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Billboard ad from October, 1966 for Pat's single. The Holidays' 45 ended up being "Love's Creeping Up On Me"/ " Never Alone" -

Yes- but how big was the demand? Every radio station in the U.S. didn't start playing records at the same time. "Look.." was a hit in Chicago in December, 1966. Who's to say a few months later a station in Philadelphia or San Francisco didn't start playing "Look...", and a distributor asked for copies to be pressed up? A good example of this is Tommy Neal's "Going To A Happening". The Palmer copy was reviewed in Record World in August ,1967. I've heard the record was a big hit in Pittsburgh and so copies were pressed. The record took off in December, 1967 on the West Coast and the Vault copy came out 4 months later.

It's hard to say exactly when the label change happened- definitely sometime in early '67. The next two releases on the label (Debonaires" "Loving You..." and Jimmy Gilford were on the light blue label). I've only seen the next Debonaires and Pat Lewis' "Warning" on the "red balloon" label. I believe the "red balloon" label "Look.." was reissued due to demand on the new label design.

It might be harder to find on the "red balloons" label but that's a later pressing. If you want the original issue , go with this one -

It wasn't released on U.S. Bell- it did come out on Mercury-

Cashbox reviewed the 45 in May of 1967 -

"Hey Girl" never came out on a U.S. Pye 45 but is on Jimmy's "You Don't Stand A Chance If You Can't Dance " album which is a much better alternative as far as cost goes.

Something doesn't seem right about the 45- "I Am Somebody" came out on U.S. Pye so I'm not sure what it's doing on this smaller label. Isn't the flip side "Moon River" by Greyhound? There are a few sales on Popsike, two of them describe the 45 as a "reissue for the Beach Music" crowd.

RIP Edwin -

Sounds a lot like Bobby Moore's "Searching For My Baby" -

This one deserves a mention -

The liner notes to "Northern Soul's Classiest Rarities Vol. 4 lists the lineup for Salt and Pepper as - Eddie Mobley- lead singer, Tony Nardi - Vox organ, B.T. Bailey- drummer, Steve Jarrell - sax, Jim Plummer- guitar, Dan Sullivan- bass/ guitar.

Another one for the list -

The right title - wrong song. This "You Baby" was also done by the Turtles -

Sonny and Cher

The Joe Simon "Power Of Love" (Gamble/Huff/Simon) hasn't been mentioned before. Here's a few more for the list - War- "You've Got The Power" Stephanie Mills- " I Have Learned To Respect The Power Of Love"

A double dose - Luther Vandross- "The Power Of Love"/ Love Power"

Going even more Modern-

I would think this one would blur a few lines -

Thanks for posting- never saw this video. This was a huge Disco hit in the U.S. and the 2nd commercially available 12" released.

Another one for the list -

More blurriness -

The Tymes was definitely a Disco record. Here's a Top 10 list from Billboard from November 2, 1974-