Barbara Green Interview And Sitting In The Park Music Show

[boba]

Hi. Today on my radio show I interviewed Barbara Green. Barbara was from Argo, IL (a suburb adjacent to the southwest side of Chicago, now known as Summit, IL). Barbara started singing at an early age, after her Godmother, Lorenza Brown Porter (a founding member of the Argo Singers gospel group), let Barbara sing at a fashion show when she was only 6 years old. When Barbara was 13, Lorenza took her to Vee Jay records. Barbara auditioned for James Bracken and signed with the label, ending up recording only a few days later. In the session, Barbara recorded 4 sides, all backed by the Dells. Her first single, "Young boy", was finally released on Vee Jay's Vivid records subsidiary after Barbara turned 14. The track had a great "Hello Stranger"-inspired sound (due to similar production and the same backing singers as on Barbara Lewis' single), and became an R&B and pop hit. Barbara did local shows and record hops to promote the record. Vivid records released a second single, "Our love is no secret now" / "A lover's plea" as a follow-up, but the record received little promotion. Unbeknownst to Barbara, the two singles were also released on Renee records out of Philadelphia. Vee Jay records soon went out of business and Barbara stopped recording to focus on her high school studies. After high school, Barbara studied music and performed in local clubs, but never recorded again. She is currently a teacher in Milwaukee.

You can check out the interview at my interviews page at:

https://www.sittinginthepark.com/interviews.html

I also did a music show. You can check out the show at:

https://www.sittinginthepark.com/11-23-2008.mp3

Playlist follows. Thanks again for your interest.

Vashonettes - A mighty good lover - Checker

Yvonne Vernee - Does he love me anymore - Correc-tone

Dynels - Let's do it again - Dot

Rosettes - You broke my heart - Herald

Sherwoods - Three love letters ago - V-Tone

Barbara Green - Our love is no secret now - Vivid

Hollywood Saxons - Do it right the first time - Action Pac (EP)

Reynolds Brothers - Who do you love - RB

Soul Reflections - I love you baby - RMR

Ralfi Pagan - Don't stop now - Fania

Brotherhood - Expressing my love - Tesseract

Gaslight - Drifting away - Grand Junction

Tomorrow's Promise - Never take your love away - Mercury

Chosen Few - You mean everything to me - Polydor (UK)

Dyson's Face and Hard Times - You and me - DRR

thanks,

Bob