Soul, Blues, Sixties Music Database
We’re In This Thing Together (1966 Date USA) Reunited – Epic 1967 LOVE IS STRANGE We’re In This Thing Together big track at the Twisted Wheel also by the Carrols. Peaches And Herb: Francine Barker (Peaches) first started in The Sweet Things (1966) An English group from Liverpool The Carrolls made a version of “Were In … Read more
READY WILLING AND ABLE Give Me Your Love – Liberty 1967 With Clydie King Jimmy And Clydie – Ready, Willing and Able was a massive, massive, massive; dance track at the Wheel first and then also at the Blue Note soul clubs in Manchester. READY, WILLING AND ABLE and the ‘B’ side too – WE … Read more
The TWIST (1959) Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go – Hank Ballard and Betty Lavette SSS Int 946 1971) Hank Did the original ‘Twist’ as Hank Ballard and the Midnighters – but it was Chubby Checker that had the hit! Hank Ballard – Wikipedia
Time Waits For No One I Believe She Will I Can’t Do It Outcast Time Waits For No One was our favourite in the 60’s from this great Soul duo Eddie and Ernie: Eddie Campbell and Ernie Johnson. The Duo used to be the opening act for Ike And Tina Turners review. But although Ike … Read more
I GOT WHAT IT TAKES Part One and Part Two This was a well known and MAJOR first Soul scene hit long before it got what it takes for Northern Soul to re-discover it in the next decade! As Jerry was quite a small chap, he sometimes recorded as Little Jerry Williams and just to … Read more
Spring / So Many Ways – VeeJay Birdlegs and Pauline – what an odd name for this husband and wife R&B duo. According to Jim Kirchstein of Cuca Records, who leased Spring to Vee Jay records, they were from Rockford Illinois. Sidney ‘Birdlegs’ Banks was still alive in 2004 although sadly his wife Pauline Shivers … Read more
Let It Be Me – Betty Everett and Jerry Butler Ain’t That Loving You Baby – Betty Everett and Jerry Butler Betty Everett – Wikipedia Jerry Butler – Wikipedia Song Lyrics – Let It Be Me Let It Be Me I bless the day I found you I want to stay around you And so … Read more