The Yank

Sad to hear this. Always liked her cover of this Stylistics tune -

That's a different Bernie Williams. That Bernie Williams (Bernabe Williams Figueroa) was born in September ,1968 and played for the New York Yankees from 1991- 2006.

Glad you liked it. That's the last record I would have thought John Peel would have played on his show !

Basketball Great Wilt Chamberlain made one single for End -

I get that same feeling in reverse every time I see this - 😁

Classic Philly Stepper -

Believe it or not - this remix was huge with the Chicago Steppers scene -

Lots of great songs to choose from. I think even though this track made the rounds (Larry Laster, Ike & Tina) this is the best version -

I checked my vinyl promo - the Stereo version of "Because..." has 7-387-W1 and what looks like I AM in a triangle in the dead wax. The mono version has 387-W1 and the I AM in a triangle. There are also grooves on the outer edge of the label which would indicate a Capitol pressing. I haven't heard of this being booted. I think not listing the promo was an oversight in the price guide. Hope this helped !

Here's some info about Motown going global from March, 1963 -

I noticed all the black label versions of the song have Zebra/ Glodis as the music publishers and all the gold label versions credit just Zebra. Is there a Gold Bronse label with the 2 publisher credits? Also- where does the version with the address on the label fit in- is this an early pressing or a later one?

Both of their 45's did get reviewed in Cashbox- the 1st is from July 8th, 67, the second from March 9th, 1968 -

Another version -

I don't think this one's been mentioned before -

The record did chart for a few weeks on Chicago's WVON getting up to #23 in September, 1966

After hearing this at least twice a day for the last 3-4 weeks, this song has really grown on me -

Early single by Betty -

Edna Wright is Darlene Love's younger sister. She was also the lead singer of the Honey Cone. I'm not sure what Northern song you're talking about.

I don't have an opinion one way or the other- there is no wrong or right answer !

Fair enough. What about these 2- is Sandy Wynns considered Northern and Patrice "out and out Motown" ?

Indeed I do !