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On 05/12/2023 at 04:23, Mal C said:

thats a shame, did he, or others speak about working with Dale Warren?  

The only person who I recall talking about Dale was Bettye Lavatte - she wanted him to arrange her song in New York.

I asked Robert Bateman if Dale ever sang with The Satintones, but he said he didn't. 

Yes... logically that would be the start of things taking off.

Arthur was a bit reticent in that interview, especially at the very start and it felt like an interrogation... trying to get him to elaborate and describe events. 

He can't have said anything after that bit about Atlantic - from memory the phone went and he disappeared for a minute. When he came back the interview was done. 

On 22/11/2023 at 16:49, Tlscapital said:

 

Could the white southern guy Arthur refers to while walking into Sidra's office be Sam Coplin... 

No - the man Arthur is referring to (at 7:14) is Joe Casey.

On 24/11/2023 at 16:32, Robbk said:

Thanks again for another interesting and valuable interview of a 1960s group member.  Is Arthur Ashford a relative of Jack Ashford (both being Detroiters)?

I didn't ask him (should have) but I don't think so - instict tells me he wasn't as I reckon he'd have said something.