Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters"Money Honey"WL DJ1953 & Signed Photo1stRec Hear
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~Clyde McPhatter~
Pioneer of DooWop & R&B
Dominoes & Drifters
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1st Recording White Label DJ Copy
"Money Honey / The Way I Feel"
Signed Photo
B&W Photo
Original
Hear
Photo 1950s VFAtlantic Records # 1005 , 1953 VG++/VG+
Original Photo: Original Signed Black & White Photo
Clyde McPhatter
Extremely Rare Signature
Also extremely rare is this White Label Atlantic DJ Sample 45 rpm recording of Money Honey # 1006.
B&W photo is in VG/Fine condition. This is an Original Studio Photograph.
Gloss Photo has all gloss. Some minor creases. A small tear on the right edge. A couple minor creases.
The back has some residue of a felt backing.
The photo is still stunning and the Auto is in very good condition.
Showing a little age.
Could use a good frame.
This is one of the earliest know photos of Clyde McPhatter.
Signed around the late 1950s to the early 1960s.
Signed: To Zola (Mother) One Whom Angels Would Want!
Clyde McPhatter
NOTE: Zola is Zola Taylor of the Platters
Measurement: 10" x 8"
Photographer: James J. Kingmamn NY
Clyde McPhatter Atlantic Records
Gale Agency, Inc.
48 West 48th Street
New York, N.Y.
Vinyl is clean with all original luster. Record has seen very little play time.
A side is real clean. 1 minor surface mark. Grades a VG++
B side is also with a a few minor surface marks. Grades a strong VG+ Record plays and sounds terrific.
Hear original song from record:
"Money Honey"
"Money Honey", written by Jesse Stone, was released in September 1953 by Clyde McPhatter backed for the first time by the newly formed Drifters. McPhatter's voice, but not his name, had become well known as the lead singer for Billy Ward and the Dominoes and the song was an immediate hit and remained on the rhythm and blues charts for 23 weeks, peaking at #1. Rolling Stone ranked it #252 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The song was reported to have sold in excess of two million by 1968.
The song was recorded on August 9, 1953, Atlantic Studios and featured Clyde McPhatter (lead), Bill Pinkney (top tenor), Andrew "Bubba" Thrasher (second tenor), Gerhart "Gay" Thrasher (baritone), and Willie Ferbie (bass). Walter Adams was the guitarist for the record.
The recording features Mickey Baker on guitar and Sam "the Man" Taylor on tenor sax. The arrangement starts with a bagpipe-like drone from the Drifters setting up a shuffle rhythm. McPhatter's voice is clear and bright and in the midst of the sax solo he gives off a monumental scream.
The song tells the story of a man who has run out of money, and hopes his woman will help him out:
I was clean as a screen and so hard pressed I called the woman that I love bestIn the chorus, he threatens to leave her if she doesn't help him out:
Money Honey Money Honey Money Honey, if you want to get along with meShe is literally not buying, she has another man, one who already has money.
Covers
The song was covered by Eddie Cochran in a live performance
Most notably, in 1956 by Elvis Presley on his debut LP, Elvis Presley.
Clyde McPhatter rerecorded the song for the Mercury label catalog, and it appeared on the "Lover Please" album in 1962 and on his 1963 Mercury "Greatest Hits" release.
The Jackson 5 covered this song under the Motown label recorded during 1971 - 1975. It is one of 19 'Rare & Unreleased' tracks on the fourth CD of the Michael/Jackson 5 box-set,
Soulsation! issued in June 1995 in the US and July 1995 in the UK - a demo version is known to exist.
The song was also covered by Ry Cooder on his 1972 album, Into the Purple Valley.Gary Glitter also recorded the track for his album Touch Me.
The Coasters also released a version of the song.[
Clyde McPhatter (November 15, 1932 – June 13, 1972) was an American R&B singer, perhaps the most widely imitated R&B singer of the 1950s and 1960s, making him a key figure in the shaping of doo-wop and R&B. He had high-pitched tenor, that was steeped in the gospel music he sang in much of his younger life. He is best known for his solo hit "A Lover's Question". McPhatter was lead tenor for The Mount Lebanon Singers, a gospel group he formed as a teenager.;[2] and later, lead tenor for Billy Ward and His Dominoes. McPhatter was largely responsible for the success the Dominoes initially enjoyed. After his tenure with the Dominoes, McPhatter formed his own group, The Drifters before going solo. Dying at the age of 39 in 1972, Clyde McPhatter left a legacy of over 22 years of recording history.
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