Mable John in the 70's ...

[jsmith]

Mable John got her start in the music biz by being BG's driver. From there she was signed [[as the label's 1st female artist) to Motown. After enjoying Motown releases between 1960 & 63, she left the company. She had obviously dev eloped a friendship with Miss Ray though as in 65 she turned up in DC, helping out at Shrine. There she met Al Bell [[of WUST), just before he was hired by Stax. 1966 saw Mable signed to a deal with Stax and enjoying a hit 45. She got no follow up hits and went off to be with Ray Charles in the Raelettes.
BUT by 1973 she obviously wanted to try as a solo artist again.
She was signed to Contempo Records by John Abbey ... HOWEVER, no tracks by her were ever released by the label.
Anyone know the story behind why ??
Contempo in 1973 were mainly licensing in new & old US tracks, but they were making their own stuff as well [[Major Lance, Richie Pitts, Oscar Toney Jnr, etc).
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