It,s been a shocking period with more sad news on the passing of the great Lew Kirton,former lead with The Invitations..... Smooth soul singer Lew Kirton was born in Barbados and grew up singing in his church choir, he later performed with island vocal groups as Jiggs Kirton. Also an accomplished drummer, he later moved to the United States and took over the drum chair in Sam & Dave's touring revue in 1969. He joined the Philly-styled soul group the Invitations in 1972 as lead vocalist, and they attracted some attention with singles like "They Say the Girl's Crazy" and "Look on the Good Side."...adored this side of the pond with their many Northern Classics. Kirton went solo in the late '70s, signing with the Miami-based TK label family (best known for hits by George and Gwen McCrae) in 1977. He Teamed up with writer/producer Clarence Reid (whose alter ego was, of course, the blue comedian "Blowfly"), his first releases on the Marlin subsidiary included the future collector's item "Do What You Want, Be What You Are." 1978 saw the single release of his best-known song, "Heaven in the Afternoon"; two years later, he issued his first full-length album, "Just Arrived", on another TK subsidiary, Alston. After recording as a guest vocalist with B. Baker's Chocolate Company, Kirton left TK and moved to New York. His second album, "Talk to Me", appeared in 1983 on the Believe in a Dream label, and spawned singles in the title track and "Don't Give Up Your Dream (Hang On in There)." One further single, "Don't Wanna Wait," was released on MCA in 1986 despite having completed another album, Kirton had yet to find an outlet for its release. "Just Arrived" was later reissued by the British label Expansion under the title Heaven in the Afternoon, with bonus tracks from Kirton's earlier singles included. he released 2 more studio albums "Forever" & "So Into You" both on Tweedside records .But here ive posted the re-issue on Stateside with 12 tracks.The original album on Alston only included 8 tracks...A truly Brilliant Polished album!
AMM
The Taster!
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18 comments:
Yet another sad loss to the soul community. Thanks for the review MM.
cheers,ELtel
So sad to hear,Thank you AMM
Thanks AMM. Not even passed January and we have lost a few already.
To many leaving this world thanks for this review
i prefer original cover but much appreciate this expanded reissues
thanks AMM but we lost another legend
It's so sad, all the soul greats are packing up and leaving this earth, really sad indeed. Thanks AMM for the upgrade on this great soul artist!!
bad news rip Lew Kirton
These are really sad times ... Thanks for review, P.
Thanks for the review AMM
RIP Lew Kirton
i don't know he had passed thanks for the share Reb
RIP Many thanks for reminding us the artist
RIP Unknown artist for me !
Thank you for the great write up on Lew Kirton, it is a shame more persons like me never really enjoyed his sound. thanks AMM
A sad lost RIP Lew thank you for your great music giving pleasure to all thanks AMM for a another great review
Cheers Pedro
RIP ,Thank you for the bonus
Thanks for sharing. Did not know that he had passed away. Excellent write up on Lew...
Hello AMM, thanks indeed for another great review.
Yet again I`m playing catch-up! Sorry to be a pain! Missed this great review!
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