The Yank

I believe he is referring to Jesse and the James Boys not Jesse Thomas. If you look in the 1st post, the Gold label International Hits calls the group the Heatwaves. But on the orange label, the group is known as the Jesse and the James Boys which is the same name on the Buddah 45.

It's most likely this Jesse James -

Just out of curiosity, what other song besides "My Angel Baby" was published by Jobete?

The label on the right was first used by Ember sometime in the late 50's (around #1041) up until #1086. So both are most likely legit releases just done at different pressing plants. The black label was used (mostly) from #1062 - 1111.

The same info is in Keith Rylatt's "Groovesville U.S.A. Going back to Rick, Robin and Him- The studio logs list the group as "Rick and Robin" with no mention of "Him".

It looks like "Move On Up" made the British charts twice ! Here's Billboard's Hits Of The World from September 04, 1971- "Move On Up" is at #12 -

Thanks for posting !!! The last song really sounds like Jo Ann Garrett .

Not sure how much faith we should put in that Discogs entry- besides it, I can see no other info anywhere that "Move On Up" was reissued in 1974. Someone also posted this as a 1971 release for "MOU" years before Curtom was distributed by Warner Brothers !

According to Keith Rylatt's "Groovesville USA", The Sheppard Boy is ....... Jesse Thomas.

Not the kind of kiss you want to hear about about on Valentine's Day -

Thanks Robbert ! I did some research on Discogs and found out that the matrix info for "Prove It" is C111 with a 975 AR scratched out and for "Fresh Out Of Tears" - "CAllAlll" with 975 B scratched out.

While going through old Record Worlds , I spotted this ad for their latest releases. Mary Wheeler's "Prove It" is shown as Parkway #975. I've only seen it as Calla #111. Parkway #975 is a missing # on most Parkway discographies. Does anyone know how this ended up on the Calla label or seen it on Parkway ?

The "Robin" in Rick, Robin and him was Sally Furman. The Robyn in Ronnie and Robyn was Robyn Casey daughter of Jim Casey who was one of the owners of Sidra.

It lasted much longer than that. The orange/ black Sue label started around the 100 series (1964) . There were still orange/white/black Sue labels being used in 1966 -

You are correct about the book listing the song as "Open The Door..." but the album label adds Up to the title-

I'm currently reading Chuck Berry's book, his first big hit "Maybelline' was written by him, but the Chess Brothers added Alan Freed , the influential New York DJ as a co writer, hmm.. can't think why they would do that! Tim. Freed's name does show up on some Moonglows/ Moonlighters releases. George Goldner was another "prolific" writer.

Freddie Scott's "Hey Girl" made the top 10 on the Pop and R& B charts in 1963. "Are You Lonely " was #1 for 4 weeks on the R & B charts and went #39 Pop in 1967.

Another coincidence -

It appears Lawrence Murphy was Darrell's personal manger according to Billboard's Talent Edition from 12/28/68 -

The U.S. album does get it correct -