According to the Holland Brothers' recent book, Berry did not like the idea of calling the album, "Sing H-D-H" and thought it would hurt the album's chances as no one would know who they were and, well, basically: isn't that crass naming an album after yourselves? HDH were confident and let it go forward. According to them, when they album didn't do so well [Pop LP #6, R&B LP #1], Berry came back to them and said, "See?" So, from the Holland Brothers' perspective, Berry wasn't throwing them a bone, giving them love and recognition, along with the big royalties it would generate. He was against the naming.
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