The Yank

This was a really tough contest-especially the last 2! Thanks to flaming emeralds for putting this together (which I'm sure took a lot of time). Happy to see so much participation !

Any idea when this will be available in the U.S. ? I've tried Amazon, Dusty Groove, e-bay and discogs (if you type in Cellar Full of Motown, it brings up a Patti Labelle????? CD) . There's no mention of it on any U.S. sites.

37= "I Travel Alone" ?

54= "She'll Come Running Back "

#37- "I'm Com'un Home in The Morn'un" ?? #50 - "That Beatin' Rhythm"

#12= "Footsee" ?

24- "Blowing Up My Mind" - Exciters 41- "Party Time Man" - Futures 15- "Walking Up A One Way Street" Willie Tee

# 3- "Love, Love, Love" - Bobby Hebb #43- "I Cry Myself To Sleep" - Rhetta Hughes (?) #45- "Looking For You" - Garnet Mimms

Even though the label designs are completely different, both 45's have the same release #

Sad to hear this! Whether she was Sandy Wynns, a member of the Honey Cone, or Edna Wright, she always could be counted on for great vocals. R.I.P Edna !

How would you explain this 1968 release? Shouldn't it have been Groovesville Music ?

There must have been problems with Jan's contract. The last sentence in this article (Cashbox Dec. 1963) makes it sound like Jan was no longer a Chess artist -

It looks like as long as the release wasn't on Chess, Jan could work with Curtis -

My copy is almost the same except on the "My Heart's Not In It Anymore" side , I have the 77003-R in big letters and then again in much smaller letters.

According the book "Groovesville USA", George McGregor used United Sound Studios for his work with Tobi Lark.

I don't think you'll have too much luck with this one. Not sure what Laurie was thinking releasing a record by the Opals when there was another female group on Okeh already using the same name. The single reached hitbound or pick hit status on a few stations and then fell off the charts. I have a feeling Laurie pulled the record off the market. There is a cover version by Scarlet on French Polydor-

This Little Tommy is Tyrone Thomas -

If you go by the date on this ad, it appears the Kent 45 was first and the Watts record came out about a year later -

"I've Been Taken For A Ride" was the "Teen Pick" for the week of 12/28/67 on St. Louis's KATZ -

Here's another Major Lance album popping up right behind the mayor - lb

I just kept scrolling down and read the whole article .

It's hard to say what caused the problem- it could have been an error at the pressing plant, a record getting pulled from release and the company using the same # again or human error from someone at the record company. Here's another example for the list -

Philles did it another time but, they put an X after the release # -