It's been a disappointing week so far for new releases so I thought that, as
I posted some modern soul last week, I'd post some crossover classics while
waiting for some decent new music to arrive.
Here's two quite different versions of the same song written by Johnny Moore
and Jack Daniels.
Johnny Moore [1967] - It's Just My Way Of Loving You [Date #2-1562]
The original version which was the A side to his biggest Northern Soul
tune 'Walk Like A Man', so beware when buying as it was bootlegged on a counterfeit label. The original is styrene and the bootleg is vinyl.
Not to be confused with the Johnny Moore who was lead singer of The Drifters in the 70s.
Moore is credited with writing 'Turn Back The Hands Of Time', although it was Bonnie Thompson, his girlfriend at the time, whose name appears on the labels. It was first recorded as an instrumental by The Mustangs on Jetstar in 1967 before Tyrone Davis made it a #1 R&B and #3 Hot 100 hit in 1970.
Sadly his solo singles had no success even on R&B charts and he died in 2005 aged 64. Whether it was he, or his grilfriend, who received royalties for 'Turn Back The Hands Of Time' is anyone's guess!
Garland Green [1971] - Just My Way Of Loving You [Cotillion #45-44126]
Garland Green released three singles on Revue between 1967-68, all of these have made appearances on NS scene at some time or another. He hit paydirt in 1969 with 'Jealous Kind Of Fella', his first release on Uni after leaving Revue, which reached #5 R&B and #20 Hot 100. He never managed to match this and was released from Uni after two more 45s. In 1971 he signed to Cotillion and this was his second of five releases for the label.
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