NS537 The Twans [196?] - I Can't See Him Again [Dade 1903]

537 The Twans [1965] - I Can't See Him Again [Dade 1903]

b/w:	Darling Tell Me Why
Format:	45
Label:	Dade
Cat No:	1903
Year:	1965
Value:	£1200

Discovered by Blackpool Mecca DJ Ian Levine on one of his regular US trips to Miami in 1975, this became a massive sound at Wigan Casino in 1977.  A typical mid 60s girlie group sound so popular at the time which sounded great in big all-nighter halls. I'm not sure of the year it was issued but would guess around 1964/65. (Discogs states 65 and 45Cat 66).  It sounds earlier than 66 to my ears but could have been an early sound released late?

The Twans are a mystery and I don't know if they ever released anything else.  According to Jeff Lemlich (author of 'Savage Lost' a 416 page book covering the music scene in Miami in the 60s) in a comment in response to Colin Dilnot's article, The Twans were one of many Miami girl groups of the 60s and one of the singers replaced Annette Snell ('It's All  Over Now' Epic) as lead singer of The Fabulettes ('The Bigger They Are The Harder They Fall' fame). You can read more about Annette Snell here.

The record itself is ultra rare and can sell for up to £1200.  The last copy listed on Popsike sold for just under £600 but was not in great shape.  It was bootlegged after it became popular on a counterfeit white label promo which has sold in 2018 on Discogs for £70!

Written by Brad Shapiro and Henry Stone and produced by Bradley and Steve Alaimo and issued on Henry Stone's Dade label, this is the most elusive record to find on the label.  According to Jeff Lemlich this is the only Miami girl group record that he does not own and he has never been able to find it despite living in Miami all his life!

Sean Hampsey (a renown UK collector, DJ, promoter and now record label owner (Diggin' Deep)) has discovered from Betty Wright that The Twans were her sister  Jeanette (Wright) Williams, Margaret 'Pepper' Williams and Leotha Carter.

Jeanette Wright Williams used several other pseudonyms such as Jeanette Holloway, Jeanette Black, Jeanette Wright-Black and Jeanette Holloway (Wright) on Milton Wright's Friends And Buddies allbum.  She seems to have done a lot of session work and was in group Fire (with Margaret Reynolds & Beverley Champion)  who were K.C. & The Sunshine Band's backing group but also released their own album and around 7 singles between 1975-79.  Fire changed their name to Girlfriends and released a couple of singles in the 80s (1984/85).

Discogs links her to Jeanette Williams who recorded several sides on Back Beat best know for her 'All Of A Sudden' which has the wonderful Mr Soft Touch on the flip.  I am not so sure that this is the same artist as most of her material is Miami based but Back Beat is a Houston label?  Also the dates of her earlier Back Beat (1965-69) sides conflict with The Twans release. i.e. why would she join a group if she was well on her path with a solo career?

12 Mar 2020 Please note it appears that someone (bargainvinyl1) has copied my original text above and pasted into Discogs NOT the other way around!  I have now updated my text. I don't mind my text being used but a reference / acknowledgement to the site would have been the 'polite' thing to do!

The Twans [1965] - Darling Tell Me Why [Dade 1903]

There used to be a sound clip of  the flip side Darling Tell Me Why over at InDangerousRhythms but it doesn't appear to there any longer!

There are a couple of images on The Twans Discogs page which have been taken from an advert on page 8 of  The Miami Times from 29th April 1966.

I've taken the liberty of taking a copy of the page as it's quite difficult to find.