"Baby It's You" b/w"Bounce" the Spaniels repro red wax Chicago's Chance #1141 M-
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Up for auction is this overall mint minus red wax 45rpm reproduction record of "Baby, It's You" b/w "Bounce" by the Spaniels on black-on-yellow label Chance Records. #1141. No reserve. Low starting bid. Sold as is, all sales final, with no return, but please contact us with any questions or concerns. Shipping by media mail is $4. for any size media order, will hold records or other items at your request and we do ship to P.O. Boxes. Thanks for looking. Lorraine & John ~~ The Vermont Village Gallery ~~ North Bennington ~~ Rare and Unusual Records & Collectibles ~~ Coming soon: DJ, promo, imports, colored vinyl and obscure records. From vocalhalloffame.com: The Spaniels (Inducted 2005). It was the R&B and rock and roll sound of The Spaniels that brought about the formation of one of R&B's legendary labels, Vee Jay Records. Gary, Indiana, natives Ernest Warren (first tenor), Opal Courtney Jr. (baritone), Willie Jackson (second tenor), and Gerald Gregory (bass) met and started singing in Rosevelt High School. The unnamed quartet had heard schoolmate James "Pookie" Hudson sing, and they convinced him to sing with them for the school talent show. They debuted as Pookie Hudson and The Hudsonaires for the Christmastime 1952 show and fared so well they decided to continue as a quintet. The 11th graders rehearsing and performing Pookie-penned songs like "Baby It's You" at local churches and talent show performances, with Pookie's smooth and smoky lead marvelling the masses. The group was looking for a new name when Gregory's wife heard them singing and told them they sounded like a "bunch of dogs". Not wanting to join the bird group club they went for The Spaniels. In the Spring of 1954 the group visited a local record shop owned by James Bracken and Vivian Carter Bracken of WWCA. The groups singing convinced the Bracken's to start their own label named after the couple's first name initials (V.J.) The Brackens moved their operation to Chicago and on May 5, 1953, [released "Baby It's You" which] had a bouncy ballad piano, bass, and melody line that surfaced in numerous later recordings and started getting enough radio response and sales in Chicago area to interest the larger Chance label. (In later years Vee Jay would own and distribute all of Chance's recordings.) On September 5th, "Baby" hit number 10 on the national R&B Best Seller and Jukebox charts.
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