Cat. No. VV 1197: CLYDE McPHATTER ~ ROCK AND CRY. CHARLY RECORDS CRB 1073.
USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.
CLYDE McPHATTER WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMITATED R&B SINGERS OF THE 1950s AND EARLY 1960s AND WAS A KEY FIGURE IN THE SHAPING OF DOO-WOP AND R&B. CLYDE'S HIGH-PITCHED TENOR VOICE WAS STEEPED IN THE GOSPEL MUSIC HE SANG IN MUCH OF HIS EARLY LIFE. HE WAS THE LEAD TENOR OF THE MOUNT LEBANON SINGERS, A GOSPEL GROUP HE FORMED AS A TEENAGER. HE WAS LATER THE LEAD TENOR OF BILLY WARD AND HIS DOMINOES AND WAS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INITIAL SUCCESS OF THE GROUP. AFTER HIS TENURE WITH THE DOMINOES, CLYDE FORMED HIS OWN GROUP, THE DRIFTERS, AND LATER WORKED AS A SOLO PERFORMER. ONLY 39 AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, HE HAD STRUGGLED FOR YEARS WITH ALCOHOLISM AND DEPRESSION, AND WAS, ACCORDING TO JAY WARNER'S ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY, "BROKE AND DESPONDENT OVER A MISMANAGED CAREER THAT MADE HIM A LEGEND BUT HARDLY A SUCCESS.
THIS 1984 ALBUM RELEASE BY THE RENOWNED RE-ISSUE LABEL, CHARLY RECORDS, GATHERS TOGETHER 16 OF CLYDE'S SOLO RECORDINGS AFTER HE LEFT THE DRIFTERS BEGINNING WITH THE UNFORGETTABLE "SEVEN DAYS" FROM 1955. A BRILLIANT CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF R&B AND ROCK'N'ROLL MUSIC. THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION JUST SHY OF MINT CONDITION AND THE RECORD IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT.
TRACK LISTNG: Side 1 - Seven Days / Treasure Of Love / Thirty Days / Without Love (There Is Nothing) / Rock And Cry / You'll Be There / Just To Hold My Hand / Long Lonely Nights. Side 2 - No Love Like Her Love / Come What May / Deep Sea Ball / A Lover's Question / I Can't Stand Up Alone / Lovey Dovey / Since You've Been Gone / You Went Back On Your Word.
12" VINYL RECORD
