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.
AMM
The Taster!
Tracks Below (FLAC)
20 comments:
Terrible, tragic story about the death of this artist. But the taster sounds good.
/Jumpstart
Unknown artist from 70's ! Good post'cause it should be a great moment !
Thanks AMM. That's quite a cover
AMM thanks for the review. Much appreciated.
Thanks, AMM. Let's hear more.
Thanks for this rare review AMM
loved Don Davis productions but never heard this thank you so much AMM also seems related P-Funk much fun!
Thanks for the upgrade amm, appreciated!
An interesting story - and hopefully interesting music, too. Thanks for review, P.
Great review AMM pity it has to come with such a tragic story
Many thanks for the review
New one for me AMM thanks for sharing and all the info
Reb
Thanks for the fruit salad MM,lol.
cheers,ELtel
Tragic story!! thank you for the review and allowing us to check out her music.
Thanks for the upgrade AMM, Very Nice!!
Terrible story, thank anyway for the review.
Thank you AMM For this Album
Another interesting review gracias
I remember reading about her a few years back in book or mag shame it a terrible thing depression great singer
Thanks for the review AMM
Cheers Pedro
looking out to read more about this great singer.
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