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Try typing Money label into the search facility at the '45cat' web site.

Yes, remember the Side Saddle well .... the Sth Yorks mod clubs all played some ska as well as the soul. I was out (in Dony) with Cliff Sirs only a couple of weeks ago (@ the Mojo revival night). He's a great guy.

It is being reported on Facebook (by a friend of his) that the Impressions Reggie Torian has passed. No more details at present but it does seem to be true .... RIP Reggie.

Interesting article ......... James & Bobby were over here all the time in the mid to late 60's (& then again in the 70's when their re-issues were hits) .... not surprised that he asked after Geno, they followed each other around the clubs of Britain .....

A couple of us are guilty of veering this thread a bit off topic ... BUT ... it is all related info ...

In 1966 a lot of soul acts appeared on RSG .... MARCH: Tempts + Stevie Wonder, Supremes, Martha & Vs, Miracles (all these off the tour). APR: Dionne Warwick, Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford MAY: 4 Tops JUNE: Marvelettes JULY: Nina Simone, Ad Libs, Inez & Charlie Foxx AUG: NIL SEPT: Dee Irwin, Lou Johnson OCT: Supremes, Ben E King NOV: Wilson Pickett DEC: Fontella Bass, Toys, Dee Dee Warwick No doubt Kim was on RSG in 65.

There's also a Chuck Rowan 45 on Fantastix Music (a private label job) which was distributed by Stonegood. Is there anything else that Stonegood were involved with ??

Doesn't help resolve the above issue BUT does illustrate the strange world of record labels that Monk was involved with. He was the guy behind the Sack label of course which has a few obscure releases related to it (both US & UK). In 1970 it seems that he started the Stone Good label & if this newspaper review is anything to go by, 3 x 45s were made available as promos. These were by Monk himself, Mr Lucky & Helena Wright. I'm unsure of any releases on the actual Stonegood label apart from a Helena Hollins that has to be the Helena Wright mentioned above. Monk's proposed track did make it out, but on the Sack label (which was listed as being distributed by Stonegood). These tracks here were co-produced by A(lex?) Brown. The female's 45 (whatever her name) did escape on Stonegood. Anyone have knowledge of the Mr Lucky appearing on a 45 that made it into US record shops ??

I'm getting a bit off topic here ... BUT ... lots of US soul stars toured the UK in 64/65/66 .... most went on theatre tours as part of a package that was always headed by a big UK act (Beatles -- Mary Wells, Stones -- Inez & Charlie Foxx, Gerry & Pacemakers -- Ben E King, Soul Sisters as well though I can't recall who topped that bill in 64). Anyway, Kim Weston was due to tour on a bill topped by P J Proby but PJ fell out with the promoter (over a minor issue) and this led to the tour being cancelled about 1 day before the 1st show was due to take place. They had tried to get Chuck Berry to be the replacement top act & that seemed as though it would salvage the tour. But he couldn't get out of some US gigs he'd been booked for, so the tour was cancelled at the 11th hour. Now Kim was due to tour the UK for just about all of November 64, with back up provided by the Early Van Dyke Quartet (the Funk Brothers). I guess that they actually arrived in the UK but went home almost immediately. Anyone know what tracks were cut back in Detroit that November as the plan must have been to lay down tracks without the Funks that month.

RE: Ooops! Could be the wrong tour. I think that photo dates from 69. Tour poster ........

Monk Higgins wife was called Virginia. Not sure when they married, so don't know if any daughter would have been 17+ years old by 1973. Monk was born in 1936, so I guess he would have gotten married in the late 50's / early to mid 60's .... that would have made any daughter around 16 yrs old (max) in 1973. So it could have been his daughter but as he recorded a lot of stuff (& played a lot live) through the 70's and her name didn't seem to crop up again on his work, I'll leave others to decide what they think.

There was a Monica Higgins cut for UA in 73, related to Monk Higgins (cut in LA I believe). Monk was working a lot in that period with Alex Brown (MAYBE it was Alex using a different name as she was signed elsewhere at the time).

I'm just assuming all 3 are connected as the C of S 45 (# HA-123) also has a New York address .... the other C of S 45 was leased to an LA label (Venture), so I'm assuming the guys involved didn't have enough money to press up any / many copies themselves. The Johnny Thompson 45 had a different number sequence as well (N-777).

... and another ......

A photo taken during the tour .........

Anyone know how the Chicago related Contributors Of Soul 45 ("Look What You Done For Me") ended up getting released on the NY based New Miss Record label ? New Miss was 100% New York based and had connections to Sir Charles Matthews (Village Soul Choir, etc.) and Benny Gordon !! One of the cuts they put out ..........

I was a Sprotboro lad mesen, went to night school @ Granville Rd Tech College (above Sheffield Midland Stn) but attended Sunday nites @ the Mojo initially then started going to the niters there. Great place; great crowd, great atmosphere !! A picture of where the Mojo used to be; the club stood back from the road where the white block of flats now stand.

Another soul related night that springs to mind took place a few weeks before 1967 kicked in .... Radio London (the pirate stn) organised a UK tour for (mainly) British R&B bands, with Georgie Fame & his Band topping the bill. The main mod attraction (by that date) was Geno Washington & The RJB, even though Chris Farlowe, Eric Burdon & New Animals, Eyes of Blue & Butterfield Blues Band (from US) were also on the bill. Anyway the tour played a number of Yorkshire / Lancs dates in late October 66 ....... RADIO LONDON tour Oct / Nov 66 -- Georgie Fame: Sat Oct 22nd, Odeon, Leeds; Sun Oct 23rd, Gaumont, Doncaster; Tues Oct 25th, Odeon, Manchester; Weds Oct 26th, Odeon, Liverpool; Thurs Oct 27th, Gaumont, Sheffield. The Dony crowd attended the Sunday night (23rd Oct) show @ the Dony Gaumont and we were rewarded with having Pete Stringfellow as the compere that night (the Radio London DJs who normally acted as show compere's all being busy in London that day / night). Can't remember much about the show though (the brain cells are dying fast). I do remember that in that October, Georgie Fame's (& Bobby Hebb's) "Sunny" was high on the pirate stn charts (Radio London & Caroline) + Geno Washington's "Que Sera Sera" was on the R. London chart along with 45's by Eric B & Animals, Chris Farlowe, Shotgun Express, Alan Bown ("Emergency 999") & Jimmy James & V's ("Ain't Love Good, Ain't Love Proud"). Also on the charts were tracks by the 4 Tops, Temptations, Ike & Tina, Lee Dorsey, Johnny Wyatt & Robert Parker with Billy Stewart, Dean Parrish, Jackie Edwards, Mitch Ryder things also getting spins.

Great record.

I've asked him the question (+ others) & await his replies. I'll post up the info when I have it.

Warren Schatz was only involved with a little soul stuff, he did much more on the disco & pop sides of things. However he is remembered for his work on the Loma sides made by the Voicebox. Warren tells me that he made those tracks and they were licensed for release on Loma (as an act of friendship) by Jerry Ragovoy. Warren produced and arranged the cuts and even played drums on them (though he admits himself that he's no drummer). I guess he's still a little fazed by the popularity that "I Want It Back" achieved in the UK .........

Another big Balto show he was on in 68 ..... I guess the song the handbill refers to ("Candy, Candy") was really "(My Girl Is Made of) Candy" ...

It has been reported in the Baltimore press that Franklin Kennedy -- lead singer of Frankie & the Spindles has passed away aged 67. RIP Frankie . https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bs-md-ob-franklin-kennedy-20160427-story.html The group started out in the mid 60's as Frankie & the Spinners but soon amended their name. They recorded from 1968 till 1977. They were a mainstay on the Baltimore club scene. More on Frankie & Spindles ...

Franklin (Frankie) C Kennedy, lead singer of Baltimore's Frankie & the Spindles has passed away, aged 67. Tap to view this Soul Source News/Article in full