RIP Frank Wilson, soul music producer, who died on Friday. Who? You may ask...
Mr Wilson would have been admired for his sterling work in the music industry - but little else - had it not been for the fact he recorded one of the rarest popular music tracks of all time.
The story of how the man's recording of his own song for Motown back in the 60s eventually led this obscure and deleted pressing to be the most expensive 7" single ever is indeed a fascinating one.
Read the story on Soul Source.
Largely revived from obscurity by the fanatics of the Northern Soul scene in the UK in the 1970s, a copy of Frank Wilson's under-rated original sold in 2009 for more than £25,000!
Here is that very song, Do I Love You? (Indeed I Do):
Oh, and by the way - Frank Wilson also wrote this rather more familiar classic:
RIP
This Motown fan thanks you for the tribute.
ReplyDeleteI always imagine you looking like Cindy Birdsong circa 1964... Jx
DeleteHow interesting.
ReplyDeleteThe Supremes were fab with out Miss Ross.
Mary, Scherrie & Susaye '1976'is the coolest disco album ever.
I love that album, too! Jx
DeleteOne of the very few decent songs The Supremes did after Miss Ross left (I also love "Up The Ladder To The Roof). But IMO both songs would have been so much better with Diana on vocals.
ReplyDeleteThat said, the girls did do their very best to keep the name alive. But by the time Mary bloody Wilson decided to have her husband (who knew nothing about the business) manage the group, things finally went belly up.
RIP Frank.
I love both the pre- and post-Diana Supremes, but I agree with Madam A, there were some absolute gems in the run-up to their final end. Jx
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