The Yank

Here's an article from Record World (October 19,1968) mentioning the Sylves release. I'm not sure if this about the Chess distributed Sylves label or the independent Sylves label though -

It also appeared on the "A Cellarful Of Motown" Vol. 1 " CD but never had a vinyl release as far as I'm aware.

Here's a few more additions- an ad announcing Golden World's open door policy (Record World Nov. 27, 1965), info about contests to find lyrics for "Hungry For Love" (Record World - Nov. 13, 1965) and an article announcing the new 20 Grand label. I've seen the Frankie Meadows 45- does anyone have the other two ??

"All I Need Is You To Love Me" sounds to me like its Paul Williams of the Temptations.

I know there are a few sites who have this listed as a 1961 release, I think 1962 is more likely as you can see by this survey from October, 1962 (Fortune Tellers at #53)-

"Ain't Nothin' ..." also hit #20 on Quebec's CFLS on their Americain survey -

Radio Luxemburg was an early champion of "Ain't Nothin' ..." and had in their Top 10 almost 2 months before the 45 repeated it's Top 10 success in the U.K. (From Record World March 9,1968 and May 4, 1968) _

I agree- I think the album was the 1st release. I've never heard of the label (Sherry Hill) and have never seen a U.S. 45 where they put the state 1st before the city- Illinois, Chicago or Michigan, Detroit.

I live very close to Chicago. Apparently, the U.K.'s Prime Minister was a big fan of the group (Record World Nov.10, 1968) -

Great article - thanks for posting! "Ain't Nothing..." did well on WHAT, hitting #7 in April '67. Also pictured on the survey is Sonny Hopson who started the "Ain't Nothing But A House Party" phrase -

Very sad to hear this ! Chuck had so many great songs! Here's another one -

As you can see by these 3 articles, Irv Biegel was definitely Detroit based before and during his time at Motown. The 1st article is from 1960 and the last two from 1962. This was all before Motown decided to open up their New York office in 1963-

I would think the Diamond Jim single came out around the same time this came out. The article is from the January 28,1967 issue of Record World-

According to the liner notes of the Kent CD "Bob Crewe's 60's Soul Sounds", Elaine Hill and Lainie Hill are the same person.

A few more for the list- Martha and the Vandellas cut Spanish language versions of "Jimmy Mack" and "I'm Ready For Love". While at ABC, the Four Tops made Italian and Spanish versions of "Keeper Of The Castle".

Besides this, Stevie Wonder did a few of his songs in Italian and Spanish . "A Place In The Sun", "Music Talk", "Travlin' Man", "I'm Wondering", "My Cherie Amour", "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" were all released in Italian language versions. "Yester- Me...", "My Cherie Amour", "For Once In My Life" and "A Place In The Sun" were all done in Spanish.

I'd say "Right On, Right On" came out first on Double Soul and then got picked up by Westbound. It's hard to see but on this survey from April 12th the single is at #12 which means it had to be out for awhile and the title of the song has no mention of "... (Sex Machine)"

I'm about 99% sure both labels are Chicago based ( or based in the nearby suburbs).

I don't know if we'll ever find out who the Romanceers were . Pickwick either leased music from legitimate artists or just had some studio group remake the hits of the day. At first glance this album looks like it's from Earth, Wind and Fire until you look closely-

Very sad to hear this ! R.I.P. J.J. !! Here's another one for the Barnesathon-

Aladdin switched from the blue to maroon labels in 1954 around the time of #3260. But at times they ran out of maroon and used whatever labels were available especially in the case of a big hit (Shirley and Lee's "Let The Good Times Roll" and Thurston Harris's "Little Bitty Pretty One" among others). I know I've seen more "Let The Good Times Roll" on the blue label than on the maroon. With Thurston Harris, I've seen maroon, purple and black. The purple was issued when it was a hit but the black label would have been a repress. More info can be found on this web site- www.bigboppa.co.uk

If you have to have it on vinyl there is this unofficial release from the early 80's -

Here's a few pics/ ads from various phases of Jack Gibson's career. An ad from 1961 when he was doing independent promotion, a May, 1963 announcement of his promotion to National Promotion Manager and at a NARA meeting in May, 1964 -

I would think 1963 is more likely. Here's part of an article from the April 6,1963 issue of Billboard-