Soul City On Goodtime - Who?

[George G]

Anyone know the story about Soul City and the two 45s on Goodtime?

The backing track for Everybody Dance Now was reused for the Little Caesar and the Empire 45 on Parkway. Little Caesar was actually Bocky from Cleveland and Bocky and the Visions fame, but he seems to have gone to the east coast and cut the vocal. I'm curious about how the track came about...although I like their other 45 "Cold Hearted Blues" and the flip much better.

thanks

George

[Chalky]

I Prefer I Shot To the Moon on Mercury, presume same crew.

[Sebastian]

I Prefer I Shot To the Moon on Mercury, presume same crew.

Yes, same group.

Did they release anything else apart from the two 45s on GOODTIME and the one on MERCURY?

All three 45s are superb in my opinion. Perhaps they morphed into some other group or members went solo?

[boba]

Anyone know the story about Soul City and the two 45s on Goodtime?

The backing track for Everybody Dance Now was reused for the Little Caesar and the Empire 45 on Parkway. Little Caesar was actually Bocky from Cleveland and Bocky and the Visions fame, but he seems to have gone to the east coast and cut the vocal. I'm curious about how the track came about...although I like their other 45 "Cold Hearted Blues" and the flip much better.

thanks

George

this isn't adding any useful information to your thread, but who knows is a cover of gladys knight and the pips, better than the original in my opinion.

[George G]

I was prompted by reviewing someones playlist to re-open this thread to see if any info had surfaced.....Anyone have a clue or more?

[boba]

Actually I think someone gave me some info recently, I have to check my emails.

[boba]

ok this is the info. apparently the soul city are related to or possibly the same group as the royal robins on tru-glo-town:

my friend messaged George Payton but didn't get a response

edit: go to the video and look at the comments

[Tlscapital]

Briefly reviving this old thread not to answer the OP main question as I don't believe there's much worth adding what to the fact that the original composer's and producers team of Mike Lewis and Stu Wiener then working at Parkway (original composer of 'everybody dance now' first released in November 1966 by the Soul City on Goodtime) just re-used their song in June 1967 to give another go at ex-fame teen Rock'N'Pop Bocky and the Visions in an attempt to 're-juvinate' them but apparently it just didn't.

Jumping on the occasion to confirm that indeed the late 'boba' last info here above on the Soul City being one and the same group as the Royal Robins was already claimed by ex-group member George Britt on another YT video sound-clip of the Royal Robins 'something about you that send me'. Just as it is in this YT video claimed by a certain Galwin Alston and once again with reference to a George dude (I guess Britt) But in order to really establish that hopefully I've started here a new thread to that occasion ;