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Monday 22 February 2021

The Dells v Loleatta Holloway - All About The Paper


This song was co-written by Lowrell Simon (The Vondells & The Lost Generation) and Clarence McDonald (who played keyboards on the recently demised Nolan Porter's album 'Nolan' as well as on many others).

Loleatta Holloway [1979] - All About The Paper [Gold Mind #GA 9504]

As far as I can ascertain this was an album only track from her self-titled 1979 album on Gold Mind. 

I feel that Loleatta Holloway was a vastly underrated talent, recording some wonderfully soulful material in the 70s and only got recoginition in her later years appearing as a soulful diva on many house recordings, she died in 2011 aged 64 (I will have to do a full feature on her in the future). She had a #1 hit as featured vocalist on Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch's 'Good Vibrations' in 1991 (Loleatta is featured in video link). Marky Mark was of course Mark Wahlberg who went on to become an 'A' list actor.


The Dells [1980] - All About The Paper [20th Century-Fox #TCD 112]

The Dells are one of (if not 'the') longest running groups in history with the same members. They have released albums for 6, and singles for 5, decades between 1955 and 2002. Undoubtedly their 'golden' period was between 1967-74. Their last hit album was 'Second Time' in 1988 and single 'Oh My Love' was released in 1992.

They originally formed in 1952 as The El-Rays, consisting of Mickey & Lucius McGill, Marvin Junior, Verne Allison Johnny Funches and Chuck Barksdale.  

Lucius McGill left around 1954 leaving a quinet. In 1955 they changed their name to The Dells. The line-up remained the same, until Funches was replaced by Johnny Carter, who was a founding member of The Flamingos, in 1960. That line-up remained until the death of Carter (aged 75) in 2009. 

The group continued to perform until 2012 when the ill health of Marvin Junior and Chuck Barksdale forced the group to retire. Marvin Junior died in 2013 aged 77 and Barksdale in  2019 aged 84.  The original member who left in 1960, Johnny Funches, died in 1998 aged 62.

As far as I am aware the three surving members are alive and will now be in their mid 80s (85/86).


Details
Format: Album/Single
Media: LP / 12" & 7"
Label: Gold Mind / 20th Century Fox
Cat No: GA 9504 / TCD 112
Year: 2021
Key: 11B / 2B
BPM: 112 / 121
Value: £1


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