The Yank

According to Amazon, Lamont's book is now pushed back and has a November 26th release date.

I like the description for the Champion label - "a pop-r&b line in the Tamla/ Motown groove"

The Don't Forget The Motor City web site and the liner notes to "Brenda Holloway - The Motown Anthology" show the writer of "Suddenly" to be SID Talmadge.

There was a Malcolm Talmadge (Sid's son?) who also worked at Record Merchandising Co.

Chris Clark was recommended to the Motown Detroit offices by Hal Davis in 1963 . She worked various office jobs (receptionist etc.) for a few years before cutting her first single. While she may not have worked with the West Coast writers/ producers there is a definite West Coast connection. It is believed that Connie Clark and Chris Clark are not the same person.

U.S. sheet music -

Levi with some help from the Vandellas -

Great Philly sound that never got a U.S. 45 release -

One more addition- Carol and Gerri- "....Heartache Looks Good" / "How Can I ..." - 452 pounds

Mary's scheduled followup to "My Guy" was Brenda Holloway's "When I'm Gone" which was withdrawn from release. There are a couple of other tracks (circa 1964) that Smokey wrote that sound like they were written with Mary in mind. Kim Weston's "Looking For The Right Guy" and Carolyn Crawford's "Until You Came Along" would have worked perfectly with Mary.

The flip side of "Soul Over Easy" is a cover of Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed so that 45 is sometime after 1970.

There are so many great songs to pick from ! Here's a good place to start -

Not sure if JJ is handling the vocals, the label was said to have been owned by James Thorpe and J.J. Barnes

According to "Groovesville U.S.A.", the JT part of JT Rhythm is James Thorpe. This is most likely another release by him -

A few additions- Elgins- "Heaven Must Have Sent You" - Tamla Motown Demo - 262 pounds Jimmy Ricks- "Oh What A Feeling" - Festival -473 pounds A group with the word Theft in their name- 625 pounds

Not sure about the Brad Lundy 45, but Deena was from April, 1965 -

Weldon and the Vandellas 1967-

Weldon , some Philly dj's and the Temptations - early '68

Actually this is Shirley Turner -