The Yank

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-

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-