
Everything posted by The Yank
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Elaine / Lainie Hill
According to the liner notes of the Kent CD "Bob Crewe's 60's Soul Sounds", Elaine Hill and Lainie Hill are the same person.
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American soul artists w/ songs in different language
A few more for the list- Martha and the Vandellas cut Spanish language versions of "Jimmy Mack" and "I'm Ready For Love". While at ABC, the Four Tops made Italian and Spanish versions of "Keeper Of The Castle".
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American soul artists w/ songs in different language
Besides this, Stevie Wonder did a few of his songs in Italian and Spanish . "A Place In The Sun", "Music Talk", "Travlin' Man", "I'm Wondering", "My Cherie Amour", "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" were all released in Italian language versions. "Yester- Me...", "My Cherie Amour", "For Once In My Life" and "A Place In The Sun" were all done in Spanish.
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Chicago labels?
I'd say "Right On, Right On" came out first on Double Soul and then got picked up by Westbound. It's hard to see but on this survey from April 12th the single is at #12 which means it had to be out for awhile and the title of the song has no mention of "... (Sex Machine)"
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Chicago labels?
I'm about 99% sure both labels are Chicago based ( or based in the nearby suburbs).
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Romanceers - any info?
I don't know if we'll ever find out who the Romanceers were . Pickwick either leased music from legitimate artists or just had some studio group remake the hits of the day. At first glance this album looks like it's from Earth, Wind and Fire until you look closely-
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J J Barnes RIP - King of Northern Soul
Very sad to hear this ! R.I.P. J.J. !! Here's another one for the Barnesathon-
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R&B Help Please: Alladin Label Variations
Aladdin switched from the blue to maroon labels in 1954 around the time of #3260. But at times they ran out of maroon and used whatever labels were available especially in the case of a big hit (Shirley and Lee's "Let The Good Times Roll" and Thurston Harris's "Little Bitty Pretty One" among others). I know I've seen more "Let The Good Times Roll" on the blue label than on the maroon. With Thurston Harris, I've seen maroon, purple and black. The purple was issued when it was a hit but the black label would have been a repress. More info can be found on this web site- www.bigboppa.co.uk
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Glady Knight ,,,Too late
- News: Miss Motown - Raynoma Gordy & Jack Gibson
- News: Miss Motown - Raynoma Gordy & Jack Gibson
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JMAuction - 02/11/2022 - Results!
The well researched liner notes to "The Complete Motown Singles Volume 4- 1964" calls the Kim Weston single "withdrawn" while the Don't Forget The Motor City web site says the single was "released in Europe only".
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Joe Cobb
I'm about 99% sure that Joe "Youngblood" Cobb who worked with Otis Brown is the same person who was a DJ at WVON is Chicago and not related to Van McCoy's former writing partner -
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Gino's 'I lost you girl' on Perfecta and on G&G
I don't think Gil was ever a Motown employee- he was the General Manager at Arc-Jay-Kay Distributors who handled the Motown,Chisa, Soul and V.I.P. labels. (Record World July 20, 1974) -
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How Rare
According to the Don't Forget The Motor City web site, "Good-By..." was the A side and also the side that received airplay-
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Track Identification
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Irma Thomas-Think again.
It is a possibility- Darlene Love and the Blossoms were the backup singers on "Wish Someone Would Care" and "Breakaway" which was also done at United/ Western Studios. There's no info on the singers on "Think Again" in the CD liner notes.
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Irma Thomas-Think again.
According to the liner notes to the "Time Is On My Side" CD, "Think Again" and her version of "Long After Tonight Is All Over" were recorded at United/ Western Studios in Hollywood and were produced by Nick DeCaro.
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Northern Soul U.S. Sportspeople
According to the liner notes of an early album (Epic #3294), Roy Hamilton had a brief career as an amateur boxer with a 6 win, 1 loss record. Walter Payton and William "The Fridge" Perry of the Chicago Bears made a Rap single in 1986-
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Exactly How Did The Emi / Motown Deal Work
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record collecting flashback
I found this early issue of Goldmine- it was a good overview of the state of '70's U.S. record collecting (Doo Wop and Rockabilly were red hot). I thought this want list was interesting-
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RIP Johnny McCall
Johnny is also known to Doo Wop collectors as being a member of the El Dorados and the Kool Gents.
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Etta James - Can't Shake It - On 45?
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Temptations - Witchcraft (for your love)
According to the Can't Forget The Motor City web site, it's only available on the "Emperors Of Soul" CD.
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Nose Wide Open
The phrase was used in this mid 60's 45 but I think it around long before that. I believe it means what you think it does. The phrase also was the title of a Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes song-