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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" -

Frank Wilson's version was recorded in L.A. . Since both Frank and Connie's version share the same backing track, it's safe to say Connie's version was done there also.

Recently came across this ad from the company, nothing very exciting until the part about OLP #6600 which appears to be a compilation album. I've never seen it, can't find anything about it, so I'm guessing for some reason it got pulled from release. Does anyone have any info on it ?

Question- Would this qualify as a "tailor made" or is it just a song that sounds like it was made a lot earlier? If it is a "tailor made" it would be in my Top 5.

Really sad to hear this especially right after Little Richard's passing. Just saw her on an episode of "Unsung" about a month ago which I think is currently on you tube. R.I.P. Betty !!

R.I.P. Mr. Penniman- the "architect of Rock and Roll"

Not sure about the " this one got almost no airplay on it's initial run..." comment. I remember hearing it a lot on this station and another one (WMPP?) -

Place stamp here The blue Cadet is the original press, the other an early 70's reissue. Having a wonderful time, wish you were here !

I know you're interested in Mary Cantine but, this ad from Cashbox (1962) shows Bill Schwartau and Bob Schwaid did exist -

There's not much to go on with Marty but I did find these 2 items in Cashbox. The Y-R-S ad is from 1968, the Samar info from February, 1966 .

The thing with the Philly Sound in the 70's is once it got popular, just about every label got involved. You can add TSOP and Gold MInd to the list of Philly labels. After that, it's all over the place from Atlantic/ Atco (Spinners, Trammps, Blue Magic), Roulette (Ecstasy, Passion and Pain), Columbia (Philly Devotions), Old Town (Arthur Prysock). And that's just the start. Even Tamla got involved with 2 Eddie Kendricks album ("He's A Friend" and "Up In Smoke").

Sorry to hear about Sweet Pea- really liked his first album especially "Don't Walk Away" and "Dance or Die". RIP Sweet Pea !

I hope you'll accept the word of Robert Pruter. On page 251 of "Chicago Soul", he writes that Don Clay formed the Wise World label in 1967 with Phil Orsi.

Never say never -

Scans and label ownership can be found here - www.discogs.com

I take it that this is the same Sunny Sawyer ? -

Not a big fan of "tailor mades" but, I do like this one -

I believe Don Clay owned Wise World and Phil recorded for that label-

Phil Orsi did work with Billy on another Flash 45 -

Another reason for the label variations is that the 45 took a long time to build. Four months after it peaked in Chicago, it got up to # 5 in Louisville, Kentucky -