Showing posts with label Beat Ballad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beat Ballad. Show all posts
Wednesday, 29 March 2023

Aki Aleong [2023] - Giving Up On Love b/w Love Is Funny [Numero Group #NUM5710]

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Another foray into the archives for Numero Group with this 1963 Vee Jay outing from, now 88 year old,  Aki Aleong (Assing Leonard...
Wednesday, 11 January 2023

Jimmy Radcliffe [2023] - Big City Blues / You Can't Lose Something You Never Had [Big Man Records #BMR 1012]

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Mark Bicknell's Big Man Records is releasing a 7" single consisting of two previously unreleased songs by Jimmy Radclif...
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Monday, 26 September 2022

Joe Buckner & Major IV / Hal Frazier [2022] - I Wish I Knew / I Stand Blue [Kent Select #CITY 077]

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Joe Buckner was lead singer of Chicago group Major IV who recorded in L.A. in the late 60s and released three singles on ...
Friday, 26 February 2021

The High Keys [1966] - Let's Take A Chance [Verve #VK 10423]

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Here's yet another flip side to a Northern Soul classic which is now the 'preferred' side.  The played side back ...
Thursday, 18 February 2021

Ed Robinson [1971] - Temptation's Bout To Get Me [Atco #45-6812]

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There are several versions of this Jimmy Diggs song, originally recorded by The Knight Brothers in 1965, who Diggs was a member of....
Friday, 12 February 2021

Bill Lucas [1967] - Cause I Know Your Mine / I Don't Wanna Ever Love Again [Dionn #502]

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For lovers of 'vintage' soul it doesn't get much better than this, a superb double-sider from Bill Lucas (both also writ...
Saturday, 6 February 2021

Patti LaBelle & The Bluebells [1965] - All Or Nothing [Atlantic #45-2311]

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In a similar vein to the previous post on Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles (note slight name variation). This is an earlier release ...
Sunday, 6 December 2020

Gene Chandler [1965] - Here Comes The Tears [Constellation #C-164]

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A class slab of Chicago soul, I guess you'd label this as a beat ballad. Released in 1965 on Constellation but did absolutely nothing, i...
Tuesday, 10 November 2020

Freddie North [1968] - Oh Lord, What Are You Doing To Me [Abet #9436]

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Freddy North's finest hour?  Beat ballad heaven from 1968, a cover of Big Maybelle's 1964 release on Scepter. Penned by Luther Dixo...