looking for a rare soul music song from the 1970s

[ella_neeman]

Hi,
My name is Ella Neeman and I live in Tel Aviv, Israel.
I hope you could help me identify a soul music song from the 1970s.
My father recorded it back in the late 1970s [['76 or '77) from WGOV Valdosta GA radio station when he was a student at The Florida State University in Tallahassee.

It's a real mystery, neither Shazam nor Soundhound were able to pick it up. Googling the lyrics wasn't any help either, and nothing on Reddit's threads [["tip of my tongue", "name that song", "vinyl collectors", "1970s" etc.).

Does it ring a bell for you?

here's the original recording:
https://youtu.be/Oj2znLgFdjM [[https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FOj2znLgFdjM&data=04%7C01%7C%7C14e938aa980c427c03ea08d9c22cb40c %7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C6377 54319518199414%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4 wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6M n0%3D%7C3000&sdata=uc9YE%2FlVokxte93Yw7nU3ipoKu93tQrple9cU1OWBk I%3D&reserved=0)
and here's a cleaned version someone sent me:
https://youtu.be/PA8XGNcoj3w [[https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FPA8XGNcoj3w&data=04%7C01%7C%7C14e938aa980c427c03ea08d9c22cb40c %7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C6377 54319518199414%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4 wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6M n0%3D%7C3000&sdata=zgBb8KCs5JLZSOM4fBGzeheOiAehimyaI0j%2BU4H5Lt Y%3D&reserved=0)


Thank you so much!
Ella

[grapevine]

Hi Ella

...this sounds like a group song...? ...what was your father's singing name...?...and was he in a group...?

:)

[Graham Jarvis]

Hi
its by Frankie Karl & The Dreams "Don't Be Afraid [[Do As I Say)" from 1968.The group are from Washington D.C. Link Below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j81u6hkDa

[snakepit]

Are you sure Graham
I've had Frankie Karl track for years...doesn't sound like it to me..
.dates from 1968 I think

[Graham Jarvis]

Your probably right!
On the 2nd cleaned version you can just pick up a key riff from the record
"Do It I Said Baby Baby " which threw me.

On listening over and over it sounds like "Baby Baby Please" Timothy Wilson covered it along with the "New Cymbals" & the Sensations but don't recognise the other?

This is fun!