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Ok, just thought it was strange that Leonard Chess would give up the publishing rights. He wouldn't do it for Curtis Mayfield with Jan Bradley. Of course none of the Kittens' Chess releases made a...

Question, the Kittens recording of "How Long [[Can I Go On)" b/w "I've Got to Get Over You" was released on Chess 2055 in 1968. However, both sides were arranged by Willie Henderson, produced by...

Also the Chicago rock group the Buckinghams' "Kind of a Drag" released in 1966 on USA Records. Engineered by Ron Malo.

Yeah, forgot about them even though the version of "Satisfaction" recorded at Chess was not the one released. It was actually recorded at RCA in Los Angeles. I used wonder why WVON in Chicago...

Trying to get an idea of recordings made at Chess for other labels. Like "Tell Him" by Patti Drew [[Capitol), "Hello Stranger"by Barbara Lewis on Atlantic and "Great Big Idol with a Golden Head" by...

Both were Eric Monte creations, don't forget about Good Times which he is attempting to redo as a movie. Due to his battles with TV producers to project positive black characters and lawsuits...

I liked both films also, but being from Chicago, Cooley High was a lot more relevant. Yes, the film's writer Eric Monte was from Chicago, so you would think that some Chicago music would have at...

What a find, unbelievable. Mercury did record at Universal in Chicago almost exclusively during that time frame. David Carroll was well known around Chicago, he was Mercury's Musical Director from...

OK. Did some research and found that Ted Cooper used a session background singer by the name of Jean Thomas on Walter's You're My One Chance To Make It" and on his demo for "After You There Can be...

Hadn't considered the mixing in of additional background vocals in post-production, it is a possibility. All this talk about Walter had me take a closer listen to his work. "Welcome Home" although...

Got a response from Bob at WHPK who talked to Rosie of the Opals who didn't mention any other background singers on "It's All Over" so I guess it WAS just them. However, she did say that the...

Don't really have an idea as to else Curtis might have used, but we have to remember that this was Walter Jackson who was a whole different entity at that time. I know this is a stretch, but maybe he...

Obviously the background vocals are females and it's not the Opals as "Uphill Climb" was recorded in early 1966 by which time they were no longer with Okeh. So who else could it be? I really can't...

You could very well be right, it doesn't seem necessary to use two different background groups. However, I am not convinced, to me they sound more like the background on "Uphill Climb" going more by...

I know that the Opals did background on Walter Jackson's "It's All Over", however the "No, No, That Wouldn't Do" refrain is obviously some other female[[s). Also on "It's An Uphill Climb To The...