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The
Rose Battiste Story
THE STUDIOS
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The label was named after Thelma
Gordy (Berry's first wife), the company was owned by her
parents, Hazel and Robert Coleman.
(courtesy
Graham Finch)
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Rose's two
Thelma sides were recorded at Detroit's United Sound
Studios on 2nd Avenue when she was just 16 years
old. I Can't Leave You has Don Davis' customary
stamp of high quality, with watertight production and a
strong beat that typifies the emerging Detroit sound.
The
flip, Someday, belies Rose's tender age and she
told me how she overcame her teenage shyness to deliver such
a vocal punch, "Mrs. Coleman said to me, 'turn around
with your back to us and face the wall,' and that's how
I did it!"
Unfortunately the 45, like other Thelma
releases, didn't achieve the success that it deserved.
Once things started to dissolve at Thelma, Rose followed Don
to the Golden World studios on West Davison, where he'd
established a new base.
Notes thanks to
Graham
Finch
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DESIGN
AND GRAPHICS BY
LOWELL BOILEAU
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