Need some help with a Beach Music collection

[daviddesper]

Do we have any Beach Music lovers on here? If so, this may be the toughest assignment I have given you yet, so don't let me down......

I was listing a CD today on Discogs that was not yet in their database. The title of the CD is All Aboard 3 The Beach Music Train. It was a compilation CD that featured some of our favorites such as Freda Payne, O C Smith, and The Tokens.

But I ran into a snag or two with less familiar artists, especially when there were cases where multiple artists had recorded under that name. Here are the two that stumped me the most.......

1) An artist known as Heart and Soul. The song on this collection is entitled Boogie Woogie Rhythm and Blues. There were over 20 "Heart and Soul" listed in the Discogs database with no clue whatsoever as to which one did this song. So can anyone give me any insight into which artist might be the correct one? Group members, label they recorded on, time frame, anything that might help?

2) Same thing with an artist named Don Wise and a song entitled Hot Cha. There were only about 3 or 4 Don Wises but I still could not narrow it down.

Any help appreciated.

[Philles/Motown Gary]

Not sure if this helps, David, but Jr. Walker recorded "Hot Cha" on his "Shotgun" album, which also appeared on the B-Side of his "Shotgun" single. Other than that, I'm not at all familiar with the names you mentioned.

[daviddesper]

Not sure if this helps, David, but Jr. Walker recorded "Hot Cha" on his "Shotgun" album, which also appeared on the B-Side of his "Shotgun" single. Other than that, I'm not at all familiar with the names you mentioned.

Thanks. I will cross check to see if there is any connection.

[YourOldStandBy]

Are you looking to include songs that explicitly include beach themed lyrics, or songs that invoke a beachy feeling?

[daviddesper]

Are you looking to include songs that explicitly include beach themed lyrics, or songs that invoke a beachy feeling?

I am not looking for songs or any other beach music...........I am just trying to figure out which artists did those two particular songs, so I can identify them properly on my Discogs listing. So I was hoping someone would be familiar with one or both and help me narrow down those searches.

You know, maybe somebody would say "Oh yeah I remember that song by Heart and Soul. They were a five man group out of Atlanta" or something like that so that I could figure out which artist they were out of all the ones listed.

Same thing with Don Wise. Hoping someone would say something like "The Don Wise that recorded Hot Cha was born in [[wherever) and recorded for XYZ label in the early 60s."

Thanks for all the help so far but it looks like it will not be a huge deal if I never find anything out. Discogs has not kicked the listing back to me so maybe they are OK with the vagueness that I had to admit.