The Yank

Hi again Lorraine, I've got another question for you. In the book "Groovesville U.S.A.", it says you got started doing backing vocals on records at Motown and for Ollie McLaughlin. Do you remember any of those sessions? Sorry to be such a pest .

Fair enough- I was only a little, little boy at the time the record came out.

Hi again Lorraine! Just a quick question for you- I know "What Can I Do" was first released on Giant. How did RCA get involved and end up signing you to the label ?

Hi Lorraine, I was trying to point out that Deniece Williams' real name is Deniece Chandler. I think someone thought she might have been you because of the same last name.

"Free", "I've Got The Next Dance", "it's Gonna Take A Miracle", "Let's Hear it For The Boy" etc. etc.

Deniece Chandler = Deniece Williams . Tried to add this to post #167. Sorry !

Hello Lorraine, A big thank you for coming to Soul Source and talking to everyone. An even bigger thanks for all your Classic 45s from the 60s's !!

Pm'ed you a copy.

The Jimmy Mack that produced Alexander Patten was also known as James McKeachin and is not related to the other two Jimmys.

A few more for the list ... Dottie Cambridge = Dorothy Moore Del-phis = Vells= Martha & the Vandellas Pirates = Temptations Kenni Woods = Sandy Sheldon Yum Yums = Honey & the Bees Sandy Wynns = Edna Wright ( Honey Cone) Bessie Watson = Tobi Lark = Tobi Legend Deena Johnson = Jo Armstead Beverly Ann = Beverly Bremers

The "Tastiest Hits" album took selections from the Maxx album and from one on Sphere Sound. Track listing is as follows : Side One- "Letter Full Of Tears", "Either Way I Lose", "If I Should Ever Fall In Love", "Daybreak", "Maybe, Maybe Baby", "Every Beat Of My Heart". Side Two- "Giving Up", "Stop And Get A Hold Of Myself", "Lovers Always Forgive", "Tell Her You're Mine" and "Operator".

Benny Troy ?

Hi Tony, "Where Is That Girl" is the b side to "Truly Yours" on Motown #1093. Should be very easy to find a copy. Good luck !!

Just looked at the liner notes for "The Complete Motown Singles...1966" and it says they used a "monophonic synthesizer " on "...Hunter...".

What - the Tammi Terrell version doesn't even rank ???

The Brenda Holloway version is on the "Brenda Holloway- the Motown Anthology" 2 CD set from 2005.

The album is a legitimate reissue- Motown had the rights to the Hi Catalogue in the 80s and there are even Al Green 45s on the Motown Yesteryear label.

Not that I'm defending the seller but, there is an American Price Guide that has the value of "Just A Little Misunderstanding" at $750-$1000. The rest of the 45 prices are reasonable so I guess it's a typo that no one caught.

Hi Pete, I had both of them at one time but.. also tossed them. The T.K. one was called "Disco Party" The London one was "Star Discs". I remember buying both as cutouts so copies should be easily found on e-bay if you want to see what they look like.

I would recommend all of these- 1) "Groovesville U.S.A. - The Detroit Soul And R & B Index" - Keith Rylatt- everything you wanted to know about non- Motown Detroit and then some 2) "Tamla Motown- The Stories Behind the U.K. Singles" by Terry Wilson- very detailed info on 1965- 1976 releases. 3) "The Supremes" by Mark Ribowsky- good info and stories about other Motown acts weaved in the story line.

Sounds like the Soul Brothers- "Keep It Up" on Blue Cat.

Did a little research and this record is semi- Phil Spector related. When Arlene signed with Big Top, George Goldner (who owned End Records her former label ) was not thrilled and complained to Big Top. Burt Bacharach was supposed to produce her Big Top debut but was replaced by Phil Spector. Supposedly Phil got Arlene to leave Big Top, reunited her with former producer Richard Barrett who then produced "Good Girls". The record was then released on the one shot Spectorious label as a payback to Phil for getting her away from Big Top. All the above info came from "He's A Rebel" by Mark Ribowsky. I don't know how much of this I believe since it doesn't look like Barrett had anything to do with the record and if it was supposed to smooth things out with Goldner ,why is the label distributed by Rust? Rust/ Laurie were not Goldner labels.

Arlene was the lead singer of the Chantels. The record doesn't have anything to do with Phil Spector (the name might refer to Abner Spector) , I think they were trying to confuse people with the "Spectorious" name. The record does show up from time to time- not sure if the rare word applies to this one.

Mercury did date a lot of their releases in the U.S. the late 50's. I guess no one else thought it was a good idea. If you find out who to complain to, let me know, I'll drop them a line too .

I looked at the Big Maybelle discography, the Epic LP is actually an EP and I believe was from the late 50's. I know "Gabbin' Blues" and "I Got A Feeling" were on the EP, can't remember what the other two songs were.