The Kavetts aka The Kavettes

The Kavetts (Chicago, IL,)
aka The Kavettes

Personnel :

Jessie Birden (lead vocals)

Discography :

The Kavetts
1963 - I've Got A Story To Tell You / Stay With Me (Len Dre 101)

The Kavettes
1964 - I'm Not Sorry For You / You Broke Your Promise (Okeh 7194)

Biography :

For every glittering success story on the Windy City soul scene, countless artists came and went without much of anvone noticing. Such was the case with the Kavetts, a female quartet that had a 1963 release on the microscopie Len-Dre label, pairing the wonderfully raucous "l’ve Got À Story To Tell You" and "Stay With Me". It seems to have been the logo’s inaugural release, and maybe its only one. They turned up the next year on OKeh as the Kavettes, with another one-off coupling of "You Broke Your Promise" and "I'm Not Sorry For You". Among the good things the group had going for them were songwriters Karl Tarleton and Andre Williams, who provided much of their material. Tarleton would quickly establish himself as a Windy City soul scribe, penning Joyce Kennedy's "65 Blue Rock outing "l’m A Good Girl" with Andre Williams and two 1967 hits: Gene Chandler’s "To Be A Lover" for Checker and Jackie Wilson's Brunswick outing "I Don't Want To Lose You". No such luck for thKavetts, despite their roof-raising lead singer.

Songs :

The Kavettes

  
  I'm Not Sorry For You                         You Broke Your Promise

The Kavetts

  
         Stay With Me                         I've Got A Story To Tell You

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