The Yank

I tried discogs, Billboard, Cashbox and Record World and couldn't find anything on the group. Thanks for doing the research !

Sad to hear this- Joe had many quality releases in the 60's and 70"s. R,I.P. Joe !

A friend of mine recently found these pics- He said he couldn't find anything on the group, I drew a complete blank . Does anyone know anything about them?

That makes complete sense since Herb was known as the DJ Bert Bell "The Ding Dong Daddy of Soul" on KSOL. Here's one of their surveys with Kim at # 30 -

Ozz and the Spurlings were Ruby Jones, Irene Robertson and Jess "Ozz" Osborne and were not part of the Frank Jones Sextet. The Magicians were a regular vocal group - members were Toussaint Street, Neil Stallings, Larry Holmes and Clement Briellard.

At some point,(and I don't know exactly when) Cameo/ Parkway started distributing the Villa label' The article appeared in the Oct. 22, 1966 issue of Billboard. If you look at the label of the 45, you can tell C/P was involved -

I'll be honest with you- I "found" those scans on discogs. Maybe Santa will bring me those for X- Mas !

Yes- the liner notes from this CD -

My promo has the following in the dead wax- for "This Gets To Me" - JPHU-2 and J2 and possibly 8T for "All The Places I've Been" - JPHU-1 and 9-19 SOUND

Thanks for posting !

Jubilee promoted the record taking out ads in all three trades (Billboard, Cashbox and Record World) but I can't find any evidence of "Come Back Baby" really taking off anywhere. This ad is from the March 12, 1966 issue of Record World.

The Checkerboard Squares were based in San Francisco. The group was made up of Billy and Bernie Rivera, Billy Schwartz, George Whitsell and of course Frank Jones. Various horn players like Jerry Martini and Jerry Gilmore were also used. The Squares on "Double Cookin' " were basically the Frank Jones Sextet with some assistance from moonlighting players from the San Francisco Symphony.

No but, if you go by Discogs, the Turks are the same group as the Dontells. Group members were Nate Pendleton, Leroy Dandridge, Larry Nestor and Willie Weems.

I compared the Ikettes to the Temptations- I believe if a line is drawn through the name, it means that the person is not in the current lineup. There's a couple of entries that I wonder about - when was Bonnie Bramlett an Ikette? Or did she just do some backup work in the studio? Also, why is Jimmy Thomas considered an Ikette? I know he was part of the original Ike and Tina Revue but he's listed under Jimmy and Jean as being in the group.

I agree !

Consider it your Birthday present. Happy Birthday Robbk !

One more for the list which I don't think was mentioned before. In the early 70's, Warner Brothers sent Dionne Warwicke to Detroit to record her "Just Being Myself" album -

I would think both of Sidney Barnes Blue Cat 45's were done in New York City. One was produced by Jeff Barry and the other by Leiber and Stoller. I don't think any of them would have gone to Detroit or have been able to get studio time there. Around this time, Red Bird/ Blue Cat showed they were definitely influenced by Detroit. Listen to "I'll Still Love You" by Jeff Barry, the Shangri-Las' "Right Now, Not Later" or the Boquets' "Welcome To My Heart".

The back covers of "The Mighty, Mighty Dells" and the "The Dells versus the Dramatics" both have the same credits- Recording Studios- United Sound Systems Detroit, Michigan and Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Alabama.

Bob Pruter interviewed Jo for Soul Survivor #5. In the article Jo specifically mentions "Casanova" by Ruby Andrews as being recorded in Detroit. He also states that when working with Garland Green, she recorded "all his records in Detroit, with Mike Terry arranging". Other artists are mentioned but , no mention is made of where they were recorded.

Discogs goes in the opposite direction. They've got #185 as Jean Wells with no mention of Charlie Hodges. Here's a picture of an issue of #C-185 -

It looks like its on disc 3 of this compilation set -

From Cashbox August 15th, 1964- I'm guessing this Abner based in Cleveland is the same publisher as the Marvelous Ray 45-

Who said this was a one off label ?? Marvelous Ray had three other releases on Abner- #1001- "I Know The Secret"/ "Just You" #1002- "I'll Wait For You"/ "I Want To Cry" #1003- "I Know The Secret"/ "I Believe In Miracles" According to discogs, Marvelous Ray is a real artist from Cleveland and that is her real name.