The Yank
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"You Don't Love Me " also got some airplay in Detroit ( #27) -
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Discogs also posted his passing. Besides his great singles, as Al Hamilton he wrote many classic tunes- "Hungry For Love", "Real Humdinger", "Headline News" , "Stop Her On Sight", "You're My Mellow" and many 45's for the Fantastic Four. R.I.P. Al !!
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Sussex Productions was formed in 1966 according to this article from the November 12th issue of Billboard-
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Both of Terri's 45's were released in 1967. "Geni"/ "When I'm In Your Arms" was reviewed by Cashbox in their April 22 issue. "When..." was a Best Bet and "Geni" received a B+ rating. "Straighten Up and Fly Right" was another Best Bet and was reviewed in the October 7, 1967 issue.
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The song was used in season 2 of "Mad Men" -
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Mr. Moers also was involved with these two-
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I"m not an expert on 60's record industry lingo but, it looks like Del La Rose(??) was an owner of Hi-Lite/REM/ Pillar-
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According to the book "Come And Get These Memories", Brian's wife Sharon did have a mother named Dorothy Pierce. But... I can't confirm that name was used by H/D/H to work outside of Motown.
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You might want to tell Johnny "does this for a living" Manship that "Joey Byers" who wrote "Somebody's Always Trying" for Ted Taylor(auction ends 19/05/2021) is actually Joy Byers the wife of Bob Johnston. No one is perfect- we all make mistakes sometimes.
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I think Nick is right -
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And here's a later single written by Valerie-
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I've never seen any 45's on the Big D label in Chicago. I did see a couple of the Tempos "Don't Leave Me" in Chicago stores though and a Diamond Jim 45 but I don't remember which one. I can't say where or how much effort Amy/ Mala/ Bell put into promoting the Big D label but, they did think enough of the label and Mr. Bo to include them in this Cashbox ad from July, 1967.
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"I Ain't Gonna Suffer"was also distributed by Bell -
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Most of the Riley's releases got airplay in Detroit and Cleveland. The Tempos "Don't Leave Me" did pick up some airplay in Miami (#37). Major Lance's "You Don't Want Me" also did well on the survey.
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Here's the back of the Cd previously mentioned (the song is at 22) - the song was not released. I'm not sure what the seller is trying to do -
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By 1968, the labels also had a branch office in Los Angeles (from Billboard's August 31st issue)
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Another 45 by Al, "Black Lady" got some airplay in Chicago -
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I'm not sure about the James Velvet =James Ellis theory. According to the liner notes of the Ace CD "The Satintones Sing!", James Ellis left the music business after the Satintones split up.
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Cashbox describes the song as "a soulful ballad".
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I did some snooping on you tube and someone says Don Oriolo told them the group was from Newark, New Jersey. Another person says this singer was part of the group-
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This is the only info I could find on the group besides details about their 45 - (from Cashbox - July, 1972)
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Billboard ad from April '62-
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I'm glad you cleared that up- the rest of the records that were mentioned did have some kind of Detroit connection- that one made no sense which is why I posted it. I knew someone would have the answer.
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In Mark Ribowsky's book "The Supremes- A Saga Of .....", the author says the Primettes did backup work on the following songs- Eddie Floyd- "I'm Her Yo Yo Man", Wilson Pickett's "Let Me Be Your Boy", Gene Martin's "Lonely Nights", James Velvet's "Boquet Of Flowers", Al Garner's "All I Need Is You", James Dee's "My Pride", Don Revels "Return Of Stagger Lee" and "several songs by Gino Washington".
