The Yank

I don't know if "defunct" is actually the right word describing Philly Groove after 1974. In 1975, they signed a production deal with Warner Brothers and had releases from the Quickest Way Out and First Choice (I'm sure there are others), There's even a First Choice album from 1976,

I'm not sure if I would agree with Ed about Tony Galla and the Feathers. Tony did best in Buffalo, New York (his hometown) and the Feathers was played on over 30 U.S. stations going from Bakersfield, CA. all the way to stations in Florida.

Couldn't find any real info on Jeanette but, did find a picture of her (from Record World April 15, 1967) -

There was a third Ernie Fields a radio deejay / ventriloquist who worked at WHAT in Philly and moved to WMBM in MIami in 1967. Weirdly enough, the ventriloquist's dummy was named Cockroach. Not sure if if the Cockroach Production credits refer to him on the Demon Hot 45 or it's just a strange coincidence.

I think what the writer was trying to say was "Edward Armstead aka Eddie Hill (born Nov.20,1942 in Mulga, Al. passed away Oct.13, 2019 in Lakewood, Washington, USA)

Jean Shy was born Andria Jean Alexander in Chicago, IL. She did have a local hit as part of Tim and Jean with "Spring Fever" .

Are you sure about the release date? It was reviewed in the April 16th issue of Billboard and I can't find it on any radio station surveys before April of '66.

I did a little research and besides finding out it was probably a late 1965 release, I didn't find anything else. No mention of the 45 in Billboard, Cashbox or Record World, and I couldn't find any info it got airplay on any radio station. So- it was mostly likely a promo only release.

I never said it was a bootleg, I just pointed out it looked like the Rockaway pressing except the credits were reversed. The blue stars ( instead of black) were another difference.

If you go on discogs, it looks close to the Rockaway pressing. What's strange is the stars at the top and bottom of the label look like someone added them in blue ink versus black on the picture below. And the credits on the left side are now the the right side.

Just heard on the news Roy Ayers passed away on March 4th.

In her book "Dreamgirl", Mary writes about going to Chicago with James Jamerson, Joe Hunter, Hank Cosby and the Andantes for session work. She's mentions working with Jerry Butler on "A Teenie Weenie Bit Of Your Love' (aka "Just A Little Bit") and John Lee Hooker on "Boom Boom". The problem with the last one is that there are no backup singers. Is this the song she was thinking of ??

Are you sure this is the same group ??

The info I posted about Jean being Johnny's daughter came from the Kent CD "Northern Soul's Classiest Rarities Volume 5". But with Johnny being born in 1937, that doesn't make much sense timewise. So did Johnny's wife put the song in her daughter's name, was his wife's middle name Jean or did his wife have a child from a previous marriage named Jean? Anyone want to go down the rabbit hole ?

Just wanted to make a minor correction- Barbara was Johnnie's first wife, Jean was his daughter.