The Yank

Thanks for posting this - brought back a lot of good memories!

Just wanted to add one more twist to the plot- theoriginal6tssoulman was barbadosmickey on e-bay up until a few days ago. Let's see what happens next ......

It was never released as a single in the U.S., probably didn't see release in the U.K. . "Forget You Ever Met Me" is on "Barbara McNair- The Ultimate Motown Collection " CD from 2003.

These three can be added to the list - 1) Staple Singers- "Why (Am I Treated So Bad)" 2) Liz Lands- "We Shall Overcome" 3) Impressions- "We're A Winner"

"My Heart Is Calling You" is from the Four Tops Forever boxed set from 2001. The song was written by Mr. Wilson and MARC Gordon. I've never heard of any other Motown version but there could be one in the vaults somewhere.

Here's a few more for the list- 1) "Kiss My Love Goodbye" - Bettye Swann 2) "Not My Girl" - Johnny Hampton 3) "You Didn't Say A Word" - Yvonne Baker 4) "My Weakness Is You" - Edwin Starr 5) "I Have Faith In You" - Edwin Starr 6) "Put Your Arms Around Me" - Sherrys 7) "Cheatin Kind" - Don Gardner 8) "You've Been Gone Too Long"- Ann Sexton 9) "Night Owl" - Bobby Paris 10)"Burning Sensation" Robby Lawson 11)"I'll Be Loving You"- Soul Brothers Six 12) "Stubborn Heart" - Ernest Mosely 13) "Crazy Baby" - Coasters 14) "Tainted Love"- Gloria Jones 15) "Tell Me Baby" - Karmello Brooks 16) "No One Could Love You More"- Gladys Knight

Stevie Wonder was in one of the Frankie Avalon / Annette Funicello beach movies. "Beach Blanket Bingo" ??

There's a remake by Jackie Lee (aka Earl Nelson) on "The Duck" album on Mirwood.

E-bay has been having problems with their servers since Saturday. They promise "full search functionality" to be restored some time today. If you want to read more on it, go to the Announcements section.

Is it Curtis Lee ??

Denise Lasalle "A Love Reputation" on Tarpon can be added to the list .

I think (wild guess) it's Rosie from Rosie and the Originals who had a hit with "Angel Baby" and later a Northern release on Wax World ??

There is a third variation on the Despenza label- the release # is 470 and looks like the label on the left with Melvin's name on it shown in post #17. Don't own a copy - it is mentioned in the Soul Harmony book by Hunt, Kline and Beck.

I agree with Bob - getting the record for $5.00 instead of 9.99 and then getting you to throw in another record for free isn't much of a happy ending !

Is it Jeanette Harper of "Put Me In Your Pocket" fame ?

If you go on the Motown 50 web site, it says they are taking pre-orders on the second batch which is supposed to be out at the end of the month. I'm not sure when this was posted.

Just heard Fayette Pinkney from the Three Degrees passed away on June 27th. She was the only consistent member of the group from the early 60s until the mid 70's.

Thanks for the tip- it's so nice to be able to do a quick search and not get a message saying since you are a frequent user we would like you to join for the year. Bless ya !!

I don't know what e-bay is up to. When I looked on Sunday there were about 27,000 items under R & B. On Monday there was 16,000.Sometimes there is an R & B category, other times I found a Soul category,today there is an R&B/Soul category. If you try to narrow your search to R & B 45s, it defaults to all 45s. I've seen 45s disappear when I check back to see what's been added. I contacted them about it, hope it gets fixed soon !

"I Have Faith In You" or "My Weakness Is You "

Osborne still isn't accurate- if you look at the 19th edition (2008?) he has "Just A Little Misunderstanding" by the Contours as a $750- 1000 record !

"Take Me To The River " was released as a 45 on Hi. It was Hi #2285- b side is "Could I Be Falling In Love".

Sylvia was Sylvia Robinson who was recording in the early 50s as Little Sylvia, later teamed up with Mickey Baker for "Love Is Strange" and then ran the Vibration, Stang, All Platinum labels. In the 80s's she started Sugar Hill Records. I've read she wrote "Pillow Talk" for Al Green who was not at all interested so she released the record on her own.

The original issue of the 45 had the title as "Spring Song".

It's a remake- just look at the producer's credits. Many companies remade songs hoping the buyer wouldn't catch it was a remade version.