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    On 01/06/2025 at 20:12, Robbk said:

    There are always outliers, so a stray was probably before 1958. But we started to see that term for a music style in 1958 and 1959. And by 1960-61, it was fairly common. By 1963-64 it was entrenched as a new genre of Music, now detached from R&B (but lots of songs were transitional, and had several elements of both. I'd like to read The Yank's answer to this question, to see if it differs at all.

    Picking the 1st Soul record will always be debatable. The same thing goes for when the term "Soul" first appeared. I don't think it was the 1st time it was ever used but the examples below are a good starting point. The album was released in early 1961 and here's a part of the liner notes- "Soul in the last few years has become a very successful commercial term, more often than not, it is just a commercial term". So even in 1961, the term seems to have been around for awhile. I'm sure there are earlier examples of the term being used , hopefully someone will add to the thread.

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    It is definitely a Chicago label- mentioned in Pruter's "Chicago Soul" and is listed in Dante Carfagna's " Soul Music Of Illinois" as a Chicago label.

    I have a vague recollection of a "Sitting In The Park" interview where Bob asked someone about the address on Sunday William's "If That's What You Want". It was most likely Eddie Sullivan or Johnny Cameron or maybe even Clarence Johnson. An answer was given but I can't remember what they said. Sorry !

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    8 hours ago, Roburt said:

    With Philly Groove being such a hit label run by really well known & successful guys, I'd guess somewhere on the net there are details on the exploits of the label and it's artists (from interviews, etc).

    I known the label went 'defunct' in 1974 when Bell Records all but ceased to exist (or rather morphed into another record company) and that there was loads of unissued stuff from 1974 (& earlier) still lying around.

       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,

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    56 minutes ago, Rick Cooper said:

    Re Baltimore , Ed Balbier the owner of Global records mentioned that certain records were popular in Baltimore and Pittsburgh only. Two he picked out were Feathers- Trying To Get To You and Tony Galla when they were selling as Northern soul.

      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.

     

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    6 hours ago, Blackpoolsoul said:
    6 hours ago, Blackpoolsoul said:

     

    One more thing was Ernie Fields the same man that was from Hollywood  "American Idol" and "The Voice" or his father (the band leader) or am I getting mixed up again.

     

      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.

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    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)

    3 hours ago, Roburt said:

    In 1966 Edwin was soon enjoying additional success with his "Headline News" 45. It was released in late Jan 66. 

    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.

     

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    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 ??

     

    On 22/02/2025 at 00:35, Robbk said:

    Thanks.  I thought the articles said Jean was Johnny's wife.  I just assumed that.  I didn't think Johnny was old enough to have a 20+ year old child.  And was thinking about Ed Wingate's starting up Golden World for his future wife.  The articles DIDN'T say what her relationship to Johnny was.  So, Johnny set up the label for his daughter to start a career in music.  Nice to have rich parents.

    On 21/02/2025 at 13:35, Robbk said:

     

         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 ?

     

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