A much overlooked side, as the record is generally sought for the A side 'I Need My Baby' which is a fantastic example of mid 60s Detroit soul much loved by the UK Northern Soul scene, but flip it over and there's another great Detroit 'thumper', 'A Love That Never Grows Old'.
Robert Lewis Beavers released around 15-20 singles between 1965 and 1975 mainly on Checker, Jaber and Seventy 7, this was his only release on Revilot. A couple of the Jaber releases were released as The Jackey Bevers Show and as Flame & The Lovelights. It would appear that in the 80s he turned to gospel releasing 4 gospel albums on New York's Glory label in the 80s/90s.
His last 45 release on Dade in 1975 also got a UK release on Jay Boy in 1976 and is one of my favourite tracks by him and well worth checking out 'Trying To Get Back To You Girl'. His only other UK release (apart from some a couple of reissues of 'I Need My Baby') was Mr Bump Man on Buddah in 1975.
He recorded as a duo Johnny (Bristol) & Jackey cutting around 5 singles between 1959-63 prior to his solo releases. He recorded the song he co-wrote with Bristol and Harvey Fuqua 'Someday We''ll Be Together' as Johnny & Jackey in 1961 and ten years later in 1971 as a solo version on the other side of the track I featured a few weeks ago 'Lover Come Back'. It was, of course, a #1 hit (US) for Diana Ross & The Supremes in 1969.
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