Jeannie Reynolds - Cherries, Bananas & Other Fine Things- (1976) Casablanca (FLAC) P&C (2010) Rare Soul

Jeannie Reynolds was born in Saginaw near Detroit & was the sister of L.J. Reynolds of The Dramatics.
Only recorded 2 albums and a few 45,s.Her highest charting single was the snappy 'The Phone's Been Jumping All Day' on Casablanca Records, which went to Number 10 R & B on Billboard's R & B chart in summer 1975. Reynolds was actually cutting singles back in 1969 with 'Down On Me / Don't Set Me Free'. Following this release 1971 saw 'I Don't Mess Around / People Make The World' and then in 1974 came 'I Know He'll Be Back Someday / You Ain't The Only Man'. Her only other R & B charting single was its follow up,'Lay Some Lovin' On Me,' Number 46 R & B, Autumn 1975. With its 'fruitful' cover, the singer's LP, 'Cherries, Bananas And Other Fine Things' on Casablanca(FEATURED HERE) was issued in June 1976 and charted Number 59 R & B that year. One single from the LP, 'The Fruit Song', written by Lawrence Payton of The Four Tops and Fred Bridges, became a huge disco hit,a post-release collectible and a steppers standard. Another Casablanca LP, 'One Wish' was produced by Don Davis (Johnnie Taylor, The Dramatics, Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis,Jr.). One release followed in 1978 entitled 'I'm Hooked On You'. Tragically, Jeannie Reynolds took her two children's lives before committing suicide in 1980,drug related apparently. .L.J.Reynolds said: "Jeannie decided that she didn't want to be around any more. She did have some medical problems, which might have contributed to her decision to commit suicide. She killed herself and the kids. It was a terrible thing. It was a terrible tragedy in my life, because I had to go back and reassemble myself, and to see what I wanted to do in this business. I think in a way I just kinda got to grips with myself, put one day after the other and accepted what she did and asked God to forgive her. As far as I was concerned, she had everything in the world to live for."..A great all round album & i,ll be posting the other one in due course.

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