Little Anthony & The Imperials [2022] - Better Use Your Head / Gonna Fix You Good (Everytime You’re Bad) [Outta Sight #SEV010]

The second of two Northern Soul classics reissued on 7" vinyl from Outta Sight is Little Anthony & The Imperials with "Better Use Your Head" and "Gonna Fix You Good (Everytime You’re Bad)". 

Both sides were originally released as separate singles on Veep in 1966 and also both written by Teddy Randazzo and Victoria Pike and appeared on their "Payin' Our Dues" album.

Like the Garnet Mimms double-sider, both sides here failed to make any impact on the R&B chart although "Gonna Fix You Good" was an early spin at Manchester's Twisted Wheel club and "Better Use Your Head" was a huge sound all over the country in 1975 which is arguably the year Northern Soul really peaked with weekly all-nighters at Wigan Casino, Cleethorpes Pier and St Ives (was Yate going by this time as well?) and of course Blackpool Mecca's Highland Room before the modern soul 'split'.  

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Details

Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Northern Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	7"
Label:	Outta Sight
Cat No:	SEV010
Date:	03/2022
Key/BPM:	3B/145 / 10B/152
Value:	£12

Little Anthony & The Imperials Feat. Deniece Williams [2008] - You'll Never Know [Imperials Plus #BGCD 3567]

A marvellous song played by Gary Van Den Bussche on his lunchtime show on Starpoint Radio last week was this album only track from Little Anthony & The Imperials featuring Deniece Williams with the title track off a 2008 compilation "You'll Never Know". 

It is certainly a new one to me and unfortunately there is no information on the CD to give away who it was written by. However, with a little bit of sleuthing I discovered it was written by Mary Susan Ekler. 

The album contains both new songs and new versions of old songs. There is another pretty good track on i called "I Ain't Fallin'", so have also included that. They seem to be pretty cheap and easy to find in the US but it doesn't appear to have been released anywhere else.

Jerome Anthony "Little Anthony" Gourdine is now 81 years old. The group was formed in 1957 as The Chesters and were still performing up until 2018 at least, although Little Anthony left in 1975 for a career in acting, and, as you are probably aware, they were then known simply as The Imperials who had a few hits in the 70s.

Details

Rating:	8.9
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Modern Soul
Format:	Album Track
Media:	CD
Label:	Imperials Plus
Cat No:	BGCD 3567
Date:	2008
Key/BPM:	N/A
Value:	£5 (approx.)