Roger wrote:

REVIEW - The "5" Royales - "Baby Don't Do It" - APOLLO 443;DECEMBER 1952

https://www.spontaneouslunacy.net/the-5-royales-baby-dont-do-it-apollo-443/#more-100556

YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-AeAQOQ4yU

Here's how the Royales did with this one in the 1952 Singles Battle

R1

5 Little Walter - Sad Hours - Checker 764
17 The Five Royales - Baby Don't Do It - Apollo 443

R2

15 The Five Royales - Baby Don't Do It - Apollo 443
8 Howlin' Wolf - Mister Highway Man - Chess 1510

R3

12 The Five Royales - Baby Don't Do It - Apollo 443
11 Bill Haley & The Saddlemen - Rock The Joint - Essex 303

R4

14 The Five Royales - Baby Don't Do It - Apollo 443
11 Sonny Boy Williamson - Nine Below Zero - Trumpet 166

R5

22 The Clovers - One Mint Julep - Atlantic 963
5 The Five Royales - Baby Don't Do It - Apollo 443

And in the later Vocal Groups Battle

R1

14 The Five Royales -- Baby Don't Do It -- Apollo 443 -- 1952
3 Bobby Nunn & The Robbins -- That's What The Good Book Says -- Modern 807 -- 1951 R2

R2

13 The Platters -- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes -- Mercury 71383 -- 1958
7 The Five Royales -- Baby Don't Do It -- Apollo 443 -- 1952

SPONTANEOUS LUNACY VERDICT - 9/10

High 8 here

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Dean wrote:

Roger wrote:

REVIEW - The "5" Royales - "Baby Don't Do It" - APOLLO 443;DECEMBER 1952
SPONTANEOUS LUNACY VERDICT - 9/10

It's a solid 10 in my book, but OK.

Both sides 9 here. I have a beat up red plastic copy of the 45 hanging on my bedroom wall. The flip side shows out because the A side label looks even worse.

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