By Soulpuss (24.102.217.36) on Wednesday, April 23, 2003 - 12:05 am:

CLETUS HAD A SINGLE ON GENEVA "KEEP ON A LOVING"/"EVERY NOW AND THEN" BOTH SIDES WRITTEN BY BERNIE DUPREE.
ARR:BERNIE DUPREE
PROD: ERNEST KELLEY

ANYMORE INFO ON CLETUS?

By Davie Gordon (193.122.21.42) on Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 01:40 pm:

Hi Soulpuss,

There's another Cletus Marland single on Roulette
4388 "I'll Take Care Of You" / "Like I Never Felt
Before" isued in 1961. BMI gives the writer credits for both songs to Bernard Dupree so at a
wild guess it's probably similar in style to your
Geneva single. I'm having trouble pinning down
a date for the Geneva single, I'd guess 1962-63
as Ernest Kelley was based in New York around that time.

There's a Bernard Dupree single on a label called
Granger which might be worth looking for.
Now does anybody know anything about Mr. Dupree.

Something makes me think he might have been from Philadelphia as one of his songs was recorded by
Bobby Peterson who was from one of Philly's
satellite towns. I also have a vague recollection of somebody named Dupree recording for V-Tone but I don't have the exact details handy.

Davie

As Frank Zappa once said "Cletus, Awreetus, Awrightus !" - but I rather doubt he meant THIS
Cletus.

By Dave Fleming (62.253.128.5) on Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 06:17 pm:

I have this 45 by "Cletus Marland" on "Terry" but i`m not sure it`s actually Cletus singing or not,also here`s his 45 on "Geneva".

Dave f........

By Davie Gordon (193.122.21.42) on Friday, May 09, 2003 - 10:36 am:

Dave,

Looks to me as if the Geneva label changed its
name to Terry for some reason.

What's the B-side of the Terry single ?

Davie

By Dave Fleming (62.253.128.5) on Friday, May 09, 2003 - 02:24 pm:

Davie the flip side is called "Yesterday"
Dave f.........

By Davie Gordon (193.122.21.42) on Friday, May 09, 2003 - 02:47 pm:

thanks Dave

By Davie Gordon (193.122.21.42) on Saturday, May 17, 2003 - 09:19 am:

There's a copy of Cletus' "Every Now And Then" on
e-bay on Terry 109, so it looks as if my theory
about the label changing its name from Geneve to
Terry was correct.

By Mark Speck (199.183.76.223) on Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 09:12 pm:

I think it's safe to say that this is not the same Geneva label as the one from Detroit.

I kinda like this song...have had it on a tape for a while.

Best,

Mark

By Davie Gordon (193.122.21.42) on Monday, May 19, 2003 - 03:15 pm:

Mark,

The Geneva label that issued the Cletus Marland
single was New York based - owned (?)/ run by
Ernest Kelley. He moved to Detroit in the late
sixties / early seventies and revived the label
signing up people like Johnny Griffiths and Priscilla Price.

He also seems to have been involved with another
early sixties New York lable, Lake - home of the
Cashmeres.

Davie

By Mark Speck (67.73.194.148) on Tuesday, May 20, 2003 - 12:33 am:

Very interesting...thanks for that info, Davie!

Best,

Mark