Sue Soul Brothers EP

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EP ENS 4  Various Artists – Sue Soul Brothers was released by Ensign Records in 1983.

Track listing: Wilbert Harrison – Let’s work together Parts 1 and 2 | Prince La La – She put the hurt on me | Derek Martin – Daddy Rolling Stone.

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Record created 10 December 2015

Derek Martin, Daddy Rollin’ stone/Don’t put me down like this

114 | 28 January 2024

Derek Martin | Last FM | 14611

There is more information about Derek Martin here: Sue Records UK

Sue WI 308. The recording is a cover of Otis Blackwell’s original.

Collection of Martin Whitell

“Daddy Rollin’ Stone”, Crackerjack 4013, 1963. Sue UK WI 308, February 1964.

Chart position: Data not available.

There is a photo of a test pressing of this single on the Test Disks page.

Derek Martin, Daddy Rolling Stone/Don’t Put Me Down Like This

107 | 26 September 2023 | Video added

Derek Martin | Soul Express

Soul, Jazz, R&B and gospel singer Derek Don Martin was born in Detroit, Michegan on 2 July 1938. When he was 17 he was singing with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. In 1954 he joined the vocal group The Pearls. For some time he has lived in France.

“Daddy Rolling Stone” was first recorded in 1953 by Otis Blackwell. Blackwell was a very successful songwriter; as well as this song, he wrote “Fever”, “All shook up” and many other classic rock and roll songs.

The record was not the first time that Derek Martin had recorded the song! He first recorded it with The Pearls in 1954, then with Jimmy Ricks & The Raves in 1962. The recording of 1963 was issued on American Sue’s subsidiary label Crackerjack, to avoid allegations of payola, since his other recordings for American Sue usually appeared on the Sue label itself.

The Sue UK single’s label suffered from a frequent problem for Island and Sue records: omissions and spelling errors, in this case they spelled his name wrong on the label.

Derek’s Daily 45

“Daddy Rolling Stone”, Crackerjack 4013, June 1963. Released in UK on Sue WI 308, February 1964. Chart position data not available.