maybe I should be on a % ... ........perhaps I can be a 50% owner (like Dick Clark at Swan). ..... BTW, what's the book called again ????

Profile on Bill Moss (who ran / owned Capsoul) ........

Did the likes of Eddie O'Jay or Frankie Crocker ever own / run a label ?? They were greatly involved with groups & record labels; but did they ever actually have their own record companies ?

Some DJ tips from 1965 that no doubt quickly turned into regional breakouts ...... Dixie Drifter's Roulette 45 was getting a push in various different areas & the airplay it got obviously worked ..... .... as the 45 (by WWRL DJ Enoch Gregory) made it onto the US R&B chart for a 9 week period commencing at the end of August that year Enoch Gregory passed away in 2000 at the age of 63. The Dixie Drifter was one of New York's great soul DJ's in the 60s & 70s (on WNJR and WWRL). He got his nickname from his birthplace of Hertford, N.C. "I'm the Dixie Drifter, the soul sifter" was one of Gregory's on-air raps. "I comes when I wants to and I leaves when I pleases." He used to end his radio show by saying, "Walk tall and stay loose."

Robb, John Richbourg was a very obvious one that I didn't list ....... BUT I did get Magnificent Montague (though I was thinking of his Miko label).

Many many radio DJ's ran / owned their own record labels -- Jimmy Bishop, LeBaron Taylor. Magnificent Montague, Skipper Lee Frazier, Lucky Cordell, Sly Stone, Bill 'Sparky' Evans, Al Perkins, E Rodney Jones, Al Bell, etc. Another guy who ran his own label (after he relocated to Columbus) was William Moss ... .... back in 1963 he was working in Miami for radio station WMBM (see stn poster below) ....... Has a definitive list of all the soul radio DJ's who ran labels (& the label names) ever been made ??

This listing isn't of 'regional breakout' albums but of LP's 'bubbling under' the US national album's chart .......... Must say the entry for EVD's LP shocks me as most US Motown fans I have spoken to down the years tell me they were never aware (due to lack of promotion) of any EVD 45 & LP releases back in the day. If this LP almost made the R&B LP charts in 65, tracks off it must have got some radio airplay and it must have sold a decent number of copies.

The guy obviously thought that Bobby was just 'doing it by the numbers' when he sang; both on record & to some degree when live. I guess he is correct in that Bobby was never one to lose control during a song (as most gospel trained singers do). When many other singers would take the intensity level up a notch, Bobby would ease back down in his level of vocal passion. Certainly Bobby's tracks changed when Robey / Duke sold out & ABC got their hands on him. This guy doesn't seem to like Bland's early ABC albums; they are way different to his Duke recordings but I have always liked them. Guess, as is displayed on many threads on here, everyone's opinion of what makes a good cut is different.

Never gave too much thought to B'B'B's singing style .... got turned on to "Call On Me" (& it's B side) back in the mid 60's and have liked him ever since. ....... but the guy who wrote this article for a US 'white' music paper back in 1975 certainly had his own view on Bobby's way of delivering a song .....

A young kid (from LA ?) whose 45's have seen some action on the NS scene .........

Jumped forward to 1975 now ...........

Of course Chess could always get their records played in Chicago as the label (or its owners) had their own radio station .... The Springers & Midnighters 45 on this list were local outings, so no real mystery why they were tipped here .... .... but some eclectic stuff was featuring in Detroit back in February 65 ..........

I believe that by the 60's (coz of all the payola prosecutions), label bosses were being a bit more sutble. They were directly employing radio DJ's as regional promo guys or sales dept. guys (or both), rather than just slipping them money to play their company's records ..... I know that top Nashville DJ Bill 'Hoss' Allen (WLAC) left the station in 1960 to work for Chess Records. But he was back at WLAC by 1963 & was hosting 'The Beat' TV show not too long afterwards ....... ......... then there was the likes of Bob Garner of KYOK in Houston ......

Up to Cleveland again for this one (which dates from 64) ...

I could see the Soul Survivors & Vanilla Fudge working on the same bill ..... ..... or Vanilla Fudge and the Mothers of Invention .......... ........ but not all three groups on the same show ........ (mind you, the M of Invention did start out as R&B & doo wop group; the Soul Giants) This show was actually staged in Philly but both Vanilla Fudge & the Mothers were NY based during that period.

An ad that links Miami & New York now .......... By all accounts, Rum Bottoms was an innovator in the disco field .... ..... and it was owned & run by the guys in the group Calhoon .... acts like the Miracles, Ecstasy, Passion & Pain, the Trammps, Gloria Gaynor, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes appeared at the place ..... It was hot for almost two years but went bust in late 76, when it was bought and reopened as the Limelight.

Princess Selene Pub. is based out of New York (107 E 10th St) and the 2 songs on this 45 are the only ones registered in Ronnie West's name. .... unless he also wrote as Ronnie Bernard West .......... who's songs are registered with outfits based in Gordon, GA & Milledgeville, GA.

Heck he's doing well -- nearly 84 years old, still going strong & playing live dates. ............. IMPRESSED

Really like the Fred Johnson track; great lead & backing vocals + fine instrumentation.

In mid September (Sunday 16th), Kenny Hamber will be playing a live gig back in his home town of Baltimore. Don't know if any US SS-ourcers live near the city ... but if so .. ... should be worth a visit down to the Arch Social Club (only a few blocks from where the famous Royal Theater once stood) He ain't using his own US backing band, so it could well be a unique performance (showtime: 6pm).

RE: The lass was ran over and that...what sort of defectives are they If you'd actually paid attention ........ you may have picked up on the fact that her head was stove in when hit by a vehicle's wing mirror. In what universe does that equate to being 'run over' ??

Chalky, I believe this is the outlet that deals a lot with Stone Foundation (they sell all the group's releases) .... .... so I'd guess that they do have the necessary permissions from the group ..... ... one of their team was filming down front at the 100 Club on the night, think I kept getting in his way.

Can someone recommend Kegsy to Betty (the one who lives in all them palaces) for a gong please ........... .......... for services to soul .... drug education ....... and Ohh yes ..... comedy.

I'm gonna get this one played at my funeral ..... can't get no better than this ... The Artistics "Gonna Miss You" ............

Part of the show in Cleveland .....