Jasmine 3176 - Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford - I Need Your Loving 1954-62 + Mini Booklet (2021) Rare R&B/Soul (MP3 LAME)

Don hailed from philadelphia and Dee Dee (real name Wrecia Holloway)from Louisiana. She had been living in Newark, New Jersey for several years and impressed Gardner with her versatility as both a keyboardist and gospel oriented singer. Using the stage name Dee Dee Ford, she electrified clubgoers whenever she launched into a never-less-than-super-soulful vocal. Now here is a cracking album from one of the best duo,s their ever was in the music business!   IMHO! I still have the superb Fire album LP. A huge 27 tracks by the legendary Don Gardner, 15 of which are with the equally legendary Dee Dee Ford. This is the first time that his early Philadelphia recordings have been coupled with the more famous New York recordings for the Fire Label. 'I Need Your Lovin'' was a mod anthem in the mid-1960s all over the UK and is one of that select collection '60s R&B tracks that is often considered to have been a chart hit when in fact it wasn't. The compilation features the whole of their Fire LP, which was a legendary collectors' item amongst serious mods throughout the nation. The earliest tracks on this compilation from 1954 feature the legendary organist, Jimmy Smith who got his first break in the business playing for Don's groups. Fully detailed in the Mini booklet. A duo well known to the soul crowd acoss the board & their NORTHERN dancers are here!..Fantastic collection!

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