Cleo Randle - Big City Lights

THE BEAT VOL. 1 SHOW #4 RECORDED JANUARY 31, 1966.
7. CLEO RANDLE - BIG CITY LIGHTS.
THIS ARTIST IS FROM CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, WHO RECORDED GOSPEL MUSIC AS CLEO JACKSON RANDLE FOR THE CHESS RECORDS SUBSIDIARY CHECKER BEFORE TRYING HER HAND AT RHYTHM & BLUES IN THE MID 1960S. SHE SIGNED WITH CHICAGO'S TINY STA-SET RECORDS IN 1966. THAT SAME YEAR CLEO RECORDED ' YOU GOT EVERYTHING B/W BIG CITY LIGHTS FOR THE LABEL (THAT SOON FOLDED) BEFORE RETURNING TO GOSPEL MUSIC. THOUGH THIS RECORD DIDN'T DO MUCH AT THE TIME, IT HAS GONE ON TO BECOME A MINOR 'NORTHERN SOUL' CLASSIC IN ENGLAND. CREDIT INFORMATION FROM THE BOOKLET THAT CAME WITH THE DVD.