Bill Albright [2023] - In the Middle of the Night [Self Released]

We posted the forthcoming Soul Junction vinyl release for Bill Albright (due on 7 Jul) on Tuesday. However, it seems that the information we received regarding the digital release of the flip side wasn't accurate as "In the Middle of the Night" was released digitally yesterday (21 Jun '23). We were led to believe that it would be US only and released the same day as the vinyl release.

Please refer to the link above for further information on Bill and the vinyl release.

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Rating:	8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Retro Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	21/06/2023
Key/BPM:	7A/91
Price:	£1

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Bill Albright [2023] - Sitting By The Phone / Middle Of The Night [Soul Junction #SJ1020]

Little did we suspect when we posted Bill Albright's  "Sitting By The Phone" on the day of it's digital release on 21 Jun '22 that it would appear on a vinyl release. It is lined up with a, so far, unreleased B side "In The Middle Of The Night" for the next Soul Junction issue due on 7 Jul '23. 

At that time the only thing we discovered about Bill was that his real name was Anthony Bills. Soul Junction's Dave Welding has discovered more. He told us that he initially made contact with Bill in Apr/May 2022 via a mutual friend with a view to releasing it later in 2022 but with pressing plant delays it has had to wait until now.

Anthony/Bill was born and raised in Baltimore, MD in 1961. After receiving a degree in Electrical Engineering & Technology in 1981 he moved to New York in 1982 to become a professional model. He returned to his native Baltimore briefly in 1986 only to move to Suwanee (Atlanta) in 1989 where he set up his own cleaning business 'All Bright Cleaning Services Inc' and resides there to this day. 

In 1993 he formed a music production company 'Bill Albright Productions Inc'. Biding his time and making live appearances whilst still running his cleaning company Bill waited until he felt the time was right to release his debut single "Sitting By The Phone" in Jun '22 which we said at the time had a strong similarity to Billy Stewart's classic "Sitting In The Park" but with a more contemporary twist. We reposted in Jan this year reminded of it by our "Remembering Billy Stewart" feature as a video was then available for it which was posted in Oct '22 (included below).

It is being paired on 45 with, we are told his next single only available as a download in the US on the same day) "In The Middle Of The Night".

Available to pre-order from Soul Junction now for release on 7 Jul '23.

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Rating:	8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Retro Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	7" Vinyl
Label:	Soul Junction
Cat No:	SJ1020
Date:	07/07/2023
Key/BPM:	9A/90
Price:	£13

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Bill Albright [2022] - Sitting by the Phone [Self Released]

Prompted by the 'remembering' feature for Billy Stewart yesterday is a post made last June for Bill Albright who released "Sitting By The Phone", which is 'ever so slightly' influenced by Stewart's "Sitting In The Park". 

I was just sending a YouTube link to it to a friend to listen to it and noticed that at the end of October he uploaded a video for the song which wasn't available when originally posted.

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Rating:	8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Retro Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	21/06/2022
Key/BPM:	9A/90
Price:	£1

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Bill Albright [2022] - Sitting by the Phone [Self Released]

A new interpretation of an all time classic originally recorded by Billy Stewart on Chess in 1965. Released today (21 Jun 2022) and retitled from "Sitting In The Park" to "Sitting By The Phone" by Bill Albright.

It appears to be the first release from Bill who is from Suwanee, GA. I had a check for him on Discogs and there are three Bill Albrights listed and one's described as a 'hornist' which amused me!

I did manage to find him on facebook and his real name is Anthony Bills.

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Details

Rating:	7.9
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul / cover Version
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	21/06/2022 (a)
Key/BPM:	9A/90
Price:	£1

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