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His first Ruby 45 got released nationally...

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Bernard Schwartz owned the Ruby label.

He had a second 45 on the Ruby label:

R 5090 - SAMMY SOULO - BAD BAD WHISKEY / BABY BABY

His "TEARS KEEP FALLING" shares the same backing track as "You’ll Never Know" recorded by The...

Great to see the family doing the business.

This is from 1967...

Yes - they are brothers.

Hastings Street was the main black street in Detroit from the 1920s to the 1950s. It was the center of what was then known as Black Bottom. You will find reference to it in many books on the history...

I guess you know what/where Hastings Street was.

It's a phrase I've never heard before, but it could refer to a hooker or simply a young woman who lived in that neighborhood.

Where did you...

Tommy passed away on October 29th, 2011.

He sang with Ronnie Abner and Joe Harris in The Fabulous Peps during the 1960s.

Some details are included in the Mike Hanks Story here on SD...
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Here's an image from the Bettye Lavette story...
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imnokid - I was refering to 'Someone Like You', which Adele prefroms better here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qemWRToNYJY

imnokid - I'd love to hear Bettye sing Adele's ballad: what's the chance?

There's an article in the Guardian....



http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/aug/31/northern-soul-elaine-constantine

A great record, Neil - and Robert is a real gentleman.

Bettye's discography is on this very site:

http://soulfuldetroit.com/web17-BettyeLaVette/11/11-Discography.htm

Freda's song was included on the ACE Kent CD 'A Solidier's Sad Story.' [[#226)

Doug, that's a great piece of video - well done.

To answer your question - basically how did a company get a hit record - if we knew the answer to that one, we'd all be rich. Anyway...

Some...

Does anyone have any info' on The Fantastics that recorded for the Ann Arbor, MI label DMD around 1964?

The two sides are:
A. Goodbye to Love
B. I Don't Know

Most of the releases on the DMD...

Here it is...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jun/30/mowest-motown-california

It's out...

http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=8719

Doesn't it use track of The Fantastic Four's 'Girl have Pity'?

Email on SD from Ron Murphy, Feb 3 2006:

“I have the original half inch 4 track master of the Robbie Dee side on Shotgun, Robbie Dee was a DJ on Detroit's WCHB, he came to Detroit from Pittsburgh...

A super-talented producer who was too modest, Don was responsible for lots of great music. This is very sad news. RIP.

Ady, a gospel collector in London has directed me to this Web site:

http://www.midwest45s.org/MichiganGaragePage.html

Go down the page - you can see a few label scans.

Ady - have you tried contacting her?

Thanks, Lorraine

I know there were/are other groups with this name: Did this one you were involved with cut any more records?

I am guessing they are from Detroit - Can you recall their names?
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