Monday, February 18, 2013

Record #0267: Sea Cruise / Roberta – FRANKIE FORD



Ace 554 (original) USA, Dec. 1958
Words & Music by:  Huey Smith
Musicians: Frankie Ford (vocals), Huey “Piano” Smith (piano), James Booker (piano), Red Tyler (sax), Robert Parker (sax), Frank Fields (bass), Charles “Hungry” Williams (drums)
Recording sessions: Produced by Johnny Vincent at Cosimo Recording Studio, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 1958
Highest chart positions:  US #14, US R&B #11

In the initial sessions Huey Smith and Gerri Hall provided the vocals for “Sea Cruise” and Bobby Marchan sang the flip, originally titled as “Loberta”. Supposedly the producer wasn’t satisfied with the outcome, as he erased all those vocals and had Frankie Ford’s vocals overdubbed to the tracks in a later session.

List price:  Very Good+ is $15, Near Mint is $30

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