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The Fabulous Flames (2)

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The Fabulous Flames (2)

The Fabulous Flames (2) (San Francisco)

 

Personnel :

Louis Madison

J.W. Archer

Willie "Snake" Johnson

Bill Hollings



Discography :

1961 - Do You Remember? / Get To Stepping (Bay-Tone 102)
1961 - Do You Remember? /  I Need You, Dear (Bay-Tone 102)
1961 - Lover / I'm So Alone (Bay-Tone 105°


Biography :

The James Brown's singing group, The Famous Flames, After the group's initial breakup in 1957, with original group members Bobby Byrd, Sylvester Keels, NaFloyd Scott, Nash Knox, and Johnny Terry leaving the group due to the group's managers Clint Brantley and Ben Bart giving James Brown top billing, Brown was having trouble keeping The Flames together.


James Brown & The Famous Flames

Several members came and went over the next several months, including Willie Johnson , Big Bill Hollings, J.W.Archer,  Louis Madison and others. One of the bigger bust-ups occurred in the spring of 1959. Hollings, Madison and Archer, who had sung on 'Try Me', had a big confusion out in Oakland, California  following a show at the Oakland auditorium at which they opened for Jackie Wilson, Ray Charles, and Hank Ballard & the Midnighters and James Brown left 'em all out there. The then-Flames claimed that Brown refused to pay them, while Brown claimed it was because of alcohol and drug use on the road. 


Bay-Tone label owner Brad Taylor & The Fabulous Flames :Madison, Archer, Johnson and Hollings

It led to one of the many confusing backwaters of Famous Flames discography Of the marooned ex-Flames, Madison was the busier, forming  a group called The Fabulous Flames . They recorded three singles in 1959 for the Bay-Tone, a San Franciscan outlet started by Bradley Taylor. Either way, they were fired by Brown, who, by this time, had assumed full literal and financial control of the Famous Flames following the departure of group founder Bobby Byrd.


The Famous Flames (l to r): Bobby Byrd, Bobby Bennett & “Baby” Lloyd Stallworth

Lloyd was recruited as a replacement member of the group one year later, along with Bobby Bennett, and returning members Bobby Byrd and Johnny Terry.These men, along with Brown, became the permanent Famous Flames lineup.





Songs :

The Fabulous Flames (2)

  
Do You Remember? / Get To Stepping     I Need You, Dear

    
Lover                                    I'm So Alone                   Do You Remember (alt.)


James Brown & The Famous Flames


Try Me

 

 

 

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The Buddies (9) aka David & Goliath

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 Paste-Up picture : Bill Baker & Roger Koob

The Buddies (9)  (New Haven, Conn.)
aka David & Goliath

 

Personnel :

Roger Koob

Bill Baker

 

Discography :

The Buddies (9)
1962 - Must Be True Love / Hully Gully Mama (Comet 2143)

David & Goliath
1969 - I'm Still Lovin' You / Like Strangers (Tomaro 101)

 

Biography :

Bill Baker was the lead singer for the Five Satins in 1956-7. Baker is heard on five Ember releases. Of These, only "To the Aisle" achieved a commercial success.  When Fred Parris returned from the Army in 1958, Baker stopped recording for a couple of Years. In 1960 he recorded two records with the Chestnuts.

   
Roger Koob                                                                                 Bill Baker

 In 1962, Roger Koob, Lead singer of the Premiers, Roger & The Travelers and the Frontiers, Teamed up with Bill recording one single as the Buddies. In 1969, Roger teamed up once again with Bill Baker and released a record as David & Goliath on Tomaro Records.

 

Songs :

The Buddies (9)


Hully Gully Mama / Must Be True Love

David & Goliath

  
I'm Still Lovin' You                    Like Strangers

 

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The La-Rells

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The La-Rells (Pittsburgh)




Personnel :

Frank Avery (Lead)

Bob Best (First Tenor)

David Parr (Second Tenor)

Lafon McKellar (Second Tenor)

Wilton Anderson (Baritone & Bass)

Alex Richburg (Guitarist)

Vann Harris (Drummer)

 



Discography:

The La-Rells
Singles:
1961 - Everybody Knew / Please Be Fair (Robee 109)
1961 - I Just Can't Understand / Public Transportation (Robee 114)
1962 - I Guess I'll Never Stop Lovin You / Sneaky Alligator (Liberty 55430)
1991 - Tomorrow Will Only Bring Sorrow / Guess I'll Never Stop (Robee 120)
Unreleased:
1963 - Wish I Stayed In School / Tomorrow Will Only Bring Sorrow (World Artists)

Geno and Rabbit bb The La-Rells
1961 - Deep In the Night / Never Before (TeemA 696)




Biography :

From the very beginning the La Rells were busy gigging at various shows and record hops throughout the area. But like most groups of the era, they had trouble keeping the players in one place. Frank Avery on lead, Bob Best (first tenor), David Parr (second tenor), Lafon McKellar (second tenor), Wilton Anderson (baritone and bass), Alex Richburg (guitarist) and Vann Harris (drummer) formed the classic La-Rells line up.



In 1960, KQV DJ Larry Aiken hooked them up with Lennie Martin of Robbee Records. He liked their demo tape, and cut the ballad "Everybody Knew" b/w the up-tempo "Please Be Fair," released as Robbee 109. The song was a big local hit. Their career took off in the region. They did hops and shows for Clark Race, Larry Aiken, Porky Chadwick, Bill Powell, and Sir Walter at places like the Savoy Ballroom, Diamond Roller Rink, White Elephant and Twin Coaches.

  

In 1960 they won Bill Powell's prestigious "Pittsburgher" Award.  In 1961, they cut another record, "Public Transportation" b/w "I Just Can't Understand," released as Robbee 114. The music tracks were laid by the Rock 'N' Bluesmen, the La Rell's choice over Martin's house band. Still, it didn't hurt them locally.



 The La-Rells were the first Pittsburgh group to appear on a rock 'n' roll show at the Civic Arena. On October 20, 1961, they were on the same bill with Fats Domino and Brenda Lee. In 1962, the La-Rells signed with Liberty Records and cut "I Guess I'll Never Stop Loving You" b/w "Sneaky Alligator" in the Big Apple (Liberty 55430, reissued as Robbee 120 in 1991.)

  

The Liberty session players backing the band were pretty solid. King Curtis was on the sax, and a young Roberta Flack sat in on piano. But the disk received little airplay, and signs of dissension and career frustrations started to bubble up within the group. It didn't help when Bob Best left the band to join the military shortly after the record's release. His place was filled by Ronald Bentley. Then David Parr received his "greetings from Uncle Sam" notice and traded in his microphone for an M-16 in March 1964. His departure was the death knell of the La-Rells.
http://oldmonmusic.blogspot.com/2008/07/la-rells.html

 



Songs :

     
Everybody Knew                      Please Be Fair               I Just Can't Understand

     
Public Transportation            I Guess I'll Never Stop Lovin You             Tomorrow Will Only Bring Sorrow

 


Sneaky Alligator

 

 

 

 

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The Poppies

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The Poppies (Jackson, Mississippi)
 (By Hans-Joachim)

 


Personnel:

Dorothy Moore

Rosemary Taylor

Patsy “Pet” McClune



Discography:

Singles:
1966 - Lullaby Of Love / I Wonder Why (Epic 9893)
1966 - He's Ready / He's Got Real Love (Epic 10019)
1966 - Do It With Soul / He Means So Much To Me  (Epic 10059)
1966 - There's A Pain In My Heart / My Love And I (Epic 100086)

  
Epic 9893                                                 Epic 10019


Album:
1966 - The Poppies "Lullaby Of Love" (Epic LP 24200)
Lullaby Of Love / The Love We Knew / Don't Throw Our Love Away / Spellbound / Sure Is Worth It / He's Ready / Wonderful World Of Love / I Wonder Why / The Love Song / He's Got Real Love

 


Biography:

Jim Hill High School of Jackson, MS, spawned the Carvettes and the Poppies around the same period. the Carvettes were the area's dominate male group; the Poppies took the female honors. The original Poppies trio formed at Jim Hill High School with Dorothy Moore, Rosemary Taylor, and Patsy McClune. After organizing, still in high school, they became good enough to work for Billy Sherrill in Nashville doing background work.

After high school, Moore elected to go to Jackson State University, but still pursued her musical activities. The Jackson State experience didn't last long - Moore quit after her freshman semester to take advantage of an opportunity for the Poppies to record for Epic Records, with Sherrill producing. „Lullaby of Love,“ a Sherrill/Larry Butler composition, was a small regional hit in 1966.



Taking advantage of their golden chance, the Poppies assembled a road show, the Mid-South Review, which toured the south with a Sam & Dave-type duo and a male group (possibly the Carvettes since all the acts were Jackson natives).Epic released a second single, „He's Got Real Love“ b/w „He's Ready,“ in June 1966, three months after the first, but it didn't do as well. Yet the Poppies didn't notice, they were too busy barnstorming. Epic dropped the Poppies' Lullaby of Love LP during the tour; it consisted of songs by Sherrill, Butler, Bob McCree, and brothers Clinton and Edward Thomas.

  

 All ten songs take only 23 minutes to play. Sherrill, a masterful songwriter and producer with countless hits to his credit, couldn't work his magic with the Poppies. A third single, "Do It With Soul“ (released late in 1966), was new material not featured on the LP, but its success was, again, of the local/regional variety. „There's a Pain in My Heart,“ the Poppies’ final Epic single, felled in 1967. The girls still toured with the Mid-South Review, but the experience was far from lucrative - the girls worked four or five days a week to clear about 30 to 35 dollars a month each.



Patsy McClune left for California and continued singing background, sans Moore and Taylor, on the West Coast (and became replaced by Fern Kinney); Rosemary Taylor resumed her education and became a French teacher. Dorothy Moore, the Poppies' lead singer, continued as a solo act and kept the Mid-South Review rolling.


Dorothy Moore

She recorded two flops - "See How They've Done My Love" and "Same Old Feeling" - for Avon Records, but had better luck with a Malaco production distributed by Lloyd Price's GSF label entitled "Cry Like a Baby" b/w "Just the One I've Been Looking For"; it stayed on the R&B chart for five weeks in 1973. A duet on Chimneyville Records with King Floyd entitled "Don't Let Go" received good airplay and set the stage for her monster, "Misty Blue," in 1975, a million-seller that earned the Jackson, MS, songbird a well-deserved gold record.
Andrew Hamilton, All Music Guide
http://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/poppies.htm
http://www.soulbluesmusic.com/dorothymooreinterview.htm
http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Dorothy%20Moore.html

 

Movies:


Lullaby Of Love


I Wonder Why


Songs:

     
Lullabye Of Love                    I Wonder Why                      He’s Ready

     
He’s Got Real Love                 Do It With Soul           He Means So Much To Me

     
There’s A Pain In My Heart            My Love And I      Don't Throw Our Love Away

     
Spellbound                         Sure Is Worth It              Wonderful World Of Love

 

 

 

 


 

 

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