Numero Group continue to reissue singles from Anthony Renfro's 60s/70s
L.A. based label supporting his name. Renfro was a young grocery clerk
eager to make it in the music business but was advised to focus on
production by both Sam Cooke and James Brown, who told him bluntly that he
couldn't sing, so he set about creating his own label which, although had little commercial success, has left a legacy of many records played 'up North'.
We posted Morris Chestnut last week and this time out it's Carl
Henderson with both sides of his 1966 outing on the label "You're All I
Need" b/w "That Girl". The top side a deep soul ballad with flip being a one time in demand
Northern Soul stomper. Both sides were also recorded earlier on the label by
The Sequins on two separate releases. Their version of "That Girl",
retitled "That Boy" is a tough one to find (their versions are also included below). You may recall from earlier posts for them that, The Sequins were sisters Brenda & Patrice Holloway and Pat Hunt.
It was Henderson's third of five singles for the label. His first, "Sharing
You", sold well enough to be picked up by A&M and released on their
Omen imprint. The song was also recorded by Mitty Collier on Chess who
had her biggest hit with it reaching #10 R&B and scraping into the
Hot 100 at #97 in Feb 1966. His next single, two self-written songs, was released only on Omen.
Henderson had released a single earlier in 1962 with The Dell Kings on
Texas label Renco. Prior to that he was a member of Texas doo-wop group
The Lyrics who released two singles on San Antonio's Harlem label in 1959.
He wrote three of the six sides.
Seven of his Renfro sides can be found on Numero Group's Eccentric series
"Eccentric Soul: The Renfro Label" released in 2020, three of them (including "That Girl") are also
included on Kent's "Renfro Soul Story: Priceless Los Angeles Northern Soul" (2004).
Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.
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