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Johnny Copeland definitely had the blues ....

Burning it up with Jimmy ...

More deep soul than the blues ... but still fits the bill ...

This guy is havin a hard time thou it weren't his fault ...

BB also had his bad days (going by this song antway) ...

This guy wasn't usually bluesy, but he was definitely havin a bad day when he cut this ..

Bobby Bland spent time GETTIN USED TO THE BLUES ... but he also had other related laments ...

It seems that a night of bliss took Tommy down a hard road ..

Think this guy might be a bit depressed ...

The next edition of SOUL UP NORTH mag is at the printers ... not long now ... A few pics of the lead singer on "Your Autumn Of Tomorrow" ...

The group on a show down in Miami ...

Contempo, Soul Bowl, Oldies Unlimited, Black (K)night & more ... ohh for the golden days of soul packs.

It started out as digital only but then a CD album was added (THE STORY BEGINS), so who knows ... just maybe a vinyl single will follow.

A 45 B side that got some action in Sth Yorks in the 80's ...

Classy jazz tinged modern soul ...

Didn't see the original thread. Seems the film will be out & about in the coming months, so no doubt the topic will crop up again as it gets further publicity.

Seems a documentary about Whitney Houston is about to come out. In it, it's claimed that Whitney was so screwed up as a adult coz as a child Dee Dee Warwick molested her ... ... QUOTE ... In his latest documentary, Whitney, Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald takes us inside the world of the late Whitney Houston and exposes a disturbing revelation about a childhood trauma she suffered. The allegation is uncovered about three-quarters of the way through the documentary film, when friends of Houston reveal that both the singer and her half-brother, Gary, were allegedly molested as children by their cousin Dee Dee Warwick, sister of legendary singer Dionne Warwick. https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/whitney-houston-cannes-doc-1.4666815 I know that Dionne, Dee Dee & Cissy (their cousin) sang together in the New Hope Baptist Church Choir in Newark, New Jersey. The two families were always close & spent a lot of time together. The three women then formed the gospel trio the Gospelaires, who often performed with The Drinkard Singers, Houston being a member of both groups. At a performance by the Gospelaires with the Drinkard Singers at the Apollo Theater in 1959, the Warwick sisters were recruited by a record producer for studio session work. Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick, along with Doris Troy, subsequently became a prolific New York City area session singing team. Dee Dee Warwick also began to dabble as a solo singer in 1963. Whitney's brother Gary was born in 57 & Whitney in 63, it seems that the timing of the alleged abuse was around 1970 to 72. Dee Dee was recording for Mercury from the mid to late 60's and then was signed to Atco early in 70. She spent the early part of the year in Miami cutting her 1st Atco album, the initial 45 lifted from it escaping in mid April 70. She next cut again in Muscle Shoals at the end of 70 / early 71. 3 x 45's resulted from that session, so it must have lasted a week or so. She turned up again on record in 73, back at Mercury. I know she toured in her 60's Mercury period & again when with Atco, so with that work + the recording sessions, she must have been away from NY / NJ a bit over the late 60's thru to 1973-ish period. As she's passed & Whitney has too, I guess only 'ex drug addict' brother Gary is around to actually spill the beans and confirm if these allegations are true or not. SORRY STATE OF AFFAIRS.

Done some more checking & it seems that Chubby Checker appeared on this show (Discs-A-Go-Go) late in September 65 ... his current UK 45 release at that time was "Everything's Wrong / Cum Ma La Be - Stay" ... it is a great pity that footage no longer seems to exist. Solomon Burke was on at the end of June 65 when his UK 45 outing was "Maggies Farm" (I never knew why UK Atlantic put this cover of a Bob Dylan song out here, though I do recall it getting quite a bit of radio airplay at the time). Ben E King was on at the start of Nov 65, so he'd have been plugging a 45 track from some weeks earlier, "Cry No More". Benny was touring the UK at the time (playing gigs at clubs such as the Twisted Wheel), so no doubt he was just handy & available to appear on the show.

Sean, if you look back at the initial post on this thread & read the Sept 70 press release I posted there, you'll see that DG was Bill Downs UK representative as early as summer 1970. A deal via Bill certainly brought Chris Bartley's Soul City tracks & the Ad-Libs Deep Soul tracks to Dave's labels and that was back in early 69. I had dealings with Bill Downs myself in the 80's when Move Records (Edinburgh) sourced their Chris Bartley tracks via Bill.

More from EMI Australia ....

YES, she was signed to Duke as a solo act after she cut for them (as lead singer) with the Mustangs / Mighty Mustangs. Her solo outing was in Feb 67 (Sure-Shot #5026). A couple of years then went by before she reappeared as lead with Hot Sauce.

Seems Chubby Checker appeared on the show in 65 ... in that case, he would have been promoting one of his new 45 releases at that time. That would have ment he performed "At The Discotheque" or "Everythings Wrong" ... I'd have loved to see that. Chubby got quite a bit of UK TV time back in the 60's. Rediffusion made a show (Trad Jazz + Twist content) he appeared on in 62. He also appeared on 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' that year and had his own show (The Chubby Checker Show) on ATV later in the year. Later in the 60's, the BBC got involved. They sent a camera crew to visit OTIS REDDING on his ranch in 1967. The footage shot was to be used in a documentary but it was never used / shown. Colour Me Pop (BBC) shot an episode starring the Chambers Brothers in 68 but it was not broadcast for some reason. The same year, Jack Good filmed footage of the Flirtations for Yorkshire TV but it wasn't screened. Taj Mahal was one of the acts on the Rock & Roll Show, filmed in late 68 for London Weekend, but again it didn't go out (though it later escaped on video). In 1970, the BBC agreed to make a special starring Stevie Wonder. But Stevie insisted on using his own US musicians to back him up. The Musicians Union objected and the project died. At least we did get loads of great acts on RSG and some of that footage has survived (+ lots of old BBC TotP / Old Grey Whistle Test footage).

DISCS A GO-GO ... I don't remember this TV music show from the 60's at all. It was made by TELEVISION WALES & WEST (TWW) initially in their Cardiff studio and then in their Bristol studio. It ran from late 1961 with the last show going out in 68 (no shows made in 66/67). I wasn't a networked prog but was screened by other ITV companies (Anglia, North, Tyne Tees & Borders). After it relocated to Bristol, one of the co-presenters was a local black lady. Guess it wasn't too hard to get acts to travel down to Bristol from London to appear and some decent singers / outfits appeared on the show -- Cliff Bennett (65), Millie Small (65), Mike Cotton (62), Spencer Davis Group(64 & 65), Kenny Lynch (63), Chants (64), Animals (65), Long John Baldry (65), Solomon Burke (65), Chubby Checker (65), Bo Diddley (65), Georgie Fame &B F's (65), Ben E King (65), Yardbirds (65). Decca even put out an EP of cuts performed on the show. Seems little (or none) of the footage of decent acts who appeared has survived, a great shame. Knowing how long it takes to shot a 30 minute show, I guess the acts would have been there for 2 - 3hrs minimum (even though it was shot in the TV studio, the set was made to look like a coffee bar & there was a live audience (dancing, etc.), so it must have been quite a logistical nightmare to shoot / edit. It was all in B&W of course but it would be great to see some of that old footage. I wonder if any of the US acts stayed overnight in Bristol or landed local gigs to tie in with their visit to Bristol. Anyone here remember watching any of these shows ??

Most of their releases would have been of no interest at all to soulies AND with them (most likely) never releasing 45's, no doubt they flew under the radar at the time. But some locals must have worked for them, long gone now though if they were 30+ years old back in the early to mid 60's.

Played on WBAB ...