I'm going all emo on you this week.
By the end of this, we'll all be emotional wrecks...
THE EMOTIONS #1
We start in 1958 with the first of many doo wopy Emotions, on Fury Records. They don't sound particularly furious... and I don't think they ever paid their electricity bill either.
THE EMOTIONS #2
Next, some festive Ohio-based doo wop from 1960...
THE EMOTIONS #3
Some female-fronted doo wop next, courtesy of Lena Calhoun and her gals, from 1961... Lena was rather camera shy though, so only let her backing singers turn up for the photo shoot.
THE EMOTIONS #4
THE EMOTIONS #5
A twangy, atmospheric instrumental written by Robert Maxwell, presumably in the days before he started stealing everyone's pensions.
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THE EMOTIONS #7
All the way from Chippenham in 1965...
THE EMOTIONS #8
More doo wop, this time from Syracuse. Released on a compilation album in 1976, but I'm guessing it was recorded much earlier...
THE EMOTIONS #9
Jamaican band who started out in the mid-60s, featuring future reggae star Max Romeo...
THE EMOTIONS #10
Bluesy Ohio garage band from 1966 with an... erm... interesting b-side. Couldn't find its flip-side online, but I'm hoping it was better than this.
THE EMOTIONS #11
Another one I could only find the b-side for, from a British band who managed to get a record released... in Denmark. Good old Common Market!
THE EMOTIONS #12
Chicago sisters, Wanda, Sheila, and Jeanette Hutchinson started out as a gospel group, the Hutchinson Sunbeams, before going more soulful in the late 60s and eventually embracing disco in the 70s. As well as enjoying success with their own songs, they also appeared on Boogie Wonderland by Earth, Wind & Fire.
I'm so pleased I was able to find this Dutch Schlager gem from 1985, translating as "Rosi, I'll Pick You Up With My Tractor". I'm predicting this one might interest our Portugal correspondent.
EMOTIONS #14
Self-referencing Italian Euro-disco cheese from the mid 90s...
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