Ian Levine and Cindy

[lakeside]

Does anyone know why Ian Levine never recorded Cindy Birdsong? Except for Ross, I think he recorded all of the other Supremes.

[TomatoTom123]

Mmm, good question, lakeside. I bet Ian would have wanted to, so it was probably Cindy that chose not to work with him. :)

[luke]

Great question for which I have no answer! She did have a contract with another label in UK but I'd think she could have recorded after that expired.

[TomatoTom123]

Interestingly I just found out that Cindy had a single out on Hi-Hat Records entitled "Dancing Room" in late 1987... which is just about when Ian Levine started recording former Motown artists!

[lakeside]

Yes, Cindy recorded a few things..."Dancing Room" one of them for
Hi-Hat records in the UK before they folded. Prior to that, I believe she was in the early version of the FLOS....about a hot minute. I thought she would have been a good candidate for Levine about that time as he was busy recording all those Motown singers.

[thommg]

Yes, Cindy recorded a few things..."Dancing Room" one of them for
Hi-Hat records in the UK before they folded. Prior to that, I believe she was in the early version of the FLOS....about a hot minute. I thought she would have been a good candidate for Levine about that time as he was busy recording all those Motown singers.

Did Cindy record on any of the early FLO's recordings?

[johnny_raven]

Does anyone know why Ian Levine never recorded Cindy Birdsong? Except for Ross, I think he recorded all of the other Supremes.

In the book OFF THE RECORD by Reg Bartlette, there is a list of Motorcity Artists and songs that were recorded [[as of June 1990). Cindy is on the list with 1 song called "Yesterday's Love." I don't know if there were any vocals laid down, but I never heard it. Ian Levine wrote the forward to the book, so I would assume this list would be correct.

[144man]

Ian Levine provided Motorcity members with a list of artists and songs, and "Yesterday's Love" did indeed appear on this list. As the tracks were released, whether on solo singles and albums or on various artist CDs, I used to make a note of the catalogue number[[s) on my copy of the list. Since I have not written a number against "Yesterday's Love", I'm fairly sure it was never released at the time.

[luke]

Interesting JR. I've got the impression that after Cindys attempted comeback and being temporarily "stranded " in U.K., she'd had enough of the music business and concentrated on the ministry.

[Jimi LaLumia]

I spent a lovely afternoon with Cindy when "Dancing Room" was released; we did a great interview, she was fab, she was being managed by Bernard Jay, who was also managing Divine at the time..Cindy's single never got a U.S. release despite Bernard telling me that it would..12897

[longtimefan]

A couple of versions of "Dancing Room" are available on YouTube.

[marv2]

Did Cindy record on any of the early FLO's recordings?

No she did not.

[daviddh]

she was with Flos in the beginning but was replaced by Lynda Lawrence again when another record co wined and dined her. I think it all fell thru