The Yank

Here's the rest of the article which mentions Clifford's next release on Blackhawk . Has anyone ever seen the Blackhawk 45 ?

I've had the Paulette and the Cupids on the regular label but have never seen a DJ copy. The 45 doesn't show up often- I've seen 4-5 copies over the last 10-15 years. The Paulette and the Cupids is probably from 1965. Here's a copy of the Pepi 45 (Prism #1920) which Jan Bradley also had some involvement with. The single did very well in Battle Creek, Michigan going up to #5.

Here's a pic of the DJ-

Record World ad from Nov. '66 -

Barbara Cooper was auctioned off during the week of Dec. 9th- ending price was 340 pounds.

James Brown"s "Don't Be A Dropout" was another song associated with the Youth Opportunity Program -

All prices in pounds, All records U.S. copies unless noted. Soul Construction Co. - "Work It Out That Way" 444 Sam Dees- "Lonely For You Baby" 1128 Barbara Lynn I"m A Good Woman" 262 Kittens - "Wait A Minute" 301 Bobby Blue Bland- "2 Steps From the Blues" album U.K. press - 91 Rivingtons "A Rose Growing In The Ruins" (U.K. promo) 217 Ray Pollard - "It's A Sad Thing" (U.K. issue) 184 Carl Carlton - "I Can Feel It" 162 Temptations "Girl Why You Wanna Make Me Blue" (U.K. promo) - 600 Turley Richards - "I Feel Alright" Columbia promo 792 Daryl Pediford - "Summer Comes Along" 346 Carstairs "It Really Hurts Me Girl:" (U.S. promo) 354

Hi Zanetti! Merry Christmas to you ! I will attempt to fill in for you .

Some more Philly Soul for X-Mas -

I doubt if Artie was Amnon's father but I guess they could be related.

And Dorothy Moore was also known as -

According to the liner notes to the "Lou Beatty's Detroit Soul CD", James Hendrix moved back to Nashville after he became unhappy with the Detroit music scene. The partnership between Hendrix and Beatty was never dissolved but nothing really happened after the Carrie 45's.

X-Mas Classic !

Great XMas track from Stevie -

I don't think that sounds like Jo at all or that it's a female vocal. It sounds a bit like Nick Ashford -

I believe the Star- Treks ended at 282 pounds.

By the time the Gems' "I'll Be There" came out ('67) the Chicago based Gems had evolved into the Starlets (not to be confused with the "Better Tell Him No" group) according to discogs.

I would say the Drifters "There Goes My Baby" definitely started the trend of strings in Soul Music. But, there were earlier examples like this from 1956 -

Deposit sent.

One thing is for sure, Cholli was not a male singer as this Cashbox review seems to suggest -

I looked on popsike and found a few copies that were sold. They went from 17-33 pounds. I think the price on discogs is wishful thinking on the seller's part.

Five have sold since 2016 according to popsike. Prices go from around $500 to about $1300 depending on condition.

That's close to my copy- mine has a little more hiss.

I don't know what's going on with the 45- it's a cut out- there is no snap, crackle or pop but it does have some a little more hiss than there should be.

I recently got the 45 in what looks like mint - condition. But... when I played it , it was on the noisy side. Are they all like this or did I get a defective copy ?