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  1. Roburt
    Already posted a few ads for 1950's shows at the Palms in Hallandale .......... James Brown was playing gigs at the club from the mid 50's .... ....... here's a booking he landed there at New Year 1958 ......
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    Bob & Earl were always big in the UK (& in other parts of Europe) ......... "Harlem Shuffle" sold solidly from its 1st release here (1965) right thru to 1969 and beyond ..... .... so any label with access to Bob & Earl tracks were putting them out to get some easy sales off the back of HS. That was why, IMO, UK Warner Bros released "Everybody Jerk" in 69 (when "Harlem Shuffle" was on the pop charts).
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    An ad for a gig at Tony's Fish Market Restaurant ........... Back then a young Alice Day was singing soul songs. She soon progressed to jazz and put out a rare album in the early 80's. Now a good age, she still performs on a regular basis & even does shows in Europe.
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    There was a long Loma thread on the old RARESOULFORUM .......... sadly that's now lost to us.
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    Expanding this theme ....... to what was played at late 60's (or very early 70's) niter venues .......... What were the early 'import only' tunes to get regular plays on the scene back then ..... ... two that became big that instantly spring to mind to me were ........ Fuller Brothers -- Times A Wasting Soul Brothers Six -- You'd Better Check Yourself What were some of the others ??
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    Hasn't it already been established that the B&E Loma release doesn't actually exist.
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    Well if you mean, punters attending normal high street clubs / ballrooms in the 1960's think that they were NS type venues then I'd have to say that back then (1964 - 69) they were. There was no such thing as a NS club back in the 60'; first there were blues clubs that became mod clubs and then morphed into soul clubs. The sort of sounds that were big at say the Wheel, Mojo, Nit Owl in 1967 (& later) were being played by your Locano / Top Rank / Mecca DJ's by about a week or so later. There was no real 'import scene' until around 1968/69 and then it was mostly chasing copies of UK releases that you couldn't find as a Brit release anymore, so you chased US copies of those releases. The 'rare soul' scene hadn't even reared its head then. So 95% of the niter plays were UK released tracks and so available to the DJ's in all the high street club / ballroom type venues. I know our crowd up in Sth Yorks attended niters each Saturday (& Mojo alldayers on Sundays in 67) BUT in the week & on (other) Sundays we attended normal high street venues (there was nowt else). The younguns that followed on from our lot were hearing niter tunes when they attended youth clubs. That is why anyone who didn't attend niters till the 70's refers to the big 60's club plays as 'youth club tunes' (which is quite demeaning to those top plays IMO).
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    If you want to know how to do the swim ..... ....... it ain't too hard to imagine what the moves were ..... but here goes anyway ..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBEwqQU5s_0
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    The Wreck Bar again ......... May 71 .......... the Fabulettes ..........
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    A good newspaper report on the day ............ https://www.freep.com/article/20130321/ENT04/130321063/Watch-live-Motown-s-Funk-Brothers-honored-with-Hollywood-Walk-of-Fame-star
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    Back to the Wreck Bar for a show by a local outfit ....... the Bell Brothers ..........
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    I'm back on the case (with regard to this topic) with a bang (IMHO anyway) ........... A summer 1971 show at the Fontainebleau by a guy who was born in Jamaica, grew up in London & relocated to the USA to build his singing (& acting) career. Tory Wynter (who cut some good tracks back around the late 70's & 1980) .............
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    US newspaper article on Jamie / Guyden ( + Arctic) ...... https://www.citypaper.net/cover_story/Original_Spin.html
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    Seems this Baltimore based blue-eyed soul group made a 45 that has remained popular down the years. SUDDEN SOUNDS RECORDS was based out of 1100 GREEN ACRE ROAD, BALTIMORE ........ and the songs featured on the 45 were as follows ......... "YOU'D BETTER WATCH YOUR FOX" written by LARRY J FOX and REX LITTLE ............... PLUS ................ "HANG ON" written by KEITH COLLEY & LAWRENCE LYNN MANNERING "Hang On" was a cover version of the song first cut by Gene McDaniels for Liberty (released around November 65). "Hang On" had formed one side of Gene's follow-up 45 to "WALK WITH A WINNER" (that song also having been written by KEITH COLLEY & LAWRENCE LYNN MANNERING in conjunction with JILL JONES). Because the Soul Machine covered Gene's song, I'd guess that their 45 escaped in 1966. This Baltimore outfit (with no connection to the groups who had a 45s out on Sound House Records or Pzazz Records) featured Dennis (Denny) Picasso on lead vocals. The group soon broke up and Denny found himself leading another Baltimore R&B group, Denny & the Hitchhikers. When Denny decided to 'go it alone', the group recruited Kenny Hamber as their new lead singer (around late 1967). With Kenny up front, they were soon one of the most popular live draws on the Baltimore soul club scene. Back in 1962,Denny had been in another local group; the Dynamics. They had cut an album which was never released although a single from it did escape on the Dyna label (an acetate of the LP was floating about some years back). Denny passed away a while back. I have no idea what sort of shape he was in later on, but from the picture below, he didn't look too trim way back in the mid 60's.
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    SIMPLE ANSWER ........... DEFINITELY !!!! Can't beat Curtis, either in 60's, 70's or 80's mode.
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    Just read a piece about the Irish soul scene (or lack of one) back in 1969. By all accounts, all the Irish show bands (think of much worse versions of the Commitments) filled their acts with covers of soul hits but the original artist 45's weren't selling too well there. Clubs played soul records to a reasonable response but few soul acts visited the country to play live dates. Apparently Ben E King added an Irish date on to a UK tour he undertook back then but he was booked to play a ballroom. The local 'soulies' back then had long hair and wore 'way out clothes' (their words, not mine). When they tried to gain admittance to his gig, they were turned away as the usual crowd that attended the venue wore suits & ties. So the show wasn't a major success and no more soul acts were booked to play there.
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    Back to the US ........... if you wanna hear what one of the 'originators' sounded like 'on air' then ........ ... click on the link below & listen to around 21 mins of Fat Daddy's WWIN radio show (Baltimore) back in July 1966 ........... .......... Going Back, Way Back ............ "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um" ...... there's even an ad for a WINN "Golden Oldie Album," (a joint venture release with Roulette Records) ...... ..... there's also an ad for Salem Cigarettes .... sung by Chuck Jackson ..... https://archive.org/details/PaulfatDaddyJohnson-WwinBaltimore-July1966
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    But the Saints tracks aren't soul (or even at all soulful), so can't see why they would be 'essential' to anyone on here.
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    Cut (in the US) in 72, the Contempo 7" dates from 73 and the Contempo-Raries from 75. Wouldn't think the 2nd UK release was any rarer than the 1st. £10 for a M- Contempo label copy from Crazy Beat .... no idea why JM should be asking so much for his copies.
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    The death of the Spinners Bobby (Bobbie) Smith has been flagged up on his page on Wiki. It states there that he passed last Wednesday (March 13th) Surely such a major happening on the soul music scene should have registered in the music press ? added by site Seems that this sad news has now been confirmed via various soul sites out there Title photo (l to r) Philippe Wynne, Billy Henderson, Pervis Jackson, Bobbie Smith and Henry Fambrough Wikipeda Link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Smith_(rhythm_and_blues_singer) Robert "Bobby" Smith (sometimes spelled Bobbie; April 10, 1936 - March 16, 2013[citation needed]) was born in Detroit, Michigan and was an American R&B singer, the principal lead singer of the soul vocal group, The Spinners, also known as the Detroit Spinners or the Motown Spinners, throughout its history. Smith had been the group's main lead singer since its inception, having sung lead vocals on The Spinners first hit record in 1961, "That's What Girls Are Made For" (which has been inaccurately credited to the group's mentor and former Moonglows lead singer, Harvey Fuqua). Smith also sang lead on most of their Motown material during the 1960s, such as the charting singles like "Truly Yours" (1966) and "I'll Always Love You" (1965); almost all of the group's pre-Motown material on Fuqua's Tri-Phi Records label, and also on The Spinners' biggest Atlantic Records hits, such as "I'll Be Around", "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love", "They Just Can't Stop It the (Games People Play)", and the Billboard #1, "Then Came You" (with Dionne Warwick). With the death of Smith on March 16, 2013 as well as fellow Spinners members Billy Henderson in 2007, and bass singer Pervis Jackson in August 2008, Henry Fambrough is the last remaining original member still performing with the Spinners Blues and Soul Interview with Bobbie by Pete Lewis http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/384/spinners_reaching_dizzy_heights/
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    Bruce Hawes has posted this on Facebook ............ I pause this weekend to honor my great friend and the lead singer of the world famous singing group, 'The Spinners,' "Bobby Smith," who has passed away recently... The loss of Bobby has deeply touched me! I have worked with so many artist in my career but, there has never been an recording-act quite like "The Spinners" for me! So it does seem to be correct .......... RIP Bobby Got to spend time with Bobby at Prestatyn and he was a truly nice guy (I interviewed the group & he just kept saying ... don't ask me all the questions, ask the other guys some as well).
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    The group were due to play a show at Muckleshoot Casino, Auburn (Wa) last Thursday ...... The casino has a Facebook page ....... "https://www.facebook.com/muckleshootcasino" and there are comments posted up there about the show being disorganised, so it seems that it must have gone ahead & the group went on (though they aren't actually mentioned in the posts). SEEMS LIKE THE WIKI page ANNOUNCEMENT COULD BE INCORRECT !!!! But a few 'insider types' are reporting his passing on their Facebook pages. ........... CONFIRMATION ANYONE ??
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    The Spinners @ Prestatyn (2008) ...........
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    A later track that Bobby was lead singer on .......... "I'll Be Around" ........
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    Bobby Smith on lead on an early Spinners cut ........... The Spinners have their own web site & there is no news of Bobby / Bobbie passing noted on that .... The group have a show in Memphis in 6 days time, so you would think that this 'news' would have been posted up on their site. Will they be able to fulfill the engagement if the info is indeed correct.


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