Roburt

Back to the Radiant's number & yet another version ... the Catalinas ...

AND another version of the 2nd song ...

Of course, this song ain't to be confused with Patrick Adam's similar effort ....

Thanks for the info ....

The original version ....

A couple more 45's he & the Panthers had out ...

In 1965 the Radiants said that "IT AIN'T NO BIG THING" but I beg to differ ........... Their version of the song made the R&B Top 20 (& the bottom of the Pop Hot 100) in early summer 65 ... but it was the impact of the song after that that really impressed me. It became just about one of the most recorded songs back in the day ... I know of versions by the Tempests, Electrons (which escaped on Shock & Date), Calvin Lindsey & Hysterics, Spontanes, Wingtips, Cotillions, Scotty Todd, Embers, Steve Jordan, Bill Murphy + 1, Ricky Vee & Stardusters ... AND OF COURSE the version that I first got familiar with back in 66 from Jimmy James & the Vagabonds. Are there any other versions of it out there (perhaps cut by none US singers / groups) ??

He did a few other goodies too. Though from Texas, he hooked up for a while with Ike Turner when that guy's Vesuvius & Pompeii labels were based down in Dallas ... A couple of his best cuts were included on the German released comp LP 'A Breast of Soul' back in the day.

The effect on the music ... as told by someone there at the time ...

The riots in LA kicked off in 65 ....

The riots in Baltimore started on the Saturday following MLK's murder & they continued non-stop for around 5 days. By that time, many parts of the city were in ruins. Just a couple of days later, the Impressions & their revue were booked to play a big local show. As it would have been just about impossible for the group to get to the city at that time, I'm sure the show was cancelled. I've also no idea if the big show planned @ the Civic Centre went ahead. This Balto show was to be staged at the same time that the Impressions were getting started on breaking from ABC Records and setting up Curtom. I guess they already had some acts lined up to join the new label and some of these just might have formed parts of their revue show back at that time.

Baltimore -- April 68 Most ghetto riots kicked off around this time because of MLK's death (the Detroit riots were different as heavy handed white cops raiding an after-hours black bar caused those) ... Many black owned stores / businesses were torched / looted. Record stores & warehouses were wrecked & looted. Clubs were closed (even if not damaged) as martial law was imposed. Many clubs stayed closed for some weeks as no one was going out late at night. Some venues were destroyed but even some of those that weren't attacked went out of business in the aftermath of the riots. Kenny Hamber told me that he & his group had been in Philly cutting some tracks that day & as they had been busy they didn't realise what had gone on. As they headed back to Baltimore in a van full of instruments / amps, they were soon pulled over by police / national guard units on the look-out for looters. It was only after the studio was phoned & confirmed their story, that they were allowed to head off to Balto. Needless to say, when they arrived back in the city, it was in flames.

Detroit -- July 67 .... these riots, MLK's assassination & the riots that followed + the Vietnam war both changed soul music in major ways ....

DC ... some months later ....... these kicked off after MLK's murder ...

Jim, along with Glen, were true soul gents ... he'll be much missed (as is Glen). ... back to 2009 ...

There are a few photos of the Clifton Halls (exterior) on-line but not all of them date from the 80's ... I'm also sure I've seen pics of the inside but they may have been old punta's photos.

We all live these days with 'rose coloured' glasses' on regarding the past ..... the rekkids spun were superior, the clubs were better, the crowd was more together, the ladies were sexier, ETC ETC. . . . BUT as we start to fade away, our memories become much cloudier .... I have an old diary from 1967, so I know what I did every weekend that year and seeing my old scribblings joggs the memory and I recall lots of info that was slipping slowly away .... HOWEVER ... in 1968, I didn't keep a diary and though that was a major year for allniter attending (Wheel etc), I have no idea which weekends I went or exactly who I saw .... very annoying. GETTING BACK TO THIS THREAD So, I thought ... there's loads of old soul articles posted up on the net, why not copy a few across to this thread to remind folk of some facts that were captured back when the memories were much fresher. If the thread proves popular, I'll post more stuff up from back in the day .... LET'S BEGIN ...

The silver plastic labels on UK Spring 45's started to appear (on later releases) around early 1979. So was "House For Sale" repressed at the end of the decade ... I guess so.

No idea, believe the plans for a #2 were scrapped years ago. . . . . BUT surely CHAPTER 6 of the existing book is enough compensation for everyone.

Well I can believe that you'd put a photoshopped pic out Kegsy, coz it's the sort of prank you'd do to wind everyone on the scene up. I like it when you go after soul folk just to get em riled-up.

So if the building was known as the Empress Ballroom in 1962 but had become the Wigan Casino by summer 1968, when did the name change occur ?? I know that had a decent few soul acts on live during that mid to late 60's time period (from UK acts like Harlem Jonns Reshuffle theu to US outfits like Ike & Tina Turner).

60's KING MOJO . . . >>> 70's (mainly off the scene but ) Rudy's, Scarboro ... >>> ... 80's >>> Clifton Halls . . .. 90's ... >>> 100 Club .. . Y2K . . . >>> Twisted Wheel (Whitworth St) ... this decade ... >>> Cleggy Weekender

I think I took these two pictures of Lou performing on his gig at the Queens Hall ... but we did so many shows in a short period & it was almost (exactly) 27 years ago, so I can't be sure. Can anyone confirm that this looks like the downstairs room at Queens Hall !!

I always found it weird that amongst the gold discs, US concert posters & assorted memorabilia Darryl Hall has hung on his studio walls, that there's a poster for a show staged in Coventry that he had nothing to do with !!