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I just think that Tommy had first known the song as 'Alone' and that title just stuck in his head. 'I Love You' and 'That's The Way Love Is' was the group's first Ge Ge record. The group's second one on Ge Ge didn't credit Tom Storm.

I know he changed the spelling when African Americans began to reject slave names in the 1970s. I've used the first spelling as that's what it was at the time of these 1960's recordings. (When he was at school, his teacher asked him what he wanted to be and he said a doctor, and after that he classmates began teasing him and the nickname stuck.) I'll amend it on Part 2 - when he was with Westbound and Motown in the 1970s.

I don't think it was ever recorded - there was the basic structure/lyrics for the song, which Don Davis and Lee Rogers changed. I see 'That's The Way Love Is' is credited to Rogers on the Ge Ge label.

Hi, Robb I just found this interview with Joe Harris: In the summer of 1962, one month after graduating from Northeastern High School, Joe was taken by a well-known artist named Lee Rogers, to a club in Detroit called The Village. There he met with Thomas Hester (aka Tommy Stone), Richard Street, McKinley Jackson, and Ronnie Abner to form the Fabulous Peps. They were immediately signed to the Thelma Record Label in Detroit. Their first recording was a song track written and produced by Norman Whitfield on Tommy Stone. The song was originally titled “Alone”. Don Davis and Lee Rogers rewrote the lyrics and called the song “This Love I Have for You”. The A Side was a song called “I Love You Baby”. It's here: https://www.therealundisputedtruth.com/joe-pep-harris

Harry Gates died a long time ago, but I did interview one of the singers from The Caravelles - Harry was the lead singer on that Star Maker 45 and as said, he also recorded on Enterprise as Lee Gates. The Caravelles joined Dave Hamilton and were about to record under a new name - I have a photo of them in uniforms - but it all fell through. I should have asked about The Dramatics' recordings as I now believe Toy Soldier is by 'The Caravelles', led by Harry Gates.

Here's another one now on YouTube....

Glad you enjoyed it. I've now put the first part of my Calvin 'Doc' Stephenson interview online and hope you like that, too...

I'm now editing my interview with Calvin Stephenson, who recorded with The Magic Tones on Ram-Brock - and other labels such as Wheelsville USA and Westbound. Hopefully Part 1 should be done by the weekend.

I wish I'd asked Cody if that's Mike Terry playing bari' sax on 'Going Going Gone' - it probably is.

Thanks -- I am guessing that's a Billboard article and it's likely that Cody is top left.

Cheers, Robb I will add some other interviews to YouTube before too long. The problem is the poor sound quality of many that I taped, and not all the interviewees are as good at storytelling as Melvin and Cody. I've just listened to the Emanuel Laskey interview I did and his voice sounds weak - he was too far from the microphone, but I will see if I can enhance it with the aid of software.

It's in two parts.... and the second part....

I'll make a new thread, but I have just uploaded the Melvin Davis interview, which is in two parts: .... and Part 2 -

Cody did visit the UK and perform, and no doubt that was a positive, life-affirming experience for him. I'm glad you enjoyed the interview - listening to him speak makes the words more powerful. The next one coming online will be Melvin Davis. .

An edited interview is now on YouTube....

Cheers.... I'm working on my Cody Black interview recording and that should be on YouTube quite soon.

My interview with Tommy is now online...

The interview I did with Ronnie Abner is now on YouTube and the one with Tom Storm should be uploaded in the next day or two....

Sam did some great stuff with the help of Joe Hunter and the other musicians. Could you understand him - and me?! He has quite a strong accent. Hopefully my Ronnie Abner interview will on YouTube in the next day or so. I'll keep you informed

It's taken me a while, but finally the interviews that I recorded a good few years ago are getting sorted out and there's now a video on YouTube of one with Sam... the sound quality isn't great, but hopefully you get the gist: The plan is to upload more in the near future.... I'm now working through ones with both Tom Storm and Ronnie Abner - two of The Fabulous Peps

Yes, the recording was done on a cheap Radio Shack cassette machine and mic. At the time - in the late 1990s - I wasn't thinking of using the interview recordings; I just wanted to a record of what was being said. In case you didn't understand, here are some salient points: At about 1:05 to 1:40 - Tommy says he once sang in The Flame Show Bar, when he was 19. His mother managed to get him in and he sang some jazz songs. At about 1:48 he mentions Jackson Park... At about 2:30 he talks about Eddie Kendricks At about 4:05, Tommy talks Eddie and others telling him about Jackson Park - I get the impression T Eddie also went to the talent contest in Windsor.

Did Tom Storm debut "Alone" in an Emancipation Day concert there in 1959? No. Many Detroit amateur acts went to Jackson Park in Windsor for the Emancipation festival and I was simply letting people here know where Jackson Park is. Didn't you hear Tom mention Jackson Park in the MP3 segment? Tom sang a Platters' song (My Prayer) there in the late 1950s and won the talent contest. Ronnie Abner's group in the 1950s (The Vibratones) won the talent show there the year before. (Ronnie teamed up with Tom around 1962).

You're right about it being an office/practice room. I recall others talking about it prior to the move to the office/practice room on Grand River. You've totally lost me on the 'tea in China' comment.

PS: Jackson Park in Windsor (over the river from Detroit) used to hold Emancipation Day festivals.

Here's another segment of my interview - this being near the start. Maybe I shouldnot have talked about Richard Street - but he recorded for for Thelma Records and became Thelma's (Berry's ex) boyfriend. Tom mentions a ' studio' on John R and Edmund. You can find that location on Google Maps. I think he's a talking about a place the Colemans (Thelma's family) had before moving to Grand River - that Daco period. Tom II.mp3