This week's #TuneTuesday theme is #TempleAndChurch. Lots of great records to choose from, but I'm going with this one:

Ann Cole with the Suburbans: In the Chapel (1956)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkLIC1Elufg

The song was written by David Clowney (who was better-known as Dave "Baby" Cortez) and Larry Coleman. The original Baton Records single made it to #14 on the Billboard R&B chart in late January, 1957. The flip side, "Each Day", was also quite popular and is a great record as well.

I just wrote a long article on Ann Cole (1934-1986, real name: Cynthia Coleman), which will be coming out next month in the Blues News magazine (https://www.bluesnews.fi/en/magazine/). One of my main sources was Marv Goldberg, who has done extensive research on Cole's career:

https://www.uncamarvy.com/AnnCole/anncole.html

#AnnCole #IntheChapel #rhythmandblues #MarvGoldberg

My #SaturdayOnStage pick for today is an uptempo number from the 1959 Alan Freed movie "Go Johnny Go!":

The Flamingos: Jump Children (1959)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COFvEGFzGYc

Although the Flamingos were better-known for their ballads, you wouldn't believe it from the wild dance routines on this clip!

The line-up of the group at the time was Nate Nelson, Tommy Hunt, Jake Carey, Paul Wilson, Zeke Carey and Terry Johnson. In addition to singing, Terry Johnson played guitar and Zeke Carey bass.

Marv Goldberg writes:
"In April 1959, the Flamingos appeared in the Alan Freed movie, Go Johnny Go!, singing and dancing a frenetic version of "Jump Children". The routine had been recorded in a New York studio in February. Even off the screen it was a crowd-pleaser: "We always closed with "Jump, Children", says Terry. Note that while the film opened in many markets in April, it didn't make it to New York until the end of July."
https://www.uncamarvy.com/Flamingos/flamingos.html

#music #flamingos #tommyhunt #alanfreed #marvgoldberg #doowop #rhythmandblues #rockandroll #vocalgroups #dancing #1950s