By MEL&THEN SOME (81.174.192.141) on Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 07:03 pm:

This is a rare soul 45
cut on the
Alpha record Label
which is a division of Don-El records.

It's called
'my little cottage(by the sea')

and was written by none other than
Robert L.Martin.

A Don-El production
Dew music
arranged and conducted by
Bobby Martin.

I know that Eddie Holman
recorded on the Don-El logo
with his brilliant track 'she's beautiful'

Can anyone tell me anything regards
all the above.

Dont let the name fool ya
Fluffy Falana(who is it?)
is a great track.

regards
mel(andthensome)

By Eli (151.197.65.186) on Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 07:19 pm:

Hi Mel,
Fluffy was a sibling of dancer/actress Lola Falana.

Don El was owned by real estate man Donald White.
It was on the same block as V- Tone/Len records in Philly.
His label flourished from about 1960 thru about 1967 or so.

Donald resembled Harry Belafonte somewhat.
He was a super guy and treated everyone fair and square.

Sadly, he passed away several years ago and his son has all of the masters.

There may be a Don El comp coming from Philly Archives.

He had three labels that I know of, Don El, Chestnut and Alpha.
Chestnut was primarily used for country music which Don liked as well as r&b.

Wally Osbourne was his main producer for a while thru which I played on me of my earliest sessions..

By MEL&THEN SOME (217.14.178.55) on Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 02:36 am:

Bobby
many thanks mate,
that Sir
is one dandy piece of fine information.

Cheers
mel-o-delphia

By Promises Kept (69.144.255.253) on Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 03:42 pm:

What has happened to Lola these days? I know she has "MS" and it seems about 10 years a go she was interviewed and said it had gone into "remission" and she was fully back to complete health and would be performing again. I have not heard nor seen her since and was told she was living with her parents. Anybody know?