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Sunday, 18 February 2024

Shirley Diamond & Jesse James [2024] - You Don't Know Who You're Sleeping With [Soul Junction #SJ1021]


The new single from Soul Junction is due for release on 26 Feb and pairs Shirley Diamond with Jesse James.  The 7" vinyl release consists of two versions of "You Don't Know Who You're Sleeping with", a song Diamond co-wrote with Terry Dukes and produced by Con Funk Shun's Felton Pilate released in Oct '21. The A side being a duet with James and the B side the original solo 2021 version.

Atlanta, GA, native Shirley was at the same high school as her mentor Gladys Knight and same college as Jean Carne. By day she's an Education Support Teacher working with students who are experiencing learning difficulties.

She has collaborated with Reggie Hargis Hicks of the group Brick and Mikael Manley the guitarist with The Commodores,  toured with Johnnie Taylor and has opened for Tyrone Davis, Joe Simon, Millie Jackson, Atlantic Star, Bar Kays, Bobby Bland, Denise LaSalle, Marvin Sease and many others. 

Diamond released a CD only album "You Don't Have To Be Sad To Sing The Blues" with Magic Mushroom around March 2005 which contained several covers including "Homewrecker" (Tyrone Davis), "Inner City Blues" (Marvin Gaye) and "Nothing Takes The Place Of You" (Toussaint McCall). A couple of singles were released in 2013 and 2016 followed by her next project, a six track EP, "Strong Woman", in Sep 2016. since then two singles "Been So Long" (Apr 2018) and the single here in Sep '21.

James and Diamond were introduced to each other via Diamond's former manager Harvey Scales and re-recorded the song as a duet.

Soul Junction has announced that another James/Diamond duet, "Another Love Lay Over", will feature on a future Jesse James project.

Available to pre-order now from Soul Junction or from your regular vinyl dealer.

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Details
Rating: 8.2
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: New Soul
Format: Single
Media: 7" Vinyl
Label: Soul Junction
Cat No: SJ1021
Date: 26/02/2024
Key/BPM: N/A
Price: £13
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