The Yank

Never saw that one- will have to look into it!

Sounds like it was another American International movie. They specialized in low budget movies aimed at teenagers- "The Ghost In The Invisible Bikini", "Muscle Beach Party", "Bleach Blanket Bingo", "Bikini Beach", "It's A Bikini World", "Ski Party" etc. etc. But... on the plus side they usually featured at least one Soul act in their movies (The Supremes, James Brown, The Toys, Stevie Wonder) .

I don't think any of these have been mentioned yet- 1) Staple Singers- "Trippin' On Your Love" 2) Carla Thomas- "I'll Never Stop Loving You" 3) Levi and the Vandellas- "Oh, I've Been Blessed" 4) Carolyn Crawford- Until You Came Along" 5) J.J. Barnes- "Ain't It The Truth"

There was a thread about this a few years back. Type "What is this, Johnny Sayles" in the search box and you can read the topic.

Great choices so far- here's a few more for the list- 1) Jimmy Ruffin- "He Who Picks A Rose" 2) Spinners- "What More Could A Boy Ask For" 3) Temptations- "That'll Be The Day" 4) Gladys Knight and the Pips- "Here Are The Pieces Of My Broken Heart" 5) Gladys Knight and the Pips- "If You Ever Get Your Hands On Love"

Samson and Delilah- "Will You Be Ready" June (Conquest) and Donnie (Hathaway) - "I Thank You Baby" William Bell and Judy Clay- "Private Number" any Marvin and Tammi "Never , Never Let You Go" - Eddie Floyd and Mavis Staples

Bob Relf co-wrote (with Earl Nelson) and produced the classic "Try A Little Harder" for the Fi-Dels on Keymen.

I think "Where The Action Is" is still a good bet since it was affiliated with Dick Clark Productions. "Shindig" and "Hullabaloo" would be two other good sources. Good luck with the Darrell Banks clip- would love to see it!

The Toys performed "Attack" in the movie "It's A Bikini World" . James Brown sang "I Got You (I Feel Good) " in the movie "Ski Party".

Stevie appeared in 2 movies- "Muscle Beach Party" and "Bikini Beach".

There were 3 other Commodores in the group at the time of "Zoom"- Ronald LaPread , Milan Williams and Walter Orange. The last signature doesn't look like Ronald Lapread, Walter Orange is "Walter the Brick House Man" so it probably is Milan Williams ?

The Supremes appeared on the television show Tarzan.

It's also a reference to Johnnie Taylor's big U.S. hit "Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone.." (Stax #0085).

I always thought it was "ease on out of my way " but who knows ?

The Intruders- "(Love Is Like A) Baseball Game".

"You Didn't Say A Word" - Yvonne Baker / Patti Austin "These Things Will Keep Me Loving You" - Velvelettes / Blue Sharks "If You Ask Me" Jerry Williams / Chip Tyler (retitled "Because I Love You") "Right Track" Billy Butler / Denise Lasalle "Tainted Love" Gloria Jones/ Soft Cell "What' Judy Street / Soft Cell "This Thing Called Love" - Johnny Wyatt / Danny Wagner "One In A Million" Maxine Brown / Rhetta Hughes "The Magic Touch" Bobby Fuller Four/ Melba Moore "I Watched You Slowly Slip Away" Lou Courtney / Howard Guyton "Do I Love You" Frank Wilson / Chris Clark

Thanks for posting !

Not sure how Jean Plum got on the list. The last release on the label before it got distribution from Cream was Hi #2324- Al Green- "Love And Happiness"/ "Glory, Glory". After that, Cream started a new numbering system that ran from #77501 (O.V. Wright- "Into Something(Can't Shake Lose"/ "Time We Have" ) to 81534 (Ann Peebles- "Mon Belle Amour"/ "Waiting") with the first two digits being the year of release. Jean had another release in this run- Hi #78515- "Pour On The Loving"/ "You Ask Me".

Has anyone ever seen a copy of the True Tones on Musicor? A very popular price guide lists "He's Got The Nerve"/ "Every Man Needs A Woman..." on Musicor #1188. Musicor #1188 is J.B. Troy - "Ain't It The Truth"/ "Every Man Needs a Woman". So ... is the Musicor release a listing error ??

I don't think it was a bootleg label. If you look at the label, this version of "Fine Fine Frame" is "Acapella" where the original version wasn't. I don't know if they remade the original versions or released Acapella versions of the originals.

I've always wondered what the owners were thinking when they chose this name-

You are correct Sir! I believe the label was owned by Joe Brown ?

I think you've got the L.A. based Marc label mixed up with the Chicago based Marc label. Although the Eddie Sull release (#102) falls within the range of the L.A. based label run (# 101- #107 , with #102 being unknown) , compare the logo on the Center Stage release ("Are You There" - Marc #7845) with the Eddie Sull 45 and you'll see they are the same.

A few more- Mi-Val (Mike Valvano) , Dakar (Carl Davis- It was originally Dacar but changed to avoid confusion with Decca), Bashie ( Carl Davis' wife Basheba. That's her on the cover of Ramsey Lewis' "Wade In The Water" album) , Kelli- Arts (Carl Davis's daughter Kelli). Pee Vee (Pancho Villa). Not sure how much involvement he had in Villa Records.

Keith Rylatt's "Groovesville U.S.A." and the liner notes to the "Goin' To A Happening- The Northern Soul Of Richard "Popcorn" Wylie "CD both have Pameline being Popcorn's daughter.