Roburt Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Loads of music fans have spent 100's of hours viewing old editions of Billboard mag online & downloading articles, record reviews, ads for new releases from down the years ........ well you can spend (waste?) additional time viewing old editions of the Miami Times newspaper online via the University of Florida web site. It takes patience to find soul related stuff but there is loads of it on there if you keep searching. Here's another ad for a show at the New Parisian Club (see Twans thread for earlier post of show here) .... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 Other items to be found in old editions of the Miami Times .... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 And another (a picture of Helen Glover). Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 The Prolifics, who also cut as the Moovers ( for Deep City). Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 Frank Williams & the Rocketeers (Little Beaver started out with this outfit). Most of these pictures are lifted from club ads placed in the newspaper, so the quality of them is much reduced from the acts PR / publicity photos. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 This thread probably shouldn't be in the 'Look At Your Box' section but it ties it in with the Twans thread. Here's a direct link to the web site & a page showing an ad for a show in 1964 by the Laddins. https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00028321/00157/9j The group (with personnel changes) became the Steinways. They were quite popular down in Miami and so were regular visitors. Coz of this they built up good contacts with local radio DJ's and this resulted in the Steinways 45's getting good radio airplay in the Miami area in 1966. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 A link to another page of the newspaper ....... https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00028321/00444/7j This dates from December 1966 and had ads for a couple of local shows (Eddie Lovett appearing on one of these). The more interesting photo is of the Vashionettes down from Chicago to dance at a local club. I guess this outfit has to be the same one that cut for Checker a while later. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 The Steinways 2nd Oliver 45 on a local radio station chart in 1966. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 WMBM radio DJ King Coleman. He provided the vocals on the 45 "(Do the) Mashed Potatoes" by Nat Kendricks & the Swans. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 DJ Butterball in the WMBM studio. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Paul McKay Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Great stuff! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 Copy writers at newspapers had no idea (usually) who & what they were composing words / ads about. Because of this, spelling mistakes (& worse) were very common. This can make searching (on line) for info on someone more difficult & can fail to turn up all related items. Searching for "Spyder Turner" would have failed to unearth this ad. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 Another act down from Detroit to play a Miami club .... with singers from New York & Chicago to follow. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 And yet another visitor from the Motor city. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 ....... and still more ......... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 An earlier visitor (though not down from Detroit this time). Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 James Brown (plus Nat Kendricks) back in Miami ... to cash in on the success of "Mashed Potatoes". Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 Two fine singing ladies perform in the 'Knight Beat' room at the Sir John Hotel (with Chuck Jackson, Marv Johnson & Jerry Butler to follow shortly afterwards) ........ Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 More good acts on locally .......... Jerry Williams had relocated to Miami by this time. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
SHEFFSOUL Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 great thread...wonderful info.. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
boba Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 nice. i think i have an actual 8x10 scan of that prolifics though, i would have to dig it out Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 Boba, Would that set of Vashionettes down from Chicago (see link in Post 7) have any connection to the "Mighty Good Lover" singers? (many times dancers in clubs would progress to being singers as they then got more gigs). Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 Local singer Perk Badger progressed from gospel to cutting soul sides ......... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
boba Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Boba, Would that set of Vashionettes down from Chicago (see link in Post 7) have any connection to the "Mighty Good Lover" singers? (many times dancers in clubs would progress to being singers as they then got more gigs). yes, they were mainly a dance troupe and then a few formed a singing group. i don't remember all the details right now but it's all in the sheryl swope interview I did. The photo looks like the photos I have of the vashonettes except the newspaper makes them look extremely light skinned for some reason. The vashonettes became the oncoming times and Sheryl was a member of the oncoming times. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 I wonder what became of these ladies who were tipped for big things on the Miami club scene in 1966. I guess they failed to hook up with any record label type guys, went home & settled down to family life. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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