Post by SavoyBGGroup 6 is now open. P{lease rank these from best to worst.
Home At Last - Little Willie John
Not bad 1955 Willie John flip but one which takes a back seat for me
to its much better "A" side "Need Your Love So Bad" which of course
WAS in that years Battle. Didn't affect Willie on bit though---since
BOTH sides charted Top 10 on Billboard's R&B chart
Post by SavoyBGBecause I Love You - Dee Clark
Bouncy but trite poppy number that again was the flip to ta much
better "A" side---in this case "Your Friends" (that had the Dells in
tow on it). Released on Vee Jay the top side was erroneously included
in the 1961 Battle. It should have been in the 1960 edition (reviewed
in BB in December 1960). Sorry Dee!
Post by SavoyBGBlues For My Cookie - Lightnin' Hopkins
=20
Pretty straightforward but undistinguished blues by Hopkins recorded
at ACA Studio in Houston Tx in April 1954. Personnel : Lightnin'
Hopkins (vcl/gtr) Donald Cooks (b) Ben Turner (dms).Released by Herald
Records in NYC in October 1955
Post by SavoyBGBaby, Don't Put Me Down - Sultans
Here's the five-member Sultans from Omaha,Nebraska with their second
record for Don Robey's Duke label in 1954. This was actually the
flipside to the slow ballad "I Cried My Heart Out" which featured
regular lead Willie Barnes. I prefer the rockin' side nominated here
in which lead duties are passed to one Eugene McDaniels who later
became a big hit maker in his own right---as Gene McDaniels---starting
with his "A Hundred Pounds Of Clay" smash in 1961
Post by SavoyBGBe Ever Wonderful - Nolan Strong With The Velvet Angels
Sorry but tho I usually love Nolan Strong (not least because he has
been good to me in these contests :) I'm not much of an acapella fan
I'm afraid.This rather colorless 1963 effort does little if anything
for me. I'll guess I'll stick with Ted Taylor's brighter 1959
original.
ROGER FORD
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