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Here are The Classic Sullivans:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Q8YV5an1g
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Here are The Classic Sullivans:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Q8YV5an1g
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Here are The Creations, with another Vietnam Song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l1lrNYqSLQ
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Here are The Trends - The OTHER Tommy Dorsey's group:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9CyYh9738w&list=RDv1T9NWNCAcs&ind ex=2
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The Fascinators- NOT The Detroit group:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbDyEjlAZe0
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Reginald Day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBwc5YtAvMA
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The Carltons - who copied The Impressions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B421st2GOOk
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Mary Wells was also sent to Carl Davis in Chicago, to revive her career:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGpJHUeefzc
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The Emeralds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbCOswtIz_U
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The Scott Brothers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7utkzOE6_HQ
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Barbara Acklin's first solo record:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS3m0A-e92Q
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The Cheers, with little Ben Norfleet on lead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LBj7l7TlTc
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Prince Curtis [[AKA Curtis Prince):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzKts6H-E3M
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Maurice Jackson - owner of Maurci Records:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RijvankEJFA
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Joe Murphy, ex lead of The Five Jets:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBNRCPGRUqk
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Denise LaSalle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvhiwvU_m1Q
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Bobby Hutton [[AKA Harold Hutton):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XyPDOIFzb0
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Nolan Chance [[AKA Charles Davis):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU8XYvFH8-g
If you are interested in a playlist of more than 4 hours of Chicago Soul Music mid 60s though 70s, I have a playlist on Spotify. It is entitled 'Chicago Sounds Of Soul'.
If you subscribe to Spotify then you will get continuous music with no adverts. Cheers Mike
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6n...SaqZlW-N4If8pQ
Hi!
I noticed one interesting detail among those Robb's fine examples above : It's A Weakness that Joe Murphy recorded in 1964 - as well as the A-side - was written by two members of the Dells - Chuck Barksdale and Mickey McGill - as well as Wade Flemons and Barrett Strong.
Best regards
Heikki
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Yes, from 1963-64, Barrett Strong was working in Chicago, for VJ, [[and later, in 1965, at Columbia/Okeh, with Carl Davis' crew). At VJ, he worked along with A&R Man/chief producer, Calvin Carter, other main producer, Richard Parker, Jerry Butler, Curtis Mayfield, The Dells, Wade Flemons, Bunky Sheppard, Al Perkins, Dee Clark, arrangers Riley Hampton, Al Smith, and Johnny Pate, and others on VJ's Soul songwriting and recording sessions. He was one of VJ's chief songwriters, and an assistant producer with both Carter and Parker.
He filled a similar role with Carl Davis' production crew at Okeh Records from early 1965 through early 1966, working with The Artistics, Major Lance, Billy Butler, and on Davis' work for ATCO with Mary Wells, and for Davis' work with Ewart Abner, Bunky Sheppard's, and Art Sheridan's Constellation Records, with Gene Chandler, Bobby Miller, and Dee Clark, before he returned to Motown later in 1966.
Barret had moved to Chicago in 1962, while he had his artist contract with ATCO Records, and he had one 45 released on that label, and also had a 45 released on VJ's Tollie Records subsidiary, in 1964. He also worked on productions with VJ's other subsidiary, Vivid Records, in 1964.
Thank you, Robb, for this information.
I wasn't aware of Barrett's work in Chicago in THAT amount.
Best regards
Heikki
I'm getting all kinds of interesting and surprising information following and researching
things in this thread. Re the Barrett Strong mention if you check wikipedia or the often
disappointing allmusicguide there's no mention of him ever doing anything pre Motown.
That he knew The Dells and in fact later in their careers did go back and work for them
again makes we wonder if they and the Temptations had ever crossed paths. Anyway
on the album Barrett did arrangement they were guested by Theresa Davis who for
almost 4 years sang in The Emotions though allmusic makes no mention of that either.
Wade Flemons went on to be in the first edition of Earth Wind and Fire which Maurice
had to fire as he revealed in his memoirs Wade was trying to take ownership of the group
which he'd built from the ashes of his earlier group, The Salty Peppers....
Back in 2011, Marv, Timmy and others discussed the documentary on Chicago's Record Row and it is timely to watch it again. It covers artists, labels, distributors, and all aspects of the evolving sounds of Chicago. Cheers Mike
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_M1AY8Pu7M
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That move by Barrett to Chicago, recording for other labels, and working in production, was NOT "pre-Motown", it was BETWEEN his 2 stints at Motown. His work in production and songwriting at VJ and Okeh gave him the experience to be re-hired by Motown[[1966), and write for other artists, and significantly, Motown's most important artists, and also work in production of their records [[Temptations and others), upon his return, rather than having had previously written only bluesy songs mainly for himself, and a paltry few for similar Bluesy artists like Gino Parks and Mable John [[1959-61), to work in Motown's top level.
Hi!
I went back to my 3-part Dells Story [[published already in 1998) to see, if the guys had something special to say about Barrett, who co-wrote "Stay In My Corner", but they concentrated on Bobby Miller instead.
Also his song "You Can Depend On Me" on the Dells 1988 album , The Second Time, didn't attract enough attention for comments. It's a nice beat-ballad, though.
Best regards
Heikki
Great post,this is why[sdf]is the best soooo much music history!
Weren't the vontastics from chicago?
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Yes, they were. Their first recording contract was a result of their winning a contest sponsored by The Chess Brothers' radio station, WVON. They ended up getting a recording contract with Chess-distributed Satellite Records. They recorded 3 of my favourite Chicago-Sound records: "Peace Of Mind", "I'll Never Say Goodbye" [[video above), and Keep On Rolling".
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Here's "Keep On Rolling"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LxEBq7WrVg
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Here's "Peace Of Mind"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkSLS2GYHmI
I love their remake of the beatles-we can work it out.
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Do you also like their labelmates, The Ideals' remake of "Cathy's Clown"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YSfMlApc2Q
Here's a rare one by General Crook. "In The Warmth Of My Arms". Written by Wade Flemons, Maurice White and Don Whitehead, original members of The Salty Peppers from which evolved Earth Wind And Fire......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNqUDWb2Kz8
And here's a nice short personal documentary on Tom Tom Washington, freshly posted on Youtube.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjtsZ51cOYY
General Crook was so deserving of a larger career. He had so much soul. This track
reeks of it to me...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvWbuiGermM