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This must be a very rare record, as I was regularly sifting through literally millions of 45s during the time this was released, and i never heard it on the radio in Chicago or Los Angeles at...

18570
I'm sure that it was Maurice King's orchestra that provided the music, and Berry should have gotten the credit as producer, but not orchestra director. Remember also that The "Barry Gordy...

18493
Wouldn't her name on the charts be Darlene Wright, if it were her OWN name???

18492
I don't remember having ever seen this one, either.

18490
Here is another Christmas favourite of mine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR2VFORCfR8

18489
Here's "The Brush Off":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykFWSSIRPkY

18488
Thanks. Yes, having Chess refuse to allow Curtis Mayfield be a part of Jan's production crew ruined her singing career. Billy Davis' Chess crew never gave her anything really good to sing. ...

18487
I also learned about this other Jan Bradley Night Owl release which I've never heard nor seen before:
18486
It's either a duet by Jan and Chuck Tillman, or just Jan singing and Tillman, who...

18483
Yes, it has an interesting back story, but I think you'd more likely hear it directly from Jan, herself,than reading it here, written by me. I'm too old, now to write this due to dementia. I...

18481
Duplicate post of the following post.

18479
Here's another favourite of mine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBF4qR0dbWM

18477
You all know what Ike & Tina Turner sound like, and I think their cut on this CD was unreleased. I don't have access to the Ray & Bob cut, although, I think I have the record (I'm not with my...

18477
Here's Dorothy Berry's and Jimmy Norman's CD cut:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvrq6YugJFQ

18477
Here's The Composers CD cut:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Zua5nPzPc

18477
Esko Wallace had such a beautifully rich voice that can really be heard on his ballads or sweet mid-tempo songs. Not so well on this bluesy song. But it's good, too. Here's the CD cut:
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18477
here's The Numbers' CD cut, one of the only other cuts on this CD to chart (albeit only locally):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOljXZtfD54

18477
Here's the only hit (2-sided-albeit regional to just California) on the CD. By The Vows, when they worked for George Motola before signing with Motown:
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18477
Unfortunately, Billy Watkins' CD cut wasn't available - probably unreleased. So here's my favourite song by him. You Northern Soul fans all know "The Ice-Man" by him. So, I'm guessing that...

18477
Here's The Rev-Lons' CD cut:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAHRefQQnpc

18477
Here's The Mandarins' CD cut:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5_CvQJA6Tk

18477
Here's The Wonders' original released cut (the CD has an alternate - probably even better - vocal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf6cjFhNP4g

18477
Unfortunately, The Imperialites' cut wasn't available. So here's their big hit for you to get an idea how they sounded. I have no idea if the CD cut is in a similar style:
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18477
Unfortunately, Don Wyatt's cut was unavailable. So here's a "beat ballad" by him in a similar vein - so you can get an idea of his style:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmwfvZwKWEA

18477
Here's The Soul-Mates' (Brenda Holloway & Hal Davis) CD cut:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gyhuwpHsrU

18477
Here's The Joe Lover CD cut:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtGAVbMtj5M