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Spaghetti House in 1983. A track of special note was "All I Need Is You". The Jazz Week chart showed plays from September 13, 2021, to January 10, 2022, with the last recorded position of 283. Even though brief, the review by George W. Harris of
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Carrero, Claudio Slon and Bob McLaren. The songs on the album were, "Trying to Get to You", "Give Me One More Chance", "I'm Carrying", "Can't Get Enough of You", "All I Need is You", "Out Love is Here to Stay", "Venice Breeze" and "But Not for Me". Digital The first
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Orbiteer toy. The song was "The Orbiteer Twist" which was a commercial. It was also her own composition. The A side of the single was credited to Dianne Brooks with Billy O'Conner and His Orbiteersmen. The B side, "My Orbiteer Will Come Back",
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label. Revolution's Mort Ross had travelled to New York to set up the distribution deal with
Charles' label for the current record, which also involved any future releases from Brooks. A distribution deal was also set up for England with Morgan Records handling that task. For Canadian distribution,
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William Smith. Smith was also one of the backing musicians, playing keyboards. The album also included the songs "Kinky Love" and "Brown Skin Rose". They were released on a single with "Kinky Love" as the A side. The single managed to get into the Canadian Top 40. It also got some airplay in
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as their recording engineer. The intention of
Revolution Records wasn't to start off as a record company as they did. They wanted to build a recording facility with equipment superior to what other Canadian studios at the time. But with the studio having been built and ready for business later in
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who was also from New Jersey and like Brooks grew up singing gospel. Like Bell, she would have a similar career, adding her backing vocals to recordings by a multitude of artists. During the 1970s, she had a lot of work as an in-demand backing vocalist.
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was doing gigs on Friday and
Saturday nights in London, Ontario. They did a demo session with Brooks as a backing vocalist. However it was decided that she wasn't needed. Also around that period, Motherlode came up with their
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William Levitt. The single, "Go Away" bw "Drums" was produced by
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2104:Jazz Weekly
1875:The Quietus
1860:WorldCat -
1123:Lenny Breau
1093:Song title
821:1957/1958?
805:1957/1958?
797:Sugah Wooga
742:Discography
732:Jazz Weekly
615:Anne Murray
609:Along with
493:Terry Brown
483:was run by
471:Solo career
385:Jack Hardin
359:Randy Leeds
339:Sugah Wooga
327:Buddy Lucas
323:Sugah Wooga
247:Ray Charles
193:Anne Murray
138:Formerly of
2204:Categories
2190:Discogs -
2178:Discogs -
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1836:written by
1790:RPM Weekly
1754:RPM Weekly
1727:RPM Weekly
1712:RPM Weekly
1661:RPM Weekly
1480:0615235654
1456:Doug Riley
1440:0615235654
1407:Discogs -
1374:Discogs -
1347:Doo-Wop -
1282:RPM Weekly
1257:Discogs -
1245:Discogs -
1199:References
970:Catalogue
859:RCA Victor
841:Catalogue
760:Catalogue
721:on piano,
719:Doug Riley
715:Don Grusin
676:Nat Kipner
588:Doug Riley
562:When I Die
546:Doug Riley
539:When I Die
534:Motherlode
532:The group
526:RPM Weekly
489:Doug Riley
318:(arranger)
241:once said
207:Background
112:Instrument
104:Occupation
62:New Jersey
55:1939-01-03
30:Birth name
1768:Billboard
1758:Pages 6-7
1645:Billboard
1612:Billboard
1596:Billboard
1526:Page 513
1388:Billboard
1297:All of Me
1057:RPS 1366
1043:REVS 001
1030:Tangerine
947:RPS 1366
908:REVS 001
688:Lee Aaron
516:Tangerine
485:Mort Ross
458:The Doors
2166:45Cat -
2142:45Cat -
2118:45Cat -
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1899:Cash Box
1881:Features
1772:Page 60
1629:Cash Box
1581:Cash Box
1563:FYI News
1444:Page 279
1301:Page 140
1192:Digital
1168:MS 2244
1102:Notes #
1041:Revolver
1032:TRC 993
1009:KF 5055
990:KF 5036
976:Notes #
967:Release
906:Revolver
885:KF-5036
861:57-3292
847:Notes #
838:Release
782:45-1523
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757:Release
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670:Cash Box
550:Revolver
454:Tiny Tim
407:Smitty's
128:Revolver
85:, Canada
1166:Reprise
1152:LM 404
1140:LM 404
923:Show Me
747:Singles
554:Show Me
541:album.
212:group,
181:Toronto
169:r&b
132:Reprise
83:Ontario
79:Toronto
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115:Vocals
107:Singer
90:Genres
64:, U.S.
1969:5 May
1692:Blitz
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