Vee-Jay 303 Chicago doo wop 45 Deltones space novelty
$
64
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Description
Vee-Jay 303 vinyl single (1959) The Deltones A Lover's Payer b/w First Man to the Moon
Record is VG+. A-side label has date stamped in ink, distributor's promo sticker.
B-side is a novelty number about the space race with Russia, set to a Bo Diddley beat.
Our next recording with VeeJay was in early 1959, "A Lover's Prayer" The session was at Universal Recording Studio in Chicago. Ron Bounoro sang the lead on this one. The guys in the group felt that Ron's voice had a monotone sound but rather then argue, Ron did the lead. The song was a poem that my girlfriend had in her purse and we put it to melody. Calvin Carter said that he liked the song a lot, and attended the recording session using his musical expertise and doing his usual A&R. Carter was so excited with the session that they put a rush on the record, I believe it was pressed and released within three days. The flip-side, "First Man to the Moon" was selected by Calvin Carter. I think Calvin either wrote the song or purchased the rights to it. Abner and Carter both said that timing was perfect for the songs, the Russians just put their spaceship (the Sputnik) up into space. I didn't like the song that much, but Tommy did one hell-of-a bass vocal. [The record was released as Vee-Jay 303.]
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