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Versions of "Lover Please" (up to 1964)

From RWC@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 17 06:55:37 2024

I just happened to have acquired over the years, good versions by:

Rhythm Steppers, v. Jim Boyer [Louis 1003-A;;Memphis] - 1960 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nBI-xBk1r8

Dennis Turner [Louis 2002;;Memphis] - Nov 1961 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pytih47uPx4

Clyde McPhatter [Mercury 71941] - early 1962 (Hot 100 #7)
King Curtis on tenor sax, other players unknown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2kihVgTx2w

The Vernons Girls [UK Decca F 11450] - Apr 1962 (UK #16)
(named after the Vernons soccer 'pools' company in Liverpool)
at this time, they were three girls led by Maureen Kennedy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CE87umi6xI

Herbert Hunter [Hit 3;b-side] - 1962 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgzwG5K0QO4

Arthur Alexander [LP Dot] - 1962
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mX7wKHAxFM

Nathaniel Mayer And His Fabulous Twilights [LP Fortune] - 1963 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAMxtNpGmm8

**secondhandsongs.com says only two period versions are missing
from my collection**:

The Marvelettes [LP Tamla] - Apr 1962 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge7f8BwU0Qw

Teacho Wiltshire [LP Capitol] - 1962
not on YouTube

here is a post-1964 version by song's composer Billy Swan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9Hls5trv30

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