Nancy Butts [2022] - I Want To Hold Your Hand Baby / Your Friend Will Take The Man You Love [Hit And Run #HR 1544]

Nancy Butts was from Sparta, GA, and was the lead singer of family gospel group the Butts Sisters before releasing half a dozen secular singles, initially on Eugene Davis' Detroit label Flaming Arrow and Crow and then on Jar-Val out of Macon, GA, run by DJ Hamp Swain which was also responsible for the release of Matt Brown's superb "Thank You Baby". 

Her first release on Jar-Val included a cover of Don Covay's "Letter Full Of Tears" which was picked up nationally by King Records.

Hit And Run Records is reissuing both sides of her first single on Flaming Arrow "I Want To Hold Your Hand Baby" / "Your Friend Will Take The Man You Love" The top side is a cracking Northern Soul dancer which has seen release on a couple of CD compilations only  ("Northern Soul Southern Style" Goldmine 2006 and "Dream Dancers" by Soul Kitchen) but this is the first reissue on vinyl. Although it is reputed that a quantity of only 200 were released in the late 80s/early 90s after an unissued master was found in Detroit.

Another single well worth checking out is the deep soul song "I Can't Love But One Man At A Time" which I believe was covered by New Love Ltd. as "One Love At A Time" who released it on their only album, "So Much To Talk About", but a different take was also released as a single on Arco. It is thought that it is Nancy Butts on the single but the album vocalist is Valerie Lipford. I think I'll post all three versions separately.

Discography

1968 - I Want To Hold Your Hand Baby / Your Friend Will Take The Man You Love [Flaming Arrow #19

1969 - Go On To Her / You're Gonna Need Somebody  [Crow #37 / Flamimg Arrow #45-FA-38]

1969 - Let Me Be Free / Please Please Tell Me Baby [Flaming Arrow #FA-39]

1971 - Only One Love / Letter Full Of Tears [Jar-Val #7 / King #6405]

1972 - Too Many Yesterdays / I Can't Love But One Man At A Time [Jar-Val #14]

1973 - I've Been Blind Too Long / I've Been Blind Too Long (Inst.) [Jar-Val #17]

1977? - One Man At A Time / Universal Funk [Arco #100]

The single is available now to order by sending £15 (£12 + £3 postage) to: hitandrunsoul45@gmail.com

Details

Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Northern Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	7" Vinyl
Label:	Hit And Run
Cat No:	HR 1544
Date:	17/11/2022
Key/BPM:	N/A
Price:	£15 (£12 + £3 P&P)

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