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“My baby now” by Ike and Tina Turner was released in the UK on Sue WI 350 in November 1964.
Category: Kent
WI 361 Test Pressing
Collection of Dave Hewitt | wi361tp1
A rare test pressing of a Sue 45 rpm single, WI 361, “Boogie Chillen” and “I’m in the mood” by John Lee Hooker, has been acquired by Dave Hewitt, who has kindly shared these images with us.
Test pressings were made in small quantities as part of the manufacturing process, before beginning a production run. They were normally discarded and not made available to the public.
Collection of Dave Hewitt | wi361tp2
Collection of Dave Hewitt | wi362tp3
Tarheel Slim and Little Ann
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Allen “Alden” Rathael Bunn (Tarheel Slim) was born in Bailey, North Carolina, originally worked on a tobacco plantation, and joined gospel groups. In 1949 he formed a vocal group called The Larks. Little Ann is his wife, Anna Sanford. This record was licenced from the Enjoy label and is understood to have been recorded in or around 1958. Alden “Allen” Bunn was born on September 24, 1924, moved to New York City in 1950 and died there from pneumonia brought on by chemotherapy for cancer on August 21, 1977, aged 53.
Anna Lee Sanford was born in 1935 and died in 2004.
Did not chart.
Rukusjuice | 14501
Updated 29 December 2022
The Intentions – My love she’s gone
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“My love she’s gone” by The Intentions was released on UK Sue EP IEP 711.
Chart position data not available.
Updated 10 September 2016
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Z Z Hill – You can’t hide a heartache
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“You can’t hide a heartache” by Z Z Hill was released on UK Sue EP IEP 711.
Did not chart.
Updated 4 January 2023
IEP 711 – Z Z Hill/Intentions
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Discogs
Gimme Gimme – Z Z Hill | Dancing fast dancing slow – The Intentions | You Can’t Hide A Heartache – Z Z Hill | My love she’s gone – The Intentions
Soul Source
The sleeve lists different titles from the actual pressed record.
Popsike
45 Cat
Updated 19 April 2019
Lowell Fulson, Too many drivers/Key to my heart
114 | 24 December 2023
Lowell Fulson | Public Domain | 14642
Blues guitarist, song writer and singer Lowell Fulson was born on a Choctaw reservation in Atoka, Oklahoma, on March 31, 1921 and was one of the most important figures in West Coast Blues for almost two decades. When he was eighteen he moved first to Ada, Oklahoma, and then on to California where he formed a band which included a young pianist called Ray Charles. He was called up and served with the US Navy from 1943 to 1945. He leaves behind a number of blues classics which indicate his major contribution to blues music. He composed “Three o’ clock blues”, “Tramp” and “Reconsider Baby”. His many awards include The Rhythm and Blues Foundation’s Pioneer Award in 1993.
Lowell Fulsom died in Long Beach, California, on March 7, 1999, age 77, from complications with kidney disease, diabetes, and congestive heart failure, and is buried in Inglewood, California.
Too Many Drivers (Kent 401) was recorded for the Kent label in 1964 and was issued on Sue WI 375 in August 1965.
Chart Position: Did not chart.
Classic 45s
991 | 14643
Etta James, Roll with me Henry/Good rockin’ daddy
118 | 19 April 2023
The Peaches, including Richard Berry and Etta James | The Real Thing | 14543
Singer (You need telling?) Jamesetta Hawkins (Etta James) was born in Los Angeles, California on January 25, 1938. She began singing gospel music in Church and on the radio as a child under the supervision of James Earl Hines. She met Johnny Otis when she was 14. Otis came up with her professional name. Etta and an uncredited Richard Berry recorded “this “Roll with me Henry”, a rock and roll classic, in 1955 when they were members of a doo-wop group called The Peaches, Etta being just 16, and the record was issued at first as by The Peaches then by Etta James and the Peaches. It was recorded in a single take and became a hit record. On the original issue the song was called The Wallflower. After the success Etta left The Peaches for a solo career. The nickname “Peaches” followed her. In 1960 she signed to Chess Records and stayed with them until the label was dissolved in 1978.
Her life was marked with problems including substance abuse, severe physical abuse and incarceration. She was arrested in 1966 for writing bad cheques, and in 1969 spent ten days inside for breaking the conditions of her parole.
She continued to record some fine albums along the way, picking up a collection of awards.
Etta James died in Riverside, California, age 73, on January 20, 2012.
Richard Berry was born on April 11, 1935 and died on January 23, 1997, having written many famous songs including “Louie Louie”.
“Roll with Me Henry” (Modern 947, Kent 345, 1960) was issued in the UK on Sue WI 359 on 5 February 1965.
Chart position: No. 1 US R&B.
Guardian – Etta James Obituary
Collection of Martin Whitell
Ike and Tina Turner, Am I a fool in love/Please please please
110 | 24 December 2023
“Am I a fool in love”, Kent 409, 1964, released on UK Sue WI 376 as the B side of “Please Please Please”.
Chart position: not available.
Collectors Frenzy | 14571
B B King: You never know/The Letter
114 | 19 April 2024
Blues singer, song writer, disc jockey, guitarist and record producer Riley B (B B) King was born in Itta Bena, Mississippi on September 16, 1925. As a young man he sang in a gospel choir. He initially worked at a cotton gin. Interested in music, he taught himself the guitar. In 1941 he became a fan of a blues music programme on the radio. By 1943 he had moved to Inverness, Mississippi where he worked driving a tractor and sang gospel at local churches – and on the radio. He moved to Memphis in 1946 and by 1948 was appearing with Sonny Boy Williamson on Williamson’s radio show.
“BB” stands for “Blues Boy” which is the nickname given to him by other staff when he worked on radio station WDIA as a singer and disc jockey.
By 1949 he had formed his own travelling show and was recording for Modern Records.
B B King died in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 14 May 2015 from vascular dementia caused by strokes resulting from diabetes.
Collection of Martin Whitell
“You never know”, Kent 391, 1963. Released on UK Sue WI 358 in October 1965.
Chart position: data not available.
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/15/entertainment/bb-king-dead/
John Lee Hooker, I’m in the mood/Boogie chillun’
110 | 25 April 2024
Guitarist, song writer and singer John Lee Hooker was born on August 22, 1917 and died in his sleep on June 21, 2001 aged 88. Hooker’s guitar playing was influenced by his stepfather William Moore. His delivery was affected by a stammer for most of his life. He recorded this particular song with almost every record company he signed to.
Kent 332, 1960. Issued on UK Sue single WI 361.
Chart Position: In 1951 the recording “I’m in the Mood” by John Lee Hooker on the Modern label charted US No 1 R&B and US No 30 Pop.
Collection of Martin Whitell
Lowell Fulson, Talking woman/Blues around midnight
114 | 28 December 2023
Lowell Fulsom | Phil Spector | 14536
Lowell Fulson, whose name also appeared as Fulsom for contractual reasons, “Talking woman”, was leased from Kent records and issued on Sue WI 4023 in October 1966. Lowell Fulson was born in 1921 and died in 1999. He is most famous for his recordings on the Kent and Chess labels, in a long career which began after war service with the US Navy and continued almost unbroken up to his death. He was one of the most influential blues musicians on the US West Coast blues scene.
Kent 443, 1966. UK Sue WI 4023, October 1966.
Chart Position: Did not chart.
Collection of Martin Whitell
Ike and Tina Turner, I can’t believe what you say/My baby now
111 | 21 December 2023
Ike and Tina Turner need no introduction. Sue UK issued a number of their recordings from different original sources. This recording was issued by Kent Records in 1964.
Kent 402, 1964.
Chart Position: Billboard No. 95.
Collection of Martin Whitell
Updated 6 April 2023.
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