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    Soul Source music video feature announcement - Music video just added to our in house soul video feature .... Name: MADELINE BELL - PICTURE ME GONE Category: Artists Singles Date Added: 10/03/20 Submitter: Venus Video Description: MADELINE BELL - PICTURE ME GONE (RARE CLIP 1968) FROM THE BITTER END. RECORD LABEL: MOD M-1007 YEAR 1967. WRITTEN BY CHIP TAYLOR (REAL NAME JAMES WESLEY VOIGHT AND AL GORGONI. ARRANGED BY ARTHUR GREENSLADE. MADELINE BELL WAS BORN JULY 23, 1942 IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, AND WAS STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY HER GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS ALSO A SINGER, MADELINE WENT TO LIVE WITH HER AFTER HER PARENTS DIVORCED. BELL REGULARLY ATTENDED CHURCH AND SANG IN THE CHOIR. SHE LATER JOINED A GROUP CALLED FOUR JACKS & A JILL, WHO SUNG ON STREET CORNERS. AT THE AGE OF 16 SHE JOINED THE GLOVERTONES, A GOSPEL GROUP WHO PERFORMED AT WEEKENDS. HER FIRST BIG BREAK OCCURRED WHEN SHE MET ALEX BRADFORD AROUND 1961 AND WAS INVITED TO JOIN HIS GROUP AFTER SUCCESSFULLY PASSING AN AUDITION. MADELINE STAYED WITH THE BRADFORD SINGERS WHO WERE CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE TOP MALE GOSPEL GROUPS FOR 2 YEARS. THEY TRAVELLED AROUND AMERICA AND EUROPE. IT WAS IN BRITAIN THAT SHE SHE BEFRIENDED DUSTY SPRINGFIELD AND PERFORMED ON MANY OF HER BACKGROUND SESSIONS, MADELINE ALSO WORKED IN THE STUDIO BEHIND KIKI DEE, DORIS TROY, JOE BROWN, LESLEY DUNCAN AND KENNY LYNCH AS WELL AS MANY OTHER ARTISTS. BY THIS TIME SHE HAD LEFT THE BRADFORD SINGERS AND SETTLED IN BRITAIN. SIX YEARS LATER SHE WAS GIVEN A CONTRACT, HER FIRST RELEASE WAS 'I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME' PREVIOUSLY RECORDED BY DEE DEE WARWICK WHO WAS DIONNE'S SISTER. REACHING NUMBER 26 IN THE UNITED STATES. A YEAR LATER SHE JOINED BLUE MINK. ROGER COOK'S GROUP. AFTER 4 YEARS MADELINE LEFT THE GROUP AND WENT BACK TO BEING A SESSION SINGER. LATER TOURED WITH THE SWINGMATES THROUGHOUT THE NETHERLANDS. SHE RECORDED A CD CALLED 'HAVE YOU MET MISS BELL'. AND ANOTHER ALBUM CALLED BELL'S A POPPIN'. MADELINE STILL PERFORMS TODAY AND DOES THE OCCASIONAL TRIP BACK TO THE UNITED STATES. watch now... PLAY VIDEO: MADELINE BELL - PICTURE ME GONE Soul Source Soul Music Video Feature
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    MADELINE BELL - PICTURE ME GONE (RARE CLIP 1968) FROM THE BITTER END. RECORD LABEL: MOD M-1007 YEAR 1967. WRITTEN BY CHIP TAYLOR (REAL NAME JAMES WESLEY VOIGHT AND AL GORGONI. ARRANGED BY ARTHUR GREENSLADE. MADELINE BELL WAS BORN JULY 23, 1942 IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, AND WAS STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY HER GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS ALSO A SINGER, MADELINE WENT TO LIVE WITH HER AFTER HER PARENTS DIVORCED. BELL REGULARLY ATTENDED CHURCH AND SANG IN THE CHOIR. SHE LATER JOINED A GROUP CALLED FOUR JACKS & A JILL, WHO SUNG ON STREET CORNERS. AT THE AGE OF 16 SHE JOINED THE GLOVERTONES, A GOSPEL GROUP WHO PERFORMED AT WEEKENDS. HER FIRST BIG BREAK OCCURRED WHEN SHE MET ALEX BRADFORD AROUND 1961 AND WAS INVITED TO JOIN HIS GROUP AFTER SUCCESSFULLY PASSING AN AUDITION. MADELINE STAYED WITH THE BRADFORD SINGERS WHO WERE CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE TOP MALE GOSPEL GROUPS FOR 2 YEARS. THEY TRAVELLED AROUND AMERICA AND EUROPE. IT WAS IN BRITAIN THAT SHE SHE BEFRIENDED DUSTY SPRINGFIELD AND PERFORMED ON MANY OF HER BACKGROUND SESSIONS, MADELINE ALSO WORKED IN THE STUDIO BEHIND KIKI DEE, DORIS TROY, JOE BROWN, LESLEY DUNCAN AND KENNY LYNCH AS WELL AS MANY OTHER ARTISTS. BY THIS TIME SHE HAD LEFT THE BRADFORD SINGERS AND SETTLED IN BRITAIN. SIX YEARS LATER SHE WAS GIVEN A CONTRACT, HER FIRST RELEASE WAS 'I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME' PREVIOUSLY RECORDED BY DEE DEE WARWICK WHO WAS DIONNE'S SISTER. REACHING NUMBER 26 IN THE UNITED STATES. A YEAR LATER SHE JOINED BLUE MINK. ROGER COOK'S GROUP. AFTER 4 YEARS MADELINE LEFT THE GROUP AND WENT BACK TO BEING A SESSION SINGER. LATER TOURED WITH THE SWINGMATES THROUGHOUT THE NETHERLANDS. SHE RECORDED A CD CALLED 'HAVE YOU MET MISS BELL'. AND ANOTHER ALBUM CALLED BELL'S A POPPIN'. MADELINE STILL PERFORMS TODAY AND DOES THE OCCASIONAL TRIP BACK TO THE UNITED STATES.
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    MADELINE BELL - I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME (RARE CLIP 1968). FROM THE BITTER END. RECORD LABEL: MOD M-1007 YEAR 1967. WRITTEN BY KENNY GAMBLE, JERRY ROSS AND JERRY WILLIAMS JR (AKA LITTLE JERRY/SWAMP DOGG) ARRANGED BY ARTHUR GREENSLADE. MADELINE BELL WAS BORN JULY 23, 1942 IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, AND WAS STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY HER GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS ALSO A SINGER, MADELINE WENT TO LIVE WITH HER AFTER HER PARENTS DIVORCED. BELL REGULARLY ATTENDED CHURCH AND SANG IN THE CHOIR. SHE LATER JOINED A GROUP CALLED FOUR JACKS & A JILL, WHO SUNG ON STREET CORNERS. AT THE AGE OF 16 SHE JOINED THE GLOVERTONES, A GOSPEL GROUP WHO PERFORMED AT WEEKENDS. HER FIRST BIG BREAK OCCURRED WHEN SHE MET ALEX BRADFORD AROUND 1961 AND WAS INVITED TO JOIN HIS GROUP AFTER SUCCESSFULLY PASSING AN AUDITION. MADELINE STAYED WITH THE BRADFORD SINGERS WHO WERE CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE TOP MALE GOSPEL GROUPS FOR 2 YEARS. THEY TRAVELLED AROUND AMERICA AND EUROPE. IT WAS IN BRITAIN THAT SHE SHE BEFRIENDED DUSTY SPRINGFIELD AND PERFORMED ON MANY OF HER BACKGROUND SESSIONS, MADELINE ALSO WORKED IN THE STUDIO BEHIND KIKI DEE, DORIS TROY, JOE BROWN, LESLEY DUNCAN AND KENNY LYNCH AS WELL AS MANY OTHER ARTISTS. BY THIS TIME SHE HAD LEFT THE BRADFORD SINGERS AND SETTLED IN BRITAIN. SIX YEARS LATER SHE WAS GIVEN A CONTRACT, HER FIRST RELEASE WAS 'I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME' PREVIOUSLY RECORDED BY DEE DEE WARWICK WHO WAS DIONNE'S SISTER. REACHING NUMBER 26 IN THE UNITED STATES. A YEAR LATER SHE JOINED BLUE MINK. ROGER COOK'S GROUP. AFTER 4 YEARS MADELINE LEFT THE GROUP AND WENT BACK TO BEING A SESSION SINGER. LATER TOURED WITH THE SWINGMATES THROUGHOUT THE NETHERLANDS. SHE RECORDED A CD CALLED 'HAVE YOU MET MISS BELL'. AND ANOTHER ALBUM CALLED BELL'S A POPPIN'. MADELINE STILL PERFORMS TODAY AND DOES THE OCCASIONAL TRIP BACK TO THE UNITED STATES.
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    DEE DEE WARWICK - ITS NOT FAIR LIVE ON THE BITTER END (1969). RECORD LABEL: MERCURY 72927 YEAR 1969. ARRANGED BY JOE RENZETTI. PRODUCED BY KENNY GAMBLE AND LEON HUFF. WRITTEN BY KENNY GAMBLE AND TOM BELL.
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    Soul Source music video feature announcement - Music video just added to our in house soul video feature .... Name: HONEY AND THE BEES - SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE Category: Artists Singles Date Added: 10/03/20 Submitter: Venus Video Description: HONEY AND THE BEES - SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE (RARE CLIP 1969). RECORD LABEL: ARCTIC 158 YEAR 1969. WRITTEN BY ANITA LEONARD (ROTHBLUM), BARBARA BELLE (EINHORN), LOUIS PRIMA AND STANLEY (WAYNE) RHODES. ARRANGED BY BOBBY MARTIN. PHILADELPHIA GIRL GROUP. NADINE FELDER WON A SMALL SINGING CONTEST AND STARTED PERFORMING WITH A BAND WHO CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF JIMMY BISHOP, THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF WDAS RADIO IN PHILADELPHIA. HE DECIDED TO SIGN UP FELDER AND PUT A GIRL GROUP TOGETHER. OTHER 3 MEMBERS WERE ALREADY A GROUP CALLED THE YUM-YUMS CASSANDRA ANN WOOTEN, GWENDOLYN WESLEY AND JEAN DAVIS SANDERS. FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE GROUP WERE SUGAR AND SPICE BEFORE JIMMY CHANGED IT TO HONEY AND THE BEES. WHEN THEY DISBANDED IN THE 70'S CASSANDRA AND GWEN WENT ON TO JOIN THE RITCHIE FAMILY. watch now... PLAY VIDEO: HONEY AND THE BEES - SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE Soul Source Soul Music Video Feature
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    HONEY AND THE BEES - SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE (RARE CLIP 1969). RECORD LABEL: ARCTIC 158 YEAR 1969. WRITTEN BY ANITA LEONARD (ROTHBLUM), BARBARA BELLE (EINHORN), LOUIS PRIMA AND STANLEY (WAYNE) RHODES. ARRANGED BY BOBBY MARTIN. PHILADELPHIA GIRL GROUP. NADINE FELDER WON A SMALL SINGING CONTEST AND STARTED PERFORMING WITH A BAND WHO CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF JIMMY BISHOP, THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF WDAS RADIO IN PHILADELPHIA. HE DECIDED TO SIGN UP FELDER AND PUT A GIRL GROUP TOGETHER. OTHER 3 MEMBERS WERE ALREADY A GROUP CALLED THE YUM-YUMS CASSANDRA ANN WOOTEN, GWENDOLYN WESLEY AND JEAN DAVIS SANDERS. FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE GROUP WERE SUGAR AND SPICE BEFORE JIMMY CHANGED IT TO HONEY AND THE BEES. WHEN THEY DISBANDED IN THE 70'S CASSANDRA AND GWEN WENT ON TO JOIN THE RITCHIE FAMILY.
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    Chris Clark - "Love's Gone Bad" - live at Motown a Go Go, Detroit - 25/10/2019 Plus Chris Clark - "Do I Love You" - live Detroit 25/10/2019
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    J.J. Barnes - "Baby Please Come Back Home" - live at Motown a Go Go, Detroit 27/10/2019 plus J.J. Barnes - "Real Humdinger" - live at Motown a Go Go, Detroit - 27/10/2019
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    Ronnie McNeir - Sitting In My Class - LIVE at Willis Show Bar, Detroit - June 28, 2018
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    Soul Source music video feature announcement - Music video just added to our in house soul video feature .... Name: Blue Magic - Sideshow Category: Artists Singles Date Added: 09/03/20 Submitter: Venus Video Description: Ed Hurst has brief chat with Blue Magic before they perform 'Sideshow' Steel Pier show 1974. watch now... PLAY VIDEO: Blue Magic - Sideshow Soul Source Soul Music Video Feature
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    Brilliant tune/clip...I first heard this on a modern soul compilation by goldmine...GSCD 82...and still got it.
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    @RobbKThankyou...just read it...much appreciated
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    Hi Robb...it's from the Dick Clark Show.
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    MARVIN GAYE - LITTLE DARLING (I NEED YOU) (EXTREMELY RARE CLIP 1966) NOT PERFECT BUT THOUGHT STILL WORTH UPLOADING AND SHARING. AS FAR AS I KNOW ONLY ONE EPISODE EXISTS FROM THE CLAY COLE SHOW? ANYONE KNOW IF THAT IS TRUE OR NOT? THANKYOU.
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    Soul Source music video feature announcement - Just added to our soul music video feature .... Name: MARV JOHSON - YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES (RARE CLIP FROM 1959) Category: Artists Singles Date Added: 2018-10-20 Submitter: Venus Video Description: watch now... MARV JOHSON - YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES (RARE CLIP FROM 1959) Soul Source Soul Music Video Feature 2018
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    I've tried to correct the heading from 1066 to 1966 but not happening? admin please correct for me 🙂
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    WAS TOLD ONLY ONE EPISODE SURVIVED THE CLAY COLE SHOW...GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS 1966 - MY HEART'S SYMPHONY.
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    Soul Source music video feature announcement - Just added to our video feature .... Name: GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS - MY HEART'S SYMPHONY Category: Artists Singles Date Added: 2018-05-19 Submitter: Venus Video Description: watch now... GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS - MY HEART'S SYMPHONY Soul Source Soul Music Video Feature 2018
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    @Philippe 'rats are meant to be very clever'? Ex Mother-in-law took care of one after son couldn't look after it while studying for degree.
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    was it 1968/69? will ask him in an e-mail 🙂
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    @mike I did Thankyou...Someone on here sent a private message with a fair bit of information about the group and how one member got shot...Also couple of people on youtube shared what they knew


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