The Yank

In the liner notes to "Pied Piper Presents ...Detroit Soul", Shelley Haims said he thought the lead singer of "This Heart..." was Telma Hopkins.

I doubt that's Martha- in a few places there are some resemblances but that's about it. I don't think Martha was working with Groovesville either. But one other Motown artist did- David Ruffin made "Still In My Heart" with Don Davis in 1966.

Does the Telma on the above package sound like Thelma (aka Telma ) Hopkins who was with the Debonaires?

The Pat Lewis and Martha Reeves (?) versions of "Hit And Run" are both on you tube.

It also received a 4 star rating in the same issue -

Found this in Record World's November5, 1966 issue -

If this is the same version you're talking about, I'm not sure that is Gwen Owens. It is hard to tell because the track seems to be slowed down. -

I think you're being a bit harsh on Roy. Is that record in my Top 50 favorite Roy Hamilton songs? - No. On the other hand, 1) At least Roy can sing 2) He's got competent musicians backing him up 3) He does not sound like he's on an acid trip.

it's a tough call on this one. The two copies on popsike sold for $30- $35. But on discogs, prices are around the $100 mark. So did 2 people get bargains or did other people overpay?

Sorry Robb! Don't know what I was thinking. Maybe this will cheer you up - Jerry Mathers with the Jimmie Haskell Orchestra -

His version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" sounds like he could have been -

Sad to hear this! RIP Bonnie ! This version of "Heaven..." was Motown's first digitally recorded 45 _

Kim Weston did a nice job on the song too -

Sorry- I must have missed the part about Soul do's just saw the "Worst Record I Ever Heard" part.

This is what happens when you tell everyone you can't sing and a record company signs you anyway. Burt Ward was better known as Robin on the 60's "Batman" show -

Not sure if its the worst but would definitely be in the Top 10 - it sounds like 2 or 3 records playing at once. And if you like this, they did release an album -

The Chess brothers 3rd label (after Chess and Checker) did have a lot of problems with its name. It started out as Marterry and was changed to Argo after band leader Ralph Marterrie objected to the name. The Argo name lasted about 9 years before finally going to Cadet.

Happens to all of us- don't worry about it! From Record World October 9, 1965 -

Argo was actually changed to Cadet. Chess and Checker remained the same.

Probably because Johnny was still under contract to Jomada ?

Dave Moore's book "The Philly Sound" also says that either Mike or Ike is possibly Johnny Daye .

I didn't think it was that bad. I've heard much worse !

The Dudes and Dolls 45 was a remake of Herb Alpert and later Dionne Warwick's big hit -

Just out of curiosity, where did this Kev Roberts said Connie Clark was an opera singer quote come from?? In one of his Top 500 books, he said Connie was Chris Clark. He did mention Louise "Miss L.L." Lewis was a former opera singer but not Connie .

Her'e a rare lead from Shelly on a Honey Cone song. To me, this doesn't sound like the same singer on "My Sugar Baby" -