Margo & The Marvettes [1967] - When Love Slips Away [Pye #7N.17423]

I haven't posted much Northern Soul for a while so let's put that right!.  I don't normally like (approve of?) many 60s blue-eyed covers, but this cover of Dee Dee Warwick's classic, recorded the same year, is an exception.  Margo Burns from County Down, Northern Irleand and her Marvettes do a terrific job.

There are a few other versions by The Fashions (1968 on 20th Century Fox and also got a UK release on Stateside), The Identities (released twice in 1970, first on House Of Fox and then on Together titled as 'When You Find Love Slipping Away' - this is a great crossover version) and also by Jay & The Techniques on their 1968 'Lost And Found' album on Smash.

Margo & The Marvettes are only credited with four 45s all released between 1964-1967, with this being their last.  All the others are 60s beat tunes that are of not much interest to soul lovers.

Margo released a solo single in 1964/65 under the name Sherri Weine 'Dont Forget' / 'Start The World Spinning', produced by Shel Talmy on World Artists in US.

In 1968 Pye changed her name to Liza Dulittle and released a single 'I've Got To Get A Grip Of Myself / Did You Hear A Heartbreak Last Night'.  Parlophone, her label before Pye, also changed her name to Sherry Cantrell as she was married to Tony Burns from the group and they didn't think it was a good image for the band for fans to know she was married!  I don't know if anything was released under that name but I can't find anything.

Margo released another solo single in 1969 on Deram called 'The Spark That Lights The Flame / Left Over Love. 'Left Over Love' is a pleasant enough pop/soul outing.

Her name was changed again to Maggie Brown and she released her next 45 in 1970 on Penny Farthing  'You're My Little Bit Of Sunshine / O.K. Have It Your Way'. After having no hits, the group disbanded in 1972.  

I've come across a couple of further releases from 1981 billed as Margo & The Nitelife - one being 'Fairytale' a country / soul song written and recorded by Pointer Sisters, and 'Soulful Dress' a cover of Sugar Pie Desanto written by Maurice McAllister, the other being 'Behind The Footlights' (another country song) and a cover of Paul Simon's 'Gone At Last'.

She performed with her husband Trevor as Take Two and in 1987 started performing in Mallorca in the sumer season.

The flip side 'I'll Be Home' is a slow soul/country ballad which may be of interest to 'Lowriders'?

As a bonus here's some TV footage of Dee Dee Warwick performing the song.  Dee Dee passed away in 2008 and was, unortunately,  always in the shadows of her older sister Dionne even though she released some great material.