The Yank

I'm about 99% sure the Ivanhoe Walter Scott is a different artist- I think this is the same person who recorded as Fortson and Scott for the Pzazz label.

It is definitely NOT as U.S. import- there is no such thing as the Tamla-Motown label in America. According to Terry Wilson's "Tamla Motown.....U.K. singles" book - the label shown appears to have been used from December, 1972 to October, 1973. I agree it is strange there is no " Made in Gt. Britain" on the label . Here's is the photo used on discogs for the 1973 pressing-

According to discogs, the "Greatest Hits" album was 1st issued in the U.K. in 1972, the label you show goes to the 1973 U.K. reissue of the album. Here's what the original label looked like -

"The Light Of Day" got some airplay on Flint's WTRX - kind of hard to see but, it's at # 29-

There is no Josie #480- the label's singles start at # 760.

I'm not sure why they don't come up for you- both showed up on U.S. e-bay for me. Here's the item #'s - 174643117445 and 254868223618 .

I saw 2 copies on e-bay - prices range from $4 to $20.

The information I posted about the DC Epsilons was from discogs. I'm not sure where that info was sourced from.

According to Dave Moore's essential book "The Philly Sound" , the Philly Epsilons provided back up vocals for Arthur Conley's "Sweet Soul Music".

Yes- there were 2 Epsilons. The D.C. group who recorded for Shrine/ Hem were made up of James Duval, Ronald Williams, Greg Thomas and Stan Williams. Otis Redding saw the Philly group and brought them to the attention of Stax. This group's members were McFadden and Whitehead, Ron Lowry and Allen Beatty. Later with the addition of future Blue Note Lloyd Parks, and James Knight, the group became known as Talk Of The Town. Patti Labelle's first group was the Epsilons. She later left and formed the Bluebelles.

Cashbox reviewed the 45 in their January 15, 1966 issue-

Fred Hughes was born in Arkansas and later moved to California. He and his band were seen by Richard Parker who was by that time Vee Jay's West Coast A & R director and signed to the label. This is from Bob Pruter's "Chicago Soul" book.

Here's an unreleased song from Harry that uses the same backing track as Tony Hester's "Just Can't Leave You" -

It's from the April 28.1956 issue of Cashbox. I'm not sure which one is Cody.

Here's a picture of Cody Black's group he mentioned in his interview-

The single was released in May of 1970-

According to popsike, a copy of the Barons sold for 42 pounds in April of this year. 100 pounds seems to be a median price, although there was a copy that went for 175 pounds.

The info on the video is wrong- the song is actually based on a Valentinos track with the same name-

While I can't confirm that this happened, it is believable. "I Need My Baby" did well for Jackey in Grand Rapids and Battle Creek Michigan as you can see by these surveys, so it is possible he did promotion for the 45. Strangely enough, all of these stations are Pop stations !

Besides being a DJ and Program Director at WVON, Lucky was also the executive secretary of the National Association of Television and Radio announcers-

Jim Porter did not own the Perception and Today labels. I don't know if he leased his masters or had a production agreement with them. Both labels were New York based while Porter worked out of Chicago.

When Maxine's 45 came out, Record World and Cashbox rated the flip side ("We Can Work It Out") as a 4 star pick (RW) and as as one of "Picks Of The Week" (CB). Billboard predicted "Let Me Give You..." as having the potential to hit the Top 60 of the Pop charts. The 45 (both sides) never took off but "Let Me Give You..." did just miss the Sweet 16 on this survey during the week of August 16, 1966-

The Earthquakes were a Detroit group who recorded for Fortune in the late 50's/ early 60's. Group members (according to Discogs) were Butler Abney Sr., Butler Abney Jr. and last but not least Armand Abney.

I agree- according to the Don't Forget The Motor City website, "Jamie" was recorded on October 20, 1961. And according to the liner notes of "The Satintones Sing", the group's last Motown session was Ocotober 18, 1961.