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  1. The Yank
    No big deal !
  2. The Yank
    In the words of Van McCoy... "to each his own, that's my philosophy, I don't know whats right for you, you don't know what's right for me.........."
  3. The Yank
    I might sound like a Chicago song to you but every time I hear the song, the first thing I think of is "Heatwave" by Martha and the Vandellas.
  4. The Yank
    Here's another less obvious one- Porgy and the Monarchs- "That Girl". I know you're thinking that sounds nothing like a Motown record but compare it to the Downbeats unreleased "You Say You Love Me".
  5. The Yank
    Here's a few more for the Motown Soundalikes list- Lillie Bryant- "Meet Me Halfway" Tina Britt- "The Real Thing" This next one isn't so obvious- Larry Atkins- "Ain't That Love Enough" sounds suspiciously like Brenda Holloway's unreleased "We'll Keep On Rolling"
  6. The Yank
    There were Soulettes groups in Chicago and Detroit. Also at least 2 or 3 Sequins groups.
  7. The Yank
    The Soul Train/ Solar group was Shalamar.
  8. The Yank
    Here's a few more- Toys- "Lover's Concerto" Lorraine Chandler- "What Can I Do" Leon Haywood- "Baby Reconsider" Connie Clark- "My Sugar Baby"
  9. The Yank
    There's at least 3 Velvets- the 50's Doo Wop group, the 60's group who recorded for Monument and the Northern group with the hyphen in its name- Vel-Vets. Lots of Brothers and Sisters too .
  10. The Yank
    Here's a few more for the list- Specials (Marc)/ Specials ( Satch) and the Specials on Two Tone were all different groups and so were these- Reflections (Golden World) / Reflections (Capitol) Valentines (Rama)/ Valentines (Ludix) Valentines (Sound Stage 7) Avons (Hull) were a different group from the one who recorded on Excello and Sound Stage 7 And some quick trivia - the Royals (Detroit) changed their name to the Midnighters to avoid being confused with the Five Royales (Apollo) (who started out as the Royal Sons) who had recently signed to King.
  11. The Yank
    I guess the Reflections on Golden World being the same group as the one on Tigre is one of those urban legends- whoever started it must not have checked their sources. I stand corrected.
  12. The Yank
    The Reflections on Crossroads were a different group. The Reflections did have two prior releases prior to "...Romeo and Juliet"- "In The Still Of The Night" on Tigre and "Helpless" on Kay-Ko.
  13. The Yank
    You're right- they took the writing credits from the B side ("Can't You Tell By The Look In My Eyes") and used them for "(Just Like) Romeo & Juliet".
  14. The Yank
    The Lana release is definitely a reissue. Someone must have made a mistake with the songwriter credits. It wouldn't be the first time.
  15. The Yank
    There's also a version by Ike and Tina Turner on Innis.
  16. The Yank
    Sad to hear about this- Eddie did a lot of work in the late 60's/ early 70's with mostly female artists (Diane Cunningham, The Lovelites, Sunday Williams, Candace Love and of course the Classic Sullivans) and left us with some great 45's .
  17. The Yank
    The term "Soul" was in common usage before 1963. Here's some of the liner notes from the 1961(?) album "The Soul Of Ike and Tina Turner". "Soul in the past few years has become a very successful commercial term, more often than not, it is just a commercial term". I think it would be almost impossible to find the 1st usage of "Soul" to describe the musical form.
  18. The Yank
    Billboard may not have used the most accurate or up to date terms to describe their charts but, they were well aware of what was going on in Music. Here's the cover of a 90 page supplemental issue from June 24, 1967 -
  19. The Yank
    The version on the Disco Trek album runs 4:32.
  20. The Yank
    The Temptations CD "You've Got To Earn It" has four fine performances from Paul - "I Can't Think Of A Thing At All", "I Now See You Clear Through My Tears", "Last One Out Is Brokenhearted" and "Forever In My Heart".
  21. The Yank
    Also released as a Brazilian EP.
  22. The Yank
    The single just missed the Pop Top 10( #12) in the U.S during the week of June 14, 1969 so I would guess May '69 would be more likely.
  23. The Yank
    The Spiral Starecase's album was also titled More Today Than Yesterday".
  24. The Yank
    Here's another addition to the list- Natalie Cole passed away on December 31,2015.
  25. The Yank
    I remember seeing this when it was first listed and didn't think much about it. Completely astounded !!!


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