Lydia Marcelle is know to Northern Soul aficionados for
her 1967 single "It's Not Like You" on Manhattan. It was sufficiently popular to warrant a bootlegging.
The song was written by Harley Hatcher who had a track played off his
1973 album "The Soul Hustler", the pounding instrumental title track which was covered up as Al De Lory "Discotheque Alibi" by Richard
Searling.
Marcelle released just five singles in total starting with a very Sonny
& Cher / Mod sounding "Everybody Dance" for Atco in 1964 which was a
NOLA production by Wardell Quezergue. Her next was on NOLA which
included the flip of the previous single along with the Robert Parker
written, Motownesque, "Another Kind Of Fellow" which got a UK release on
Sue.
Her next two were on another New Orleans label, Manhattan, with all sides
written, arranged and produced by Harley Hatcher, and all very pop oriented.
The last single was one of her best "Easy Breezy" on Knight, the label
for Traci Borges' Knight recording studio in New Orleans, in
1972.
Marcelle moved to L.A. in the late 60s where she met songwriter Jane
McNealy whilst at Hollywood's Studio Club. They recorded some unreleased
songs with jazz producer/arranger Harold Battiste Jr.
McNeally has set up a label called Lo-Flo Records and is releasing these
previously unreleased songs. We believe there are five in total to be
released with three already available.
The first "I Want To Know" on 30 Jun, followed by "Where Has It Gone" (28 Jul) and "This Time We're Really Through" (11 Aug).
Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.
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