A record I've always been fond of was released in 1964 by Juanita Williams
'Baby Boy' / 'You Knew What You Were Gettin'' which I always thought was one of only two records she had released, until a few years ago when I discovered that she relased an album in
1994.
I was even more pleasantly surprised when I discovered another album, 'It's
Who I Am', by her released in 1999 which is mainly covers of jazz standards
but there are two good soul tracks, a cover of Aretha's 'Until You Come Back
To Me' and a superb deep soul/jazz tune called 'So Good' (which may well
be a well known jazz song as all the other songs are covers, but I
don't recognise it). Even
All Music
doesn't state who the writers are for 'So Good' or 'Please Don't Say You're
Sorry Again' so it will be difficult to track down. If anyone knows please
leave a comment.
It is also interesting how things intertwine as I wasn't aware, until
researching her further, that she was a member of The Honey Bees (with her
sister Barbara Ann Williams and Mary 'Stegall' Lucas), mentioned in the
Jack Montgomery
post, who recorded the vocal version of 'Never In A Million Years' on
Garrison. This is a rare 4 figure valued record. It's the only known
release for them and other that the release on Golden World she has only
one other listed single which was on Wingate in 1965 with 'Some Things You
Never Get Used To' / 'You Knew What You Were Gettin' on the flip
again.
Discography
NB clicking on title link will open track(s) in YT on a new page, clicking on labe/cat no will open Discogs or Amazon pages for the release.
Singles
1976 - The Honey Bees -
Let's Get Back Together
/ Never In A Million Years
[Garrison #GAR 3005]
All of the above records are good and recommended listening.
Albums
UPDATE 22 Jul 2021 - I have been informed by a reader that the son of Juanita Williams states that these two albums are by a different singer.
1999 -
It's Who Am I
[Hq]
Here's a couple of reviews on 'It's Whom I Am' I came across whilt digging around:
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