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He also worked on some Bunny Sigler stuff for PIR.

You left Eugene (Gene) Dozier off your list. He kept leaving & then returning to Philly. He initially worked on stuff for Swan, Cameo but then went to Detroit, then LA before returning to work on Neptune & Gamble stuff. He then worked as part of GH's team with the likes of the Sweet Inspirations, Wilson Pickett, Bobby Bennett, the Vibrations and more. Then he worked in DC before heading back to LA where he eventually ended up at SOLAR (where he had much success).

I was first introduced to great slow / mid tempo NOla soul back in the mid 60's via the great EMI comp LP series BELL'S CELLAR OF SOUL .... Check Discogs for the track listing on Vols. 1, 2 & 3 ... some great tracks from the likes of Lee Dorsey, Sonny Fisher and many more (not all for NOla but enough are).

A true mod / early UK soul club classic. Always packed the floor at every club it was played in from 66 to at least the end of the 60's. It was one of the few classy jazzy sounds that were regular plays back then ... BUT THEN ... it was one of the very best cuts jazzy cuts around then (certainly a lot better than SCRATCHY which also got a lot of plays). TWO IN THE MORNING had also escaped in the UK in the 60's (on a cheap LP) but that never got played to my knowledge back then ... so for instros back then it was just the likes of Willie Mitchell (but thankfully not the awful cut that Casino-ites picked up on), Ramsey Lewis, Booker T, Markeys, Rex Garvin & MC's, Little Mac and the like that were featured on a regular basis.

The Motown tour (even though they added top UK draw Georgie Fame) was very badly attended, the venues much less than half full each night .... BUT THEN... the TV show to help promote the tour (the RSG special introduced by Dusty Springboard) wasn't shown till just about every show on the tour had already been staged. There's a film of the acts on their tour bus up on youtube (or at least there used to be, ain't checked recently). The Stax tour was a success from the minute the artists landed in Europe. It was the 1st time the artists like Booker T and the members of the MG's realised they were revered musicians outside of the US. Stax was never the same after that tour, coz the musicians wanted to be treated / paid as top players, not just as some guys who were the studio group at a small Memphis studio. It was difficult to get tickets to the Stax shows coz Otis was top of the bill with all those other Stax stars also on the show. They played a big venue in Leeds (only one any where near to where I lived back then) but the tickets went quickly. Think they also played Manchester but my memory ain't what it was anymore.

An earlier Tina Turner TV ad ....

It seems that Tina had a TV ad deal with Aussie rugby league for a few years ....

Just to prove myself wrong, here's an Aussie TV ad featuring Tina Turner ....

I'm in Florida at present & have a useless internet connection. The youtube clip of the London street scene shouldn't have appeared on the above post but I can't seem to get rid of it now. Anyway, just so this post ain't a complete waste of space ... a 5th Dimension music vid ...

I'm not after info on ads that featured the songs of soul acts, there are just too many of those ... I'm seeking info on ads that actually featured the acts themselves ... Guess they'll just about all be US ones ... similar to these .....

Should include a few by William Bell, Don Covay, Soul Brothers 6, Mad Lads, Astors, Sam & Bill and the like.

What a pity it was that he was only on a basic salary as a member of the Temptations and so wasn't really able to benefit from being the lead vocalist on all those hits by the group. That's the reason he kept quitting, to go solo (or to leave the music biz). He even had a spell laying tarmac with family members (cousins) up in Cleveland. It was after that period, that he hooked up with members of Truth to return to performing. Of course, when he'd got 'the bug' back, he returned to the Tempts for one last spell. He took a song he'd co-written in Cleveland back with him & the Tempts went ahead & cut it (I'm Coming Home). R I P.

One of Jimmy's fellow members of the Realistics was John Cheatdom. Before the Realistics he was in the Velours & the Fantastics. Jimmy himself was a short term member of the Fantastics around 1976. Good to see that he's still in good health.

With later studio multitrack recorders, one guy could sing all the parts on a cut (& even play all the instruments), laying down each in turn on a different track on the master tape (these went from 2 track, 6 track, 12 track, 32 track, etc as the equipment improved) ... BUT .. Edwin was talking about getting the start to his singing career (back in Cleveland) in the late 50's / early 60's. At that time he wasn't a solo lead singer but a member of his first harmony group (the Futuretones ... name inspired by that of Sonny's group, the Metrotones) . He gave me the same info when I interviewed him at the Jazz Café many years ago & also credited Sonny Turner for 'schooling' him & his fellow group members. He was talking about the period before he went into the army. At that time even the best most modern of studios only had 2 track machines. Of course you could 'overdub' on the same track, but you lost much of the strength (volume) of earlier efforts each time you went back & taped on top of the previous work. My article on Edwin's Cleveland Years was published in a fanzine at the time but it has since been added on here. Just do a search of the Soul Articles section to see it all ... EDWIN STARR'S CLEVELAND YEARS.

You've got your facts a bit wrong. Edwin (when a young guy in Cleveland) was taught how to sing in harmony (with 2 other guys from his then group) by Sonny Turner (originally from Cleveland & a local group there) who was recruited to sing lead with the Platters in the 60's (all the Musicor tracks). I interviewed Edwin about his time in Cleveland many years ago & he credited Sonny T with helping get his singing career started.

Resurrecting this thread ... The Prolifics “The Judge” -- Hep' Me 103 .... this was a 1971 release that is collected for the B side ("Guts") .... BUT ... is the A side song "The Judge" really just a reworking of the old Bull & the Matadors 1968 hit "Funky Judge" ???? ... ..... both songs have the same writers listed (Andre Williams & Leo Hutton).

I guess you'd have to come to a deal with a localish hotel (say the Twin Oaks next to the M1). I think (as this is a few miles from the venue), transport to & from hotel may also be necessary ... these factors would probably mean holding it on the bank holiday weekend (& getting good rates & a big allocation of rooms) would be very difficult. Shirebrook Stn is within walking distance of venue, any decent hotels close to Mansfield stn ?? (trains to & fro from Mansfield might just work if there is).

The latest post on his Facebook page .... a few days ago ... see below ... THEN one of his later tracks ........

Guess it ain't a HAPPY DAY ... as gospel giant Edwin Hawkins has passed ... https://www.soultracks.com/story-edwin-hawkins-dies

Wouldn't mind a copy of the M-S promo 45 picture sleeve that came with some early copies of Lonette McKee's "Stop" in early summer 68. Her M-S 45 was released in Canada on Goodgroove ... did this label have it's own company sleeve ?? Many good company sleeves show here ... https://www.45rpmrecords.com/ms/index_list.php

Danny singing live ...

It seems that Danny Woods, solo singer & Chairman of the Board, died yesterday ...announcements made on Facebook ... Tap to view this Soul Source News/Article in full

Motown printed up many many different 45 sleeves back in the day & many are now sought after. I remember Tall Pimple (Paul T) visiting our house many moons ago & him taking away all the more unusual US Motown 45 sleeves I had (I didn't really value them at the time as WHAT WAS IN THE GROOVES seemed more important) ... seems I made a bad decision.

Can't beat this group's output from the 70's, my fave LP by them is also STREET CORNER SYMPHONY .... used to play this track on my Prestatyn Weekender radio show & folk would always ask who's version it was.