The Yank

Here's a few more for the list- 1) "Kiss My Love Goodbye" - Bettye Swann 2) "Not My Girl" - Johnny Hampton 3) "You Didn't Say A Word" - Yvonne Baker 4) "My Weakness Is You" - Edwin Starr 5) "I Have Faith In You" - Edwin Starr 6) "Put Your Arms Around Me" - Sherrys 7) "Cheatin Kind" - Don Gardner 8) "You've Been Gone Too Long"- Ann Sexton 9) "Night Owl" - Bobby Paris 10)"Burning Sensation" Robby Lawson 11)"I'll Be Loving You"- Soul Brothers Six 12) "Stubborn Heart" - Ernest Mosely 13) "Crazy Baby" - Coasters 14) "Tainted Love"- Gloria Jones 15) "Tell Me Baby" - Karmello Brooks 16) "No One Could Love You More"- Gladys Knight

Stevie Wonder was in one of the Frankie Avalon / Annette Funicello beach movies. "Beach Blanket Bingo" ??

There's a remake by Jackie Lee (aka Earl Nelson) on "The Duck" album on Mirwood.

E-bay has been having problems with their servers since Saturday. They promise "full search functionality" to be restored some time today. If you want to read more on it, go to the Announcements section.

Is it Curtis Lee ??

Denise Lasalle "A Love Reputation" on Tarpon can be added to the list .

I think (wild guess) it's Rosie from Rosie and the Originals who had a hit with "Angel Baby" and later a Northern release on Wax World ??

There is a third variation on the Despenza label- the release # is 470 and looks like the label on the left with Melvin's name on it shown in post #17. Don't own a copy - it is mentioned in the Soul Harmony book by Hunt, Kline and Beck.

I agree with Bob - getting the record for $5.00 instead of 9.99 and then getting you to throw in another record for free isn't much of a happy ending !

Is it Jeanette Harper of "Put Me In Your Pocket" fame ?

If you go on the Motown 50 web site, it says they are taking pre-orders on the second batch which is supposed to be out at the end of the month. I'm not sure when this was posted.

Just heard Fayette Pinkney from the Three Degrees passed away on June 27th. She was the only consistent member of the group from the early 60s until the mid 70's.

Thanks for the tip- it's so nice to be able to do a quick search and not get a message saying since you are a frequent user we would like you to join for the year. Bless ya !!

I don't know what e-bay is up to. When I looked on Sunday there were about 27,000 items under R & B. On Monday there was 16,000.Sometimes there is an R & B category, other times I found a Soul category,today there is an R&B/Soul category. If you try to narrow your search to R & B 45s, it defaults to all 45s. I've seen 45s disappear when I check back to see what's been added. I contacted them about it, hope it gets fixed soon !

"I Have Faith In You" or "My Weakness Is You "

Osborne still isn't accurate- if you look at the 19th edition (2008?) he has "Just A Little Misunderstanding" by the Contours as a $750- 1000 record !

"Take Me To The River " was released as a 45 on Hi. It was Hi #2285- b side is "Could I Be Falling In Love".

Sylvia was Sylvia Robinson who was recording in the early 50s as Little Sylvia, later teamed up with Mickey Baker for "Love Is Strange" and then ran the Vibration, Stang, All Platinum labels. In the 80s's she started Sugar Hill Records. I've read she wrote "Pillow Talk" for Al Green who was not at all interested so she released the record on her own.

The original issue of the 45 had the title as "Spring Song".

It's a remake- just look at the producer's credits. Many companies remade songs hoping the buyer wouldn't catch it was a remade version.

According to the book "45 rprm" , the reason the 45s had the larger center holes was because the engineers at RCA decided to come up with a new player for the 45s. The big feature was that you could stack 5 or 6 45s on top of each other for continuous music. They felt the larger center hole would distribute the stress and friction better and avoid the damage that happened to the small holes and labels of 78s.

My original has Cragvee & Overcome Pub. Co. on the left side and the St. Lawrence on the bottom of the globe. Not sure if the first one you mentioned is a later pressing or a bootleg .

I actually like most of the songs already mentioned. If I had to pick one that really does me in , it's "What Shall I Do" by Frankie and the Classicals. I'd rather listen to 2:28 of someone scratching their nails against a chalkboard- sheer torture for me. Ditto for "Moonlight Music In You" by Laura Greene.

"Money" came out on the Tamla label first. When Berry was unable to keep up with orders, he leased the record to his sister's Anna label for national distribution.

I don't know how e-bay uk works, but when they did this in the U.S., I kept playing with the page options tab in the left hand corner until I was able to get close to my old my e-bay page. Took about 15 minutes but it was worth it. I think the music search options is the next thing they're going to change.