A bit of an info of the Checkmates Ltd. record:

The first Checkmates, Ltd. single on Capitol was recorded in Los Angeles on January the 22nd in 1966 and produced by Nancy Wilson and David Cavanaugh [[1919-81). Bobby Stevens: “David Cavanaugh was a major producer and a great arranger. He arranged also Nancy’s music at that time.” After playing tenor saxophone in many bands and releasing singles in his own right, too, in the 1950s David became the Director of A&R for Capitol, where he worked with most of the label’s top artists, and finally in the 1970s he was promoted to the President of Capitol Records.

The plug side of the single was titled Do the Walk [[the Temptation Walk), and it was a driving dancer written and sung by Bobby. Sonny Charles: “The Temptation Walk is based on the dance step made popular by the Temptations.” At least Jackie Lee and Entertainers IV have released similarly titled singles, but they are different songs. One, who actually covered this Bobby’s mover, was Harry James in his swinging style [[in 1966) and most probably the Lettermen performed it in their shows.

Bobby: “We had recorded Do the Walk ourselves in Vegas, and I think our recording was better than the recording released. It had a little more funk and drive to it.”

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Heikki