One of the weirdest things that happened in the Gospel to Soul transition occurred when the Valentinos
covered the Womack Brothers "Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray" and turned it into "Lookin' For A Love". Same
group, same arrangement, just different lyrics.
I just tried it and everything worked fine. After you type in the title of what you're selling, it should take
you to another page. After you put in a pic, it asks for item specifics which you can then put in R & B ,
Soul, Northern Soul etc.
Sad to hear about this- the Dells had hits in the 50's, 60's, 70's and
80's and kept recording long after that. I can still hear those 60's
dj's introducing their records- "The pride and joy of Harvey, Illinois,
the mighty, mighty Dells -
Does anyone know if the Ron Bollons mentioned in the 2 pics are the same person?
The distributors were based on Guilford Street which is also one of the labels mentioned-
Not 100% sure but... I've heard that the Hollywood Flames, The Tangiers (Decca), Jets (Aladdin), ? Marks (Swing Time) ,
Turks (Cash) and the Satellites (Class) are basically all the same group ! I think there were a few more aliases also.
According to Ollie McLaughlin's liner notes to "Detroit Gold Vol. 2", he describes the Gambrells as "a Detroit high school
group" that he signed after they did the back up vocals to Deon Jackson's "Love Makes The World Go Round" in one take.
No photos or group member names were in the notes.