Montag, 11. August 2014

The Kac-Ties aka The Kact-Ties aka The Relations (1) (Brooklyn, New York)



The Kac-Ties aka The Kact-Ties
aka The Relations (1) (Brooklyn, New York)

 Group members:

Robert Burton (Lead)
David Nixon (Bass)

Jennings 'Panama' Blackett Jr. (Baritone and Lead)
Robert Burton (1st tenor and 2nd tenor)
Jackie Robinson (Lead and 1st Tenor)
James Smalls (Baritone and 2nd Tenor)

Discography:

The Kac-Ties1963 - Walking In The Rain / Smile (Baby) (Kape 502)
1963 - Donald Duck / Over The Rainbow (acapella) (Kape 702)1965 - Happy Birthday / Girl In My Heart (Kape K515631/2)n/a - The Rest Of My Life (acapella)n/a - Walkin' In The Rain (acapella)

n/a - I've Got To Learn To Twist (acapella)

The Kact-Ties


1962 - Walking In The Rain / Smile (Baby) (Trans Atlas 695)

1963 - Let Your Love Light Shine / Were-Wolf (Shelley 163)

1963 - Let Your Love Light Shine / Mr. Were-Wolf (Kape 503)

1964 - Let Me In Your Life / Oh, What A Night (Shelley 165 / Atco 6299)

The Relations (1)

1963 - Smile (Baby) / Until We Two Are One (Kape 504)
1963 - Too Proud To Let You Know / What Did I Do Wrong (acapella) (Kape 703)
1963 - Crowd With The Phony Tattoo / Say You Love Me (Zells 712)
1967 - Back To The Beach / Too Proud To Let You Know (Davy Jones 664 / Demand 501)

Biography:

The Kac-Ties originated in Brooklyn, New York and were considered a premier singing group. Before the Kac-Ties recorded, Sydney Bamberg was the lead and 1st tenor but he was replaced by Robert Burton. Bernard Bamberg, Sydney's brother was the original bass, but was replaced by David Nixon. The group members who remained were Jennings 'Panama' Blackett Jr (baritone and lead), Robert Burton (1st tenor and 2nd tenor), David 'Wolf' Nixon (bass), Jackie Robinson (lead and 1st tenor), James Smalls (baritone and 2nd tenor).

 

The Kac-Ties entered a singing contest in the 60's at the Arlington Inn in Brooklyn. One of the groups competing with them was a new, then relatively unknown, group - The Jive Five. The Kac-Ties won the competition. The excitement of winning prompted The Kac-Ties to enter another contest that very same night at Brooklyn's Baby Grand. Once again, they were competing with The Jive Five and learned of the Jive Five's upcoming release of "My True Story." The Kac-Ties once again prevailed and won this second competition.




The Kac-Ties went into the recording studio and recorded four songs on the Shelley label for Mr. Clark Galehouse. The Shelley label was a subsidiary of the Golden Crest label of Huntington, Long Island and was named after Mr. Galehouse's daughter. The four recordings were released as - "Let Your Love Light Shine" b/w " Were-Wolf" (Shelley 163); "Let Me In Your Life" b/w "Oh What A Night" (Shelley 165). Dave 'Baby' Cortez was also at this session and played piano on the four recordings. It was at this recording session that The Kac-Ties met Ben E. King who was scheduled to record when the Kac-Ties were finished. One of the songs Ben E. King recorded at that session was "Stand By Me."



The Kac-Ties material, recorded for the Shelley label, was also released on Kape Records of Brooklyn, New York. Kape released "Let Your Love Light Shine" b/w "Mr. Were-Wolf" (Shelley 163) as Kape 503. "Let Me In Your Life" b/w "Oh, What A Night" (Shelley 165) was leased by Kape to Atco (#6299) for national distribution. The Kac-Ties recorded more material for the Kape label including "Walking in the Rain" b/w "Smile (Baby)" (Kape 502), "Happy Birthday" b/w "Girl In My Heart" (Kape K515631/2), "Donald Duck" b/w "Over the Rainbow" (Kape 702), "Too Proud To Let You Know" b/w "What Did I Do Wrong" (Kape 703) and "Smile (Baby)" b/w Until We Two Are One" (Kape 504).

 

The Kac-Ties also recorded "Back to the Beach" for Kape Records at A-1 Recording Studios in New York. Fred Kaplan leased this track to a new label - Davey Jones Records. The owners of this label were Davey Jones of the Monkees and Jack Angel, Davey's uncle and part owner of Herald Ember Records. They released "Back to the Beach" b/w "Too Proud To Let You Know" (Davey Jones Records 664). It was selected as one of the 'Pick Hit of the Week' by WABC Radio in New York City - This song would have become a national hit - Top 25 on the record charts but national events intervened. This was the same week the Watts Riots occurred. The ensuing tensions divided the music industry - black stations wouldn't play white music & white stations wouldn't play black music. Since the Davey Jones label has a picture of Davey on the label (since he was well known as a member of the Monkees), neither black or white music stations played this record.




In an effort to circumvent the issues, the Davey Jones label formed a subsidiary, the Demand Record label and released the Kac-Ties "Back to the Beach" b/w "Too Proud To Let You Know" as Demand 501, as well as changing the name of the group to The Relations.



The Kac-Ties were in great demand to perform. In addition to local shows, they performed in Atlantic City, New Jersey at a Christmas Holiday show for Florence Ballard, previously of the Supremes. DJ Hal Jackson thought the group was terrific and had them perform at the Pitkin Theater in Brooklyn, as well as being on a TV show with him.

Sources:




Songs:



Walking In The Rain (acapella)

Walking In The Rain

Smile (Baby)

Donald Duck

Over The Rainbow

Happy Birthday

Girl In My Heart

The Rest Of My Life


Let Me In Your Life

I've Got To Learn To Twist

Let Your Love Light Shine

Were-Wolf aka Mr. Were-Wolf

Oh, What A Night

Until We Two Are One

Too Proud To Let You Know

What Did I Do Wrong

Crowd With The Phony Tattoo

Say You Love Me

Back To The Beach


Donnerstag, 7. August 2014

Johnnie & Joe - Part 2

Johnnie & Joe

Part 2: songs

Feel Alright

I’ll Be Spinning

Over The Mountain, Across The Sea

My Baby's Gone, On, On

It Was There

There Goes My Heart

I Was So Lonely

If You Tell Me You're Mine

Trust In Me

Who Do You Love

Why Did She Go

Why Oh Why

Darling

My Baby's Gone (And Left Me)

My Baby's Gone (And Left Me) (outtake)

Warm, Soft And Lovely

False Love Has Got To Go

Red Sails In The Sunset

Where Did She Go?

I Adore You

I Want You Here Beside Me

Why Do You Hurt Me So

Your Love

You Said It And Don't Forget It

Across The Sea

Over The Mountain (Part 2)

Won't You Come Back To Me

Speak Softly (Angel)

We Get That Feelin'



My Ideal

My Dreams Have Been Bubbles

 Why Don't You Stop



You're Just Right For The Part

 You're In Love With Someone Else

The Devil Said No, Gone With Your Bad Self

You Can Always Count On Me

Here We Go, Baby

That's The Way You Go

Over The Mountain, Across The Sea (Lana version)

Shortening Bread

You're The Loveliest Song I Ever Heard

Let Your Mind Do The Walking

Crying To The World Outside

My Baby Is So Sweet

False Love Has Got To Go

Jamaica - Our Thing

Sincere Love

Tell Me

Kingdom Of Love

Tossin' Turnin' (Yearnin' Burnin' For Your Love)

I Feel Alright

The Highest Mountain, The Deepest River

When I Write The Book

God Sent Me You

Overnight

Queen Of My Heart

Dear I Swear

If I Just Had You

True Love

Sooner Or Later

A Fool Am I

I Pray To Keep Our Love Strong

My Dearest, My Love

Over Which Mountain

You Broke Our Hearts

Help Me Brother

I Wish That Someone Was Me

Right For The Part (unrel. vers.)

You Can Always Count On Me (unrel. vers.)