Gerald Sims [1973] - You'll Never Be Sorry [Warner Bros #WB 7680]

The new releases have dried up a bit and I'm up to date with the best of them, so with the demise of N.F. Porter, it's time to post some 60s and Northern Soul which has been neglected of late.

Prolific Chicago writer, arranger and producer Gerald Sims didn't release many records himself but was behind so many Chicago classics for most of (if not all of) the major Chicago acts (Brunswick/Dakar in particular) either writing, arranging or producing. Artists he worked with include Jackie Wilson, Gene Chandler, The Artistics, Barbara Acklin, Otis Leaville, Jerry Butler, Tyrone Davis, Darrell Banks. Jackie Ross, The  Radiants and more. To list the records he worked on would be exhaustive. 

Both Discogs and 45Cat list only 6 releases by him, four of them between 1962-64 (with two of those on Okeh) and then this release on Warner Bros. in 1973. The other single was a resissue of his earlier Okeh side Cool Breeze with a Tony Middleton track. 

He was originally with The Daylighters between 1956-61 until he left to join Carl Davis at Chess.

In the 70s he worked for Jerry and Billy Butler's Fountain Productions. He bought Chess Records recording studios in the 80s and by late 80s/early 90s retired to Florida.

Gerald Sims [1973] - You'll Never Be Sorry [Warner Bros #WB 7680]

It's a bit of a mystery as to why, after 9 years, he decided to release this record, and why on Warner Bros. and not Brunswick or Dakar or one of the other Chicago labels (e.g. Chess, Mercury, Blue Rock)?  It's record I've enjoyed for years that I don't think I've ever heard 'played out'.

The Chi-Lites [1973] - Bet You'll Never Be Sorry [Brunswick #BL 754197]

The Chi-Lites also released a version with a slightly different title on their 1973 self-titled album .  I don't now which release came first.  This version has a lighter, more of a crossover, feel about it.