The Yank

After the local success of "Joey" (#7 on the WBEE chart) it was decided that Miss Madeline was going to be spun off as a solo artist. There was no second Young Folks 45. The "maturer young men" you mentioned on "Behave Yourself" are actually Patrice Suggs and Marlene Lee (this is from the liner notes from the Young Folks sections which someone else may want to post) .

Oh ye of little faith ......

Slow down- According to the liner notes of Secret Stash's "Mar-V-Lus-The One-Derful Collection" , The Young Folk's original lead singer Arthur Mcthune says the group singing on "Heaven Is In Your Arms' is made up of Arthur, Miss Madeline, Patrice Suggs and Marlene Lee. According to Arthur, Otis Hayes wanted him to join the Admirations but he decided to stay in his group the Competitors. As an aside Madeline, Patrice and Marlene added John Sibley and became The Love Column on Duo.

Of course it's not a match- the lead on "Joey" is Miss Madeline. That's why I thought it was possible the lead was one of the guys in the group for "Heaven Is In Your Arms".

Here's an alternative to your theory. One-derful/ Mar-V-Lus also had another Kid group around the same time as the Admirations and Jackson Five. And this group also was working with Hayes and Jones. If the Young Folk used another lead vocal and put Miss Madeline in the chorus, it's also possible it could be them.

Here's a nice shot of Bunky Sheppard and Ernie Leaner with some Chicago Radio talent- WVON's E. Rodney Jones, WMPP's Eddie Holland ( not the H-D-H Eddie), WGRT's Eddie Morrison and WVON's Lucky Cordell -

Found this on you tube- it's the group with WVON'S Herb Kent -

A little trivia about the video - the woman seen dancing in the long blue dress at about 30 seconds is Roxie Roker- Lenny Kravitz's Mother.

I'm not sure if this started out as a jingle or was later used as one but it's definitely the theme song to the TV show "The Jeffersons" -

There was the Blue Soul label and also an album on KSOL. The KSOL version was released on yellow and black vinyl.

"You Don't Love Me" was also doing well on WJLB (#27) -

I don't think quality control was a #1 priority for that pressing plant. The A side is uses capital and small letters but the B side has the title in caps in a completely different font -

Here's a few more reference points for the Midas label - Reginald Day (Midas #9005) was 1st mentioned as getting airplay on WVON in the April 29, 1967 issue of Record World. Mississippi Joe (Midas #9010) is listed as a WVON extra in the August 10th,1968 issue of Record World.

Here's a starting point. The Brothers and Sisters release( Midas #9011) is on this survey from WVON at #17-

A correction to your time line- I would put the "Wait Till..." release as late Sept./early Oct. of 1967. Here's a list from Record World of hot new releases-

Speaking of WVON, Don Cornelius delivered the news on the station before his moving on to "Soul Train" -

Here's a WWRL survey from July 21, 1966 with DJ Frankie "Ton Of Dynamite" Crocker. It's interesting that Patrice Holloway's "Stolen Hours " was "On The Move" when the trades and other stations went with the A (?) side "Lucky My Boy" .-

I know the label says 1972 and that Getto Kitty Productions was formed in 1972 but, I think early '73 is more likely. I think that Stroud was like the Parkway and Mar-V-Lus/ One-Der-Ful/M-Pac where there is the same date on the label no matter what year the record was released.

"Stand Up And Be Counted" did get some airplay on WLIB in New York. This survey is from Feb.9- Feb. 15 of 1973. See #10 under Boss Bubblers-

"What A Man Can Do" is a little earlier- this review is from the Sept. 23rd issue of Record World. And Believe it or not, Nabay was also reviewed that week -

I know this is about Black radio stations but, The Steinways did very well on this Pop station in Virginia going all the way to #2-

"You Got Me In A Whirlpool"( #38) is probably a little earlier - either September or October of 1975-

The 45 most likely came in the last 1/2 of March- the 45 was already part of the Sizzling Six for the week of March 27th in Durham, North Carolina. The single was reviewed in the March 18th issue of Cashbox.

I don't think you'll find the Embers on the black label MGM- the record was issued in 1970 which was a few years into the blue/gold swirl design. Here's a local station listing from 1970 with the 45 listed under the flip side at # 10 -

Atco scooped up the "Big Boy" master while the song was a big local hit. See #8 on the WVON survey-