HARVEY & THE MOONGLOWS 78 TEN COMMANDMENTS OF LOVE LONDON HLM 8730 EX+
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A REALLY EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS CLASSIC FROM HARVEY AND THE MOONGLOWS
TEN COMMANDMENTS OF LOVE
b/w MEAN OLD BLUES
Among the most seminal R&B and doo wop groups of all time, the Moonglows' lineup featured some of the genre's greatest pure singers. The original lineup from Louisville included Bobby Lester, Harvey Fuqua, Alexander Graves, and Prentiss Barnes, with guitarist Billy Johnson. They were originally called the Crazy Sounds, but were renamed by disc jockey Alan Freed as the Moonglows. The group also cut some recordings as the Moonlighters. Their first major hit was the number one R&B gem "Sincerely" for Chess in 1954, which reached number 20 on the pop charts. They enjoyed five more Top Ten R&B hits on Chess from 1955 to 1958, among them "Most of All," "We Go Together," "See Saw," and "Please Send Me Someone to Love," as well as "Ten Commandments of Love."
In 1956 the group had its first appearance in a film when Alan Freed, with whom they had been constantly touring for the previous two years, brought them to the soundstage of the teen classic "Rock, Rock, Rock", along with the Flamingos, the Teenagers, LaVern Baker, Chuck Berry, and Tuesday Weld in her screen debut (with Connie Francis singing for her). The two songs the Moonglows sang in the film were the Ben Weisman ballad "Over and Over Again" and "I Knew From The Start"
Fuqua, the nephew of Charlie Fuqua of the Ink Spots, left in 1958. He recorded "Ten Commandments of Love" as Harvey & the Moonglows with Marvin Gaye, Reese Palmner, James Knowland, and Chester Simmons before founding his own label, Tri-Phi. Fuqua created and produced the Spinners in 1961 and wrote and produced for Motown until the early '70s.
"TEN COMMANDMENTS OF LOVE " WAS RELEASED IN THE UK ON THE LONDON LABEL BUT SALES WERE VERY DISAPPOINTING AND THE RECORD NEVER MADE THE CHARTS - HENCE IT'S EXTREME RARITY!
DISC DETAILS:
UK LONDON HLM 8730 10" 78rpm SHELLAC
SIDE A :- TEN COMMANDMENTS OF LOVE
SIDE B:- MEAN OLD BLUES
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