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That copy was from popsike- I believe from a sale in 2017.

Here's one-

I found this Spanish label release with the writers listed as Covay/Knight/ Otis which seems about right- it does sound like it could have been cut around the time of "Letter Full Of Tears. To be fair,I've also seen the writers listed as Goffin/ King which doesn't sound like one of their songs-

All prices in pounds, all U.S. issues unless noted- William Cummings- "Make My Love ..." Bang Bang - 2366 Len Jewell- "All My Good Lovin' " PZAZZ- 699 Johnny McCall- "I Need You" Alteen DJ 951 Joe Bataan- "Gypsy Woman" Fania DJ 210 High Keyes- "Livin' A Lie" Verve DJ 913 Herb Ward- "Strange Change" Argo 870 Papa Bear and the Cubs "You're So Fine- SMS 5618 Bill Griffin- "Tryin' To Run A Game..." Naptown 445 Mighty Lovers- Mighty Lover" Boo-Ga-Loo 284 (yellow label) Dobie Gray- "Out On The Floor" REO (Canada) 348 Mark IV - "It's So Easy" Champ 368 Kenny Shepard- "What Difference..." MAXX 430 Larry Atkins- "Ain't That Love..." Highland 420 Charles Brandy- "Without Your Love' Blue Cat DJ 1217 ** Ad Libs - "N.Y. In The Dark" A.G.P. 394 Lou Johnson- "Unsatisfied" U.K. London 145 Sam & Kitty "I've Got Something Good" 4 Bros, DJ 348 (pre- Atco distribution) Timothy Wilson- "I Must Love You" Sky-Disc 516 Stoppers- "Come Back Baby" Jubilee 262 **may have gone higher- paid for immediately

"My World..." was actually released in May of 1967. The Detroit riots happened at least a month later so there really is no correlation between the song and the riots. See #25 on the survey-

"Desiree" was the A side in the U.S., not sure what happened in Australia -

Okay - so the title is spelled differently and it's not exactly the same song but... how did the new version also come with a new writer ? Does anyone know?

All prices in pounds- All U.S. releases except where noted- Al Williams- " I Am Nothing" La Beat DJ- 6680 Rotations- "A Changed Man" - Frantic DJ - 452 E. Lampkin/ Invaders- "Music Turn Me Loose" - Earth- 408 Al McCarther- "His True Love For You" - Two Guitars- !005 Benny Spellman- "This Is My Love For You" - Alon (Manship Mint) - 198 Topics- "She's So Fine" - Carnival DJ- 176 Billy Keene- "Wishin' And Hopin" - Vault- 295 Dena Barnes- "If You Ever..." - Inferno DJ - 756 Jeffrey Allen- "Dilly Dilly" - Mala- 210 Lester Tipton/ Masqueraders- "This Won't Change"/ "How" - Grapevine U.K. DJ- 95 Master Plan- "(The Girl In) Clinton Park" - Fos-Glo- 116 Mr. Flood's Party- "Compared To What" Ember U.K. DJ- 212 Jimmy Armstrong..... - "You're Getting Next To Me Baby"- Brothers 3- 128 John Drevar's Expression- "The Closer She Gets" MGM U.K. DJ- 1007 Bileo- "You Can't Win" - MTU/ Watts City- 715 Majestics- "I Love Her So Much..." Linda DJ- 510 Shawn Robinson- "My Dear Heart' - Minit- 446 Olympics- "The Same Old Thing" ( mispress with alt. version) - Mirwood- 1005

I can't find any mention or ad of Charles Mintz in Record World in 1969, ( there is a mention of his followup single in 1970) but I did find this survey with the flip side of the single at #24-

Wasn't expecting this when the Walmart ad started -

Here's the results. All prices in pounds, all U.S. issues unless noted- Four Tracks- "Like My Love For You" - Mandingo -1638 Trips- "Love Can't Be Modernized" (H mix) - Soundville- 1129 Appreciations- "It's Better To Cry" - Sport - 1441 Edith Brown- "You Did It" - Four Brothers- 4752 Dontells- "Ain'tcha My Baby- Vee Jay DJ - 1100 Betty Wright- "Paralyzed" - Deep City- 400 Miracles- "I'll Try Something New" - Tamla 1 sided promo w/pic sleeve- 76 Marke Jackson- "I'll Never Forget You" - Jamie promo- 143 Narvel Felts- "Girl Come Back" - Renay autographed - 568 Gentleman June Gardner- "It's Gonna Rain" - Emarcy promo - 74 Lou Rawls- "When Love Goes Wrong" Capitol UK DJ- 164 Wade Flemons- mispress that plays "Where Did You Go Last Night" Vee Jay DJ - 244 Pretenders/ John Edwards - Kent City U.K. test press- 250 Helene Smith - "Thrill And Chills" - LLoyd - 165 Jean Carter- "Like One" Decca promo - 222 Anthony Hall- "Baby Girl Of Mine" - Virtue- 91 Jimmy Conwell- "Cigarette Ashes" - Mirwood promo- 175 Richard "Popcorn" Wylie- "Rosemary....." Karen- 347 Melba Moore- "The Magic Touch" Horace U.K. test press- 256

It's actually Anacrusis Music (from Record World -June 30, 1973)

That picture was taken from the September 1, 1962 issue of Cashbox magazine. Here's something you might be interested in. I don't think the project ever got off the ground but would have been quite an album. I know Betty and Jerry did team up for the "Delicious Together album". From Record World- July 18,1964-

Pay no attention to the 1963 date- Cameo/ Parkway and their subsidiaries all put one date on their early to mid 60's labels. One-der-ful/ Mar-V-Lus and M-Pac also did the same thing. The Oscar Wright was most likely released in late 1966.

I'm Glad you liked it . If I find any more , I'll post them.

Here's a pic of Sam -

The lyrics in the snippet reference the Buckinghams "Don't You Care". The singer sounds a lot like this guy (Jim Peterik). Is this an obscure Ides of March track ?? -

I agree "Don't Say.." isn't top shelf Detroit but... if you listen to Holly's cringe inducing version of "Blueberry Hill" on the flip side, it sounds like she's singing over the San Remo String's version of the song-

I wanted to add that "My Darling Baby" was released another time with this as its flip side. I believe they meant to use #1011 instead of 1111 for the release number -

The Arabians were George Goodman, Clarence McClean, Charles Laird and Robert Tut. Sometime after the release of "(Please ) Take A Chance On Me", Edward left the group and was working with the New Falcons (Big Wheel) . None of the songs were ever released. The Fifes were Lou Beatty Jr., Jerome Crawford and Frankie Simms. One of the group ended up in prison and the Fifes broke up after this. In 1967, Edward reunited with the Arabians and released "I'm Gonna Love You Baby". Clarence McClean left the group soon after this. This may or may not be the reason for the name change to the New Looks. All this info comes from the liner notes to the Grapevine CD "Lou Beatty's Detroit Soul". And. it looks like "Baby Don't You Weep" was released in August of 1967, so 1968 seems like the correct year for "My Darling Baby. Here'a a survey with "Baby..." clocking in at #40 -

I did find an article in Billboard about "Bob" Bateman from January, 1966 but it also included a lot of info about other producers. However, this article from Record World (November 27, 1965) shows things were in progress earlier-

From Record World (Feb. 16, 1965) -

Here's another Andre WIlliams/ Myto Music/ Detroit recording that ended up with a Mercury label-