Motortowners in Miami

[jsmith]

A few old club ads from over 50 years ago ......
3577

[jsmith]

Here's another one from around 18 months earlier ........
3578

[jsmith]

AND yet another, this time a show featuring 4 Detroit acts in Sept 66 .......
3579

[jsmith]

The earliest ad yet .........
3580
This club was situated in Coconut Grove however most of the black clubs back then were based in the Overtown area of the city.
Even if an act [[says the Supremes) were playing gigs at a Miami Beach Hotel, they would have to stay in a hotel in Overtown.
These hotels housed some of the best clubs / function rooms & the acts would jam till the early hours whilst staying [[after getting back from performing down on the Beach).
Some of the top local venues were the Flamingo Room and the Zebra Lounge located at the Mary Elizabeth Hotel, the Night Beat at the Sir John Hotel and the Island Club / Harlem Square Club [[Sam Cooke cut a live album there in 1963).
Radio Stn WFEC used to broadcast from the Sir John Hotel when it started up in the 50's.
Sam Moore grew up in Overtown [[at 1451 NW 3rd Avenue) and Jerry Williams [[Swamp Dogg) lived there [[at 8730 North West 16th Avenue) after he moved down in the mid 60's).
Another top local venue for black acts down to perform in Miami was the Lyric Theater and this still exists, whereas most of the rest of the centre of Overtown was destroyed to make way for new highways.

[randy_russi]

These are FANTASTIC!!! Thank you so much for sharing. I remember Knight Beat, which was at Sir John's Hotel. Also,
the show for Sept. 10th with Joe Tex, Mary Wells, etc. was in Orlando on Sept. 12th. I think the ad has a misprint
when the Miracles are listed. They certainly weren't on the bill and wouldn't be at the bottom. Perhaps they
meant the Van Dykes who WERE on the bill.
The show we saw featured Joe Tex, Mary Wells, Barbara Lewis, Mable John, Lee Dorsey, Howard Tate, Pigmeat Markham,
Peg Leg Moffett, Van Dykes, William Bell, Blues Busters, Shirley Walton. Clyde Williams Orchestra too.

[motony]

Posters were different too for the show Sept. 12th at Orlando Municipal Auditorium as it was a Universal Attractions poster. Yea, misprint abot the Miracles, hell they would have been the Stars no way could Joe Tex "top" them.I also doubt that Motown would have allowed them to be booked on a show with Mary in 1966.

[motony]

The Harlem Square Club I remember being THE South Florida night club of the early 60's.Thats where the first Motortown Revue played in '62. Sir Johns was on a major road cause we saw the Motortown bus in the pkg lot & then I called there & talked to Mary Wells & she invited us to the hotel.

[marv2]

JSmith, those were EXCELLENT!!!! Thank you very much for sharing those ads.

Marv

[randy_russi]

JSmith, are you in Miami? Anymore ads from the newspaper you can share would be GREAT!!! I remember seeing some of
them in the Miami Herald in the early '60s when we lived down there in West Hollywood [[Pembroke Pines).

[randy_russi]

Also, isn't the bottom portion of the ad with Joe Tex, Mary Wells, etc. cut off? That photo in the center is Pigmeat
Markham; yet his name isn't given.

[jsmith]

Here's another one then; still sticking with the Detroit connection ....
3581

[jsmith]

A Motown group made the trip in 66 .......
3582

[jsmith]

A big soul show at the Miami Stadium in 68 now ........
3583

[jsmith]

Another show in 1968, the Professionals hit Miami again ........
3584
BTW, Eddie Holloway wasn't a member of the Professionals but was a local singer also on the bill that night. Eddie had started out as leader of Miami based group, the Soul Pleasers [[who cut for Living Legend). He then went solo [[when the group split) but took on 'guest lead singer' duties with the Third Guitar on two tracks that outfit cut for Rojac [[even though 3rd Guitar had their own lead singer in the shape of Snoopy Dean).

[jsmith]

Regarding Post #3 of this thread .........
Joe Tex was up at the top of the bill as he also had his own 'upcoming stars' section on the bill .......
3585

[randy_russi]

Great! Thanks so much--all the above performers I mentioned above performing in Orlando two nights later, Sept. 12th.
And did everyone notice the ticket prices for this show???? I think we paid $2.50 each.

[jsmith]

An earlier show by Jackie Wilson .........
3586

[jsmith]

Another show from the same year ....
Joe Tex was already a big local draw in 64 ....
3587
There was a big Bahamian community in Miami back then,
hence lots of calypso & ska features in the clubs at that time.

[jsmith]

The Sir John Hotel's Patio Pool is mentioned in the above ad .....
........ here's a picture showing it ...............
3588

[jsmith]

A few more acts booked into the Knight Beat Club ....
3589

[jsmith]

Marie Knight was born in Florida in 1925. Although she grew up in New Jersey, after she found success as a singer, I guess playing gigs in Miami came quite naturally to her.
She started out singing gospel in the 1940's and enjoyed some hit recordings with Sister Rosetta Tharpe in the late 40's. Solo gospel recordings followed in the 50's before she crossed over to the secular side towards the end of the decade.
She enjoyed a hit duet in conjunction with Rex Garvin in 1959 & also toured the UK in that period.
More hits followed in the 60's and these made her popular enough to secure gigs at the white hotels on Miami Beach [[the Diplomat Hotel being one of these).
Whilst in the area, she would also play gigs at the local black clubs .....
.... here's one engagement she undertook in 1961 ....
3590

Marie only passed away a couple of years ago, having reached the ripe old age of 84.

[jsmith]

All the history books state that Sam & Dave met up on a gig at Miami's King of Hearts Club in 1961 ..........
Sam Moore was born in Miami whilst Dave Prater moved there from Georgia in 1957. Both performed solo in local clubs up until 1960 [[!!!!) when Sam came to Dave's assistance on a club gig and their duetting commenced ........
How do I know better than all the book's that the duo had actually performed together as early as 1960 and not in 1961 ......
..... well here's a King of Hearts Club ad from 1960 .....
3591

They soon built up a big following locally and Henry Stone secured them a record deal with Roulette. Atlantic's 2 main men caught the duo at a King of Hearts show a few years later and signed the pair up straight away. The rest is history [[as they say).

[jsmith]

Another show [[a few years later) at the same venue ............
.. but by then it had changed its name to the Continental .....
3592

[randy_russi]

These are all fabulous! Have you been on the site "Limestone Lounge"? It's all about the Florida, particularly Miami,
music scene and there's a thread with great pics & info on Sir John's Knight Beat. I think the web address is
www.limestonerecords.com

Go to the "limestone lounge" and then the top of Florida's soul music, I think.

Anyway, I love looking at old news ads for shows, especially from places I remember.

[randy_russi]

By the way, I noticed that Clyde Williams Band was with Joe Tex in the earlier ad [[with Solomon Burke). I think Clyde
was actually the drummer with his band.

[jsmith]

More evidence that Sam & Dave were a duo as far back as mid 1960 ......
3593

[jsmith]

Another local show that took place in summer 1960 ..........
3594
I guess Gil Askey was still a member of the orchestra back then.

[jsmith]

Another favoured local venue was the Palms in Hallandale [[a town just north of Miami).
This was another major stop on the Chitlin Circuit back in the 60's ...
.. an ad for a show there back in 1960 ....
3598

[paladin]

Simply fantastic, that Harold Burrage poster is great.....as are all the rest.........lol.....

[jsmith]

The Palms Club in Hallandale was operated by Ernie Busker. He also ran two other clubs, one in Jacksonville, the other in Bradenton. From 1958 on, he would book acts such as Jackie Wilson, James Brown, Sam Cooke, Ruth Brown, the Drifters, Lavern Baker, B B King, Bobby Bland, etc to play gigs at his 3 clubs.
To help promote these gigs, he would ensure that the DJ's [[King Coleman & the like) at local radio stn WMBM had copies of the upcoming acts latest 45. These tracks would then receive airplay and thus interest in the artists would be raised locally.
But the Miami radio stn signals would travel some way, especially out to sea. It was common for many Bahamians to listen in to R&B stns such as WMBM and so they too would be getting to hear cuts by the artists about to appear live in the Miami area.
This fact led to Ernie Busker being contacted by the owners of the Club Zanzibar in Nassau and he was asked to add bookings at the club in Nassau for some of the artists he was bringing down to Miami. The charge for shows at the Nassau Club was 10 shillings [[UK) which back then equated to around $1.40.
This practice was certainly going on in 1959 & 1960 but I'm unsure of when the arrangement broke down, however the Palms seemed to have disappeared off the 'live show' scene before the mid 60's.
Typical prices at the Palms were $1.00 at the weekends and 75c in the week.
Sometimes acts [[lesser draws) would just be booked in for just a 3 night [[weekend) stint and then shows at the Palace [[NW 17th Ave & 70th St, Liberty City) would be added to supplement the local shows being performed by these acts.
Other artists booked into the Palms [[& Palace) in 1960 ....
3601

[jsmith]

A Miami record shop also doing better business due to what WMBM was playing on air back in 1960 ......
3602

[jsmith]

Tri-county blacks knew about the Palms. But The Palms wasn't only famous in Miami, Broward and Palm Beach, it was known by all the big artists on the national circuit. Jerry Butler said the Palms and the Sir John Hotel were looked upon as the premiere black clubs in the area.
By all accounts the club had started life as a drive-in movie theater and it had an outdoor barbecue plus a 106 foot long bar.
James Brown first played the Palms sometime in 1956 thanks to Henry Stone who secured him a gig at the club due to the local popularity of his 45 "Please, Please, Please". Bobby Byrd is quoted as stating with regard to the song “Try Me” that “James found the song in Florida while he was working the Palms in Hallandale. I'm pretty sure it was really written by some other guy who just gave it away to James to record; either that or James developed it out of something he heard down there".
Guitar Slim [[well known for his extreme showmanship) would exit the club during his act and dance across car roofs while playing his guitar through a 200 foot cable plugged into the house amp [[& he would do this without missing a beat). Etta James recalls a night when Marvin Gaye and a local ‘lady’ had a dispute that ended up with them both rolling around fighting in the muddy puddles.
..... a later James Brown engagement at the Palms .........
3603

[jsmith]

An ad connected with the info included in the above post ........
... Jerry Butler [[+ Etta James) back in Miami [[in 64) and playing at the Sir John Hotel ...
3604

[jsmith]

Some Sam & Dave shows at the Sir John Hotel in mid February 1965 ...
... by then the King of Hearts Club had changed to become the Continental
..... so I guess their strong ties with that club had been broken .....
3605
The '10 year anniversary" claim must date to the time [[1955) when either Sam or Dave first started performing secular songs. It certainly doesn't relate to their time together as a duo or even to when Dave first arrived in Miami.

[imnokid]

Keep em coming! Love reading these.

[jsmith]

A local record shop's Top 15 45's back in 1959 ......
3606
James Brown's "Try Me" stands at No.6

[jsmith]

An ad for radio stn WMBM .......
3607
It was King Coleman's voice that was used on "[[Do The) Mashed Potatoes" by Nat Kendrick & the Swans [[really JB's Famous Flames) -- a big hit in 1959.

[motony]

King Coleman was also an MC for alot of the touring pkg shows sent out by Universal Attractions.One in particular that came to Orlando Oct.1966, The Wilson Pickett Show that featured Billy Stewart, James Carr, TV Mama, Al TNT Braggs & the Al-tones & yours truly got to do 2 songs with the Wilson Pickett Band "Working In a Coal Mine" & "Uptight".King Coleman was a real nice guy.He had great charisma & was part of a funny act with TV Mama.

[jsmith]

WMBM's King Coleman back in 1958 .....
3609

[jsmith]

Top attractions appearing at the Palms in 1958 ....
3610

[jsmith]

Aretha in Miami in 1958 .........
3611

[jsmith]

Jumping forward a few years .......
Some New Yorkers down in Miami ....
3614

[jsmith]

Having moved to Chicago as a young child, Dee Clark heads back to sunnier climes in 64 ....
3615
Note the upcoming star attractions !!

[jsmith]

Just over three years [[& a few big hits) later --
the local guys have gone up in the world, venue wise ....
3618

I believe that the support act advertised as Kim Tarver
was in fact [[Cleveland's) Kim Tolliver !!!

[jsmith]

....... Just a few days later .....
the same show is re-advertised with a major change .....
3617

Otis Redding had been killed over that weekend [[Dec 10) when his plane had crashed at Madison, Wisconsin on its way from appearances in Cleveland to his next gig.

[jsmith]

........A sunny radio stn [[back in the day) .........
3619

I'm off for a week in the sun [[south of France) myself today
... so no more posts on here from me for 7 days.

[randy_russi]

Miami's own Steve Alaimo was on the bill for the big Sam & Dave Show! Great ads!!!!

[jsmith]

An ad for a show held at the Jim Jam Club in 1958 ........
Held over for a 2nd week were 5 strong local group, the Chanteers ....
3625
MC on the night was Flip Wilson, no doubt he was still touring the chittlin circuit clubs before hitting the big time a few years later.
It states [[in the ad) that the Chanteers were already a 'recording act' back in 1958 though the 1st 45 by the group I know of was titled "Jungle Twist" and so [[I guess) dates from 1960 or 1961.

[jsmith]

A photo of the Chanteers.
They were formed at Roosevelt Senior High School in West Palm Peach, Florida and included J.P. Robinson [[lead singer) and Joe Fisher in their line-up.
A [[later?) photo of the group when they were just 4 strong .......
3626

[jsmith]

An ad for radio stn WRBD ........
... by this time ex-group singer Joe Fisher had become a radio DJ ...
.... needless to say, he helped establish J. P. Robinson's recording career by playing / plugging all JP's 45's on his radio show .........
3627
One of JP's outings [[from 1974) that has really stood the 'test of time' well is "Our Day Is Here" [[Alston).

[jsmith]

Back to 1958 again now .........
WMBM DJ Butterball pictured in the station's 3rd Avenue studio.
3628
At that time he held down the 10am thru 1pm slot everyday.

[jsmith]

Frank Williams Rocketeers were just about the hardest working band in Miami from the mid 60's thru to the 70's.
Not only did they back up many artists on recording sessions but they worked live locally week in, week out for many years.
They cut tracks [[such as "The Spanish Flyer" & "You Got To Be A Man") themselves and backed up singers such as Little Beaver & Louis Howard on their recordings [[both guys being featured lead singers for the band on their live shows).
Joey Gilmore [["Someone Done Took My Baby And Gone" & "Do It To Me One More Time") was also a Rocketeer before becoming lead for the spin-off group the Rocketeers No.2.
To help 'introduce' the spin-off outfit, they would play shows together back in 1967 .......
3630

[jsmith]

I guess when they were undertaking gigs on their own [[without Frank Williams & the main set of guys), Joey's outfit also became the Rocketeers .......
.... I suppose the Rocketeers were such a good draw locally that it made good business sense to bill them both under the same name.
Here's a show Joey & his bunch undertook in Ft Lauderdale [[perhaps Frank & his guys were working down in Miami that night) .....
3631
BTW, the Freddy Scott featured as a vocalist on the show was also a local and not the famous guy who had hits on Shout.

[jsmith]

Detroit hits Miami again, this time in 63 ........
Anyone know what this Miami Beach venue was called ?
....... [[the ad only gives the venue's address)
3644

[jsmith]

Here's a map showing the location of the above venue on Miami Beach ...
...... 1610 Alton Road .......
3645
3646
Today its the location of a Mattress Town store ....

[jsmith]

Probably Bettye's 1st ever gig in Miami .........
3647

[jsmith]

A strong line-up for a show held at the Mary Elizabeth Hotel ....
3648

[jsmith]

The Mary Elizabeth Hotel [[in Overtown) had been built in 1921.
Here's a picture of it in the early 80's just before it was demolished.
3649

[jsmith]

First time in Miami for Chuck Jackson .....
[[Bettye beat him there by a few weeks)
3650

[jsmith]

Wow, I wish I could have been there .......
.... if only to see the world famous glass eater !!! ....
3652

[randy_russi]

I liked "Only Be True To Me" by JP Robinson on Alston.

We used to listen to WRBD when we lived in West Hollywood, FL. In fact their studio was visable from the Florida
Turnpike so the erected a HUGE sign that said "WRBD Rockin' Big Daddy" 1470 on the roof.
I remember hearing Helene Smith "The Pot Can't Talk About The Kettle", the Clarinets "Somethin' In The Milk Ain't Clean",
and Bill Robinson and the Quails, "The Cow", all out of the Miami area.

[jsmith]

Speaking of Bill Robinson and the Quails, here's a club gig they undertook in 1963 [[so no doubt they would have included "The Cow" in the show as it was recorded / released around that time).
Bill & the group, being local, must have been on hand to step into the breach when Jerry Butler was hurt in a road accident on his way to play the Night Beat Club.
.... I seem to recall I have some club ads from around the mid 60's that Bill played as a solo artist.
My fave outings of theirs [[on vinyl) are both sides of his & the group's 1967 Date 45 [["Lay My Head On Your Shoulder / Do I Love You"). Both those cuts were produced by Bob Yorey who was much invloved with recording artists such as the Laddins [[Steinways) and Dizzy Jones who played regular gigs down in Miami.
Yorey also recorded another local Miami group, the female outfit, the Mar-vells / Fabulettes, so I guess he had strong ties with Florida.
3654

[jsmith]

I believe that Bob Yorey was also from Florida originally.
He took Frances "Frankie" Gearing [[born in Daytona Beach, Florida) up to New York to be in the Steinways & then had her lead the Glories [[Bob produced some of their Date sides).
He was also the group's manager, in fact he managed many other outfits as well [[the Laddins / Steinways, the American Beetles, Joe Frazier & the Knockouts, etc).
By the early 70's, he was working with the likes of Sanctuary who recorded for the Vigor label.

[jsmith]

A later Miami gig for the Marvels [[who no doubt were the Mar-vells / Fabulettes really) .......
3655
I beleive that the group started out four strong, so perhaps by the time this photo was taken, Annette Snell had already quit to go solo.
The Continental Club [[which earlier had been the King O' Hearts) was as the ad says .... across the road from Mr. Walters wig shop.
Mr. Walters used to hire the club to promote nights that featured an act he managed & recorded -- Mr. Percolator -- who cut for the Wax-Wel label.

[jsmith]

A lady who would eventually go on to sign for Motown was Barbara McNair .....
.... before that came about, she was down in Miami for some shows .....
3657

[jsmith]

Just to confirm how popular Bill Robinson & the Quails 45 "The Cow" was back in 63 in Miami .......
....... an extract from a club ad from late that year ...........
3661

[randy_russi]

The Cow was very popular as it had a lot of pop airplay and was distributed to department stores that sold records;
not just record shops. I remember the 45rpm was a red label and the company said American Records.

[motony]

"you think your doin the monkey but your milkin the cow"LOL

[jsmith]

Some big guns hit town [[& the Knight Beat club) over Xmas / New Year 1963 .....
.... once again the Laddins lead up the pack [[after Inez Foxx finished her stint) ......
.... mistakes from the typesetters continue; Inez was known for her hit "MORNING Bird" apparently ..........
.... I bet she was Mocking them for their error !!!!
3667

[jsmith]

Sam & Dave may have been formed at the club & had gone on to be the top live local attraction [[even having landed themselves a record deal)
... BUT .... when out-of-towners were booked to play the club, they had to take 2nd billing ....
3668

[jsmith]

A guy who had been big on the local club scene since the late 50's was Frank Duboise.
By 1962 he had landed himself a record deal with United Artists.
........ 2 x 45’s were released simultaneously by the label ........
UA 444 - Frank Duboise - Chicken Scratch / 'Cause We Couldn't Get Along
UA 445 - Frank Duboise - Knight Beat / I Need Someone

The top side of the 1st was named after a dance that was developed in the Miami clubs in 1962, the 2nd after a top club in the city.
Frank's recording career went nowhere, but he did remain an ever-present on the local club scene though the 1960's.

Here he is [[with his band) supporting some big name acts at the Knight Beat club in 1964 ....
3669

[jsmith]

Another local singer that was a regular live performer in Miami clubs was E. Lois Foreman.
She also landed a recording contract with an out-of-town label, Texas based Duke Records Sure-Shot label.
In fact she had the 1st 45 to be released on Sure-Shot.
3673
Another local act, the Bell Brothers [[Alex & Leroy Bell) also landed a deal with Sure-Shot.

[jsmith]

Quite a lot of the releases on Sure-Shot were by artists from outside of Texas [[maybe most of them featured none Houston based artists).
Cleveland's Kim Tolliver had tracks released on the label [[she was a regular performer on the Miami club scene). I believe Al Haskins & The Mastertones were from Washington. Ruth McFadden was from around the New Jersey area. Detroit based singers were also signed to the label, as were New York based acts.
Kurtis Scott was better known as Kurt Harris. Rickie Ricks was really Jimmy Ricks from New York [[ex leader of the Ravens).
Jimmy also used to play gigs down in Miami ........
3674

[jsmith]

1967 & Johnnie Taylor was down in Miami ......
... also on the bill were a sway of local artists ....
The Mar-vells must have been contemplating their future by then as Mattie was out on her own for this show ....
Not sure if the Jerry Jones was a guy [[down from Cleveland) or a local lady but either could have been the singer who cut for PAL [[with Jerry William's assistance).
Also performing were up & coming local funk outfit James Knight & the Butlers [[who would end up recording for CAT with Clarence Reid & Willie Clarke) .....
3686

[jsmith]

This is what James Knight & the Butlers looked like back then ....
3687

[jsmith]

James Knight & the Butlers enjoyed record releases on a locally based label, but then they didn't really start their recording career till the end of the 60's / early 70's. .......
.... many other local artists [[Della Humphrey, Sam & Dave, the Bell Brothers, Paul Kelly, etc) in the 60's were signed to labels based in cities such as Houston, Philly, New York and the like coz not many Miami based labels were set-up to get decent national distribution till around 1970.
Some artists got lucky as Atlantic would step in & license local product for national distribution [[Betty Wright, J P Robinson, Latimore, etc) but lots of artists had releases that had little chance of making a major impact across the US.
This wasn't always the case though .............
... check out the Nos. 26 & 34 in this 1968 Detroit radio stn chart ..........

...... WJLB - DETROIT
SUPERADIO 1400 . . . FAST 40 SURVEY
..... FEBRUARY 12, 1968
1. Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
2. I Wish It Would Rain - The Temptations
3. Show Time - The Detroit Emeralds
4. We're A Winner - The Impressions
5. I Can't Stand Myself - James Brown
6. Count The Days - Charles & Inez Fox
7. Born Free - The Hesitations
8. No Sad Song - Joe Simon
9. Looking For A Fox - Clarence Carter
10. I Thank You - Sam & Dave
11. Pick Up The Pieces - Carla Thomas
12. Soul Power - Derek Martin
13. A Man Needs A Woman - James Carr
14. Down In The Ghetto - The Majors
15. Lost - Jerry Butler
16. La-La Means I Love You - The Delfonics
17. Nobody - Kim Weston
18. My Baby Must Be A Magician - The Marvelettes
19. In The Midnight Hour - The Mirettes
20. The End Of The Road - Gladys Knight & The Pips
21. Men Are Getting Scarce - Joe Tex
22. Great Day - The Magic Tones
23. You - Marvin Gaye
24. Just Another Reason - The Fascinations
25. Check Yourself - Debbie Taylor
26. Got A Thing For You Baby - Mr. Percolator
27. Do Unto Me - James & Bobby Purify
28. Why Do You Have To Lie - The Right Kind
29. Let It All Hang Out - Timmy Norman & The O'Jahs
30. Soul Serenade - Willie Mitchell
31. Love Explosions - Troy Keyes
32. This Love Was Meant To Be - Melvin Davis
33. Sunny - Sam Baker
34. The Goat - Freddy & The Kinfolk
35. When Johnny Comes Marching Home - Richard Barbary

The highest charting Miami act though was Sam & Dave in at No.10 with one of their many big Stax outings.

[jsmith]

"The Goat" by Freddy & The Kinfolk probably broke through in cities such as Detroit coz that was another of the Dade label outings that Atlantic picked up for national distribution.

[jsmith]

A Miami radio stn chart from 1966 .........
.... it contains the majority of the usual national hits from that time
.... plus a few local releases as well [[Freddy Scott, Blues Busters, Helen Smith)
Jeb Stuart was a popular live draw in the city & that probably explains why this Memphis guy made the chart ...

. . . . WMBM - 1490 MIAMI
. . . . TOP 50 SOUL SOUNDS
. . . . Week August 26, 1966

1. Working In A Coal Mine – Lee Dorsey
2. Blowing In The Wind - Stevie Wonder
3. World Of Fantasy - Five Stairsteps
4. I Wanna Be With You – Dee Dee Warwick
5. How Sweet It Is – Jnr Walker
6. Money Woun’t Change You – James Brown
7. I Believe I Can Make It – Joe Tex
8. Make Me Belong To You - Barbara Lewis
9. I'm Waiting - Joe Hinton
10. Baby I Love You – Jimmy Holiday
11. You Can’t Hurry Love - Supremes
12. Land of 1000 Dances – Wilson Pickett
13. I’ve Got To Love Somebody’s Baby – Johnnie Taylor
14. In The Middle Of A Heartache – Ruby Winters
15. Without A Reason – Janet & the Jays
16. Have Fun – Ann Cole
17. Little Darlin - Marvin Gaye
18. I Worship The Ground You Walk On - Jimmy Hughes
19. Ain’t Too Proud To Beg - Temptations
20. You’ll Never Ever Know – Fontella Bass
21. My Sweet Potato - Booker T
22. Hoochie-Coochie Man – Jimmy Smith
23. Man Loves Two - Little Milton
24. Gotta Draw The Line - Darrow Fletcher
25. BABY – Carla Thomas
26. Just A Little Bit Of Soul – Steve Colt & the 45’s
27. Love Attack – James Carr
28. Pow City – Freddy Scott
29. This Must End - Impressions
30. Dreamers Hall Of Fame – Jeb Stuart
31. The Beat – Major Lance
32. Keep Lookin - Solomon Burke
33. I Swear By Stars Above – Ben E King
34. Day Tripper – Vontastics
35. Knock On Wood – Eddie Floyd
36. Pretty Girls – Blues Busters
37. If You Ask Me – Jerry Williams
38. Beauty Is Only Skin Deep - Temptations
39. Stick, Sticky – Bobby Harris
40. Your Love’s Got The Power – Bobby Moore
41. I Got To Handle It – Capitols
42. The Stars – Ocapello’s
43. Poverty – Bobby Bland
44. I Choose To Sing The Blues - Ray Charles
45. Pleasin Women – Lee Lamont
46. Woman Will Do Wrong – Helen Smith
47. If You’re Wondering – Bobby Frank
48. Philly Dog – Herbie Mann
49. Whispers – Jackie Wilson
50. I Stand Alone – Stacy Johnson

The Blues Busters 45 came out on the BRA label; the same company that released the Jerri Jones / Jerry Jones 45's on PAL.

[jsmith]

The #47 entry on the chart was "If You’re Wondering' by Bobby Frank.
This track has seen some Northern Soul action down the years; the 45 was released on the Yung label.
I guess Bobby & Yung Records were based in LA as Arthur Wright was involved on the track
..... the track itself ...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_zs8o-r9RE
Bobby Frank has 2 other collectable 45's on Yung ......
..... "Today I’ll Say" [[Yung #822) & "I’ve Got To Be Sure" [[Yung #1001) -- the later of these also escaping in 1966 [[probably sometime that spring).

[jsmith]

A 1963 show at the King O' Hearts Club by one of Detroit's finest ....
3698
Clarence Reed & the Delmiros were also on the bill
.... but Sam & Dave seem to have 'flown the nest'.

[randy_russi]

When the Miracles made this appearance they performed on Saturday on TV. We had a local show called "Saturday Hop"
and the day the Miracles performed doing "Mickey's Monkey", the Cookies were also in town and performed "Don't Say
Nothin' Bad About My Baby".
The Miracles who performed--Smokey, Claudette, Bobby & Ronnie.

[randy_russi]

Saturday Hop was like an American Bandstand program. Kids danced and there were musical guests. A popular dj on
top 40 AM radio, Rick Shaw, was the host. Many acts did appear on the program. Whoever happened to be in
town. Dee Dee Sharp, Little Eva, etc. The show was on TV on Saturday afternoons for about two hours.

[jsmith]

"Saturday Hop" on a youtube clip ....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhacQCYTi9U
..... the bit on this show kicks in after 3m 40secs.

[jsmith]

One local act + two 'out-of-towners' booked to appear at the Island Club .....
3703

"Heartbreak" was released on 45 in the UK [[on the Stateside label).

[jsmith]

The UK Stateside label demo 45 of "Heartbreak" .......
3706
Dee's last national US Billboard R&B chart hit [["Crossfire Time") had been released on Constellation [[in October 63) but there were no Billboard R&B charts in 1964 so I'm unsure how well "Heartbreak" itself sold.
Dee had no more hits after the end of 1964, so Billboard's policy that year deprived him of his last claim to chart fame.

[randy_russi]

I enjoyed the newsclip on "Ten's Bandstand" which evolved into "Saturday Hop" on Channel 10, Miami. I remember the
movie "Beach Party" opened and the crowds that flocked to see it and Annette Funicello in person. She also was
featured on Saturday Hop.

[jsmith]

A double bill of visiting stars at Clyde Killens' Knight Beat Club ....

3711

[jsmith]

WMBM has already featured 3 times on this thread
... BUT Hey Ho, here they go yet one more time ....
3715

[jsmith]

Here’s a picture of Jerry Jones, a ‘person’ who was a regular on the Miami club scene in the 1960's
3719

Jerry had the in-demand 45's [[“I'm A Slave”; “You L.i.e.d. Lied”) out on the PAL label as well as the funky “Monkey on your Back” released under the revised name of Jerri Jones. Jerry Williams [[Swamp Dogg) was involved with these recordings, Jerry having relocated to Miami in the mid 60's. He spent some years based there, running his own label [[named 8730 after the address of the house he lived in whilst there) and working with artists for other local labels. The PAL label was a subsidiary of BRA Records of Tamiami Station [[Miami) and that concern was owned by 3 reggae guys [[B > Byron Lee, R > Ronnie Nasralla and A > Altyman East).

The ‘male’ in the picture and the female Jerri / Jerry Jones were one & the same person, who also went on to cut some reggae tracks in Jamaica. Jerry originally hailed from Birmingham, Alabama but moved up to Canton, Ohio where she started to perform at amateur talent shows. From this opening she commenced performing throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York State and even undertook some bookings in Canada. Whilst on the Ohio circuit in the early 60’s, she became a close friend of Kim Tolliver's [[from Cleveland) before moving to Miami in the mid 60’s. Here she became the female star on the Pearl Box Revue [[on which men dressed as women & women – Jerry included -- dressed as men). I guess the Pearl Box Revue was a spin off from the Jewel Box Revue [[also Miami based till the mid 60’s) that toured the chitlin circuit theatres / clubs in the 1950's / 60's. Whist in Miami, she hooked up once again with old Cleveland acquaintances such as Billy Wells & Kim Tolliver who were also regulars on the local club scene from the mid 60’s onwards.
A few years later, Jerry travelled down to Jamaica to perform there at the request of Alty East who staged her initial show at the Regal Theater in Cross Roads [[a northern suburb of Kingston). 'Coxsone' Dodd was in the audience that night and impressed, he invited her to record at his Studio One studio based at 13 Brentford Road, Kingston. A number of 45 releases resulted plus the ‘Jerry Jones at the Hotel Kingston’ album [[also released in the UK on the Bamboo label). Dodd and Alty East produced a series of shows for Jerry that were held at the Hotel Kingston but all the songs included on the LP were actually recorded in the Brentford Road studios. Her reggae releases included takes on "Compared to What" [[1970), “Still Waters" [[1970) and "Honey Come Back" [[1971) and each proved to be popular releases in the islands [[she also cut a version of James Carr’s “Freedom Train”).
3720

[jsmith]

Anyone got a label scan for Jerry Jones' PAL 45 "You L.i.e.d. Lied" ??
I have scans of her other 2 PAL 45's [[as Jerri / Jerry) and both had input from Jerry Williams.
3728
Jerry wrote "Monkey On Your Back" [[her funkiest outing) on which it states she was backed up by the Delviations [[whoever they were).
Jerry only recalls being involved with two of her PAL releases, so I'm interested in seeing who gets the credits for "You L.i.e.d. Lied".

[jsmith]

A 1968 show with Kim Tolliver topping the bill ....
3732
Billy Wells [[who fronted the Invaders) was another exile down in Miami from Cleveland.

[randy_russi]

Jackie Corbitt, manager & host, on the above ad for the Fox's Den is the man who discovered and managed 12-year-old
Della Humphrey, who had an R&B hit issued on Arctic Records, "Don't Make The Good Girls Go Bad", written by Corbitt
and Clarence Reid.
I have never seen a photo of Della, however, she had at least two more releases on Arctic.

[jsmith]

RE: I have never seen a photo of Della ..........
....... Here's one for you .........
3733

[randy_russi]

Wow, jsmith, you ARE something!!! I had spoken with her by telephone when the record was out and she played the
Quarterback Club in Orlando. My brother Tony also spoke with her.
Are you familiar with Limestone Lounge? I believe the site is www.limestonerecords.com The Limestone Lounge has
info. on Miami artists and they have been searching for a photo of Della Humphrey.
Also, do you have any info. on her whereabouts today?
Thanks so much for posting the photo!

[randy_russi]

I don't know why Della suddenly stopped making records. Her second single, "[[Girls Have Feelings) Just Like The Boys Do"
b/w "Over The Tracks" charted. It was written in part by Barbara Mason and probably produced by Jimmy Bishop.
Her third single didn't see much action, "Let's Wait Until Dark" b/w "Will You Love Me Tomorrow". I was never sure of
the intended "a" side, but Wait Until Dark had previously been recorded by Helene Smith, and, of course, Will You Love
Me was a slowed-down version of the Shirelles' hit.
With Della's first two singles charting and "Good Girls Go Bad" being a hit, she should have had an album.
As far as I know she didn't make another single for a couple years, this time on a Miami based label. Can't remember
the title, maybe "Dream World".
Wish we could find her!

[randy_russi]

OK, her late '71 release was on Dream Land label and the title WAS "Dream Land". The "a" side was vocal, "b" side the
instrumental track of the "a" side. Steve Alaimo was involved with this record as was King Sporty. Apparently it
did chart in Dec. '71 on WMBM's survey. I guess no national company picked it up for distribution.

[jsmith]

Bumping this

[jsmith]

As there is a site limit on the maximum amount of attachments that each individual can post, I have had to delete some of the above to enable me to make later postings on other threads.

[randy_russi]

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing. I love the old ads, surveys, etc.

[jsmith]

BUMP [[for Juicefree).