Words & Music by: Side A – Dewayne Blackwell; Side B – Tommy Kaspar
Musicians: Gary Troxler (lead vocals), Gretchen Christopher (vocals), Barbara Ellis (vocals), Si Zentner (trombone), possibly Bonnie Guitar (guitar), others unknown
Recording sessions: Produced by Kearney Barton at Northwest Recorders, Seattle, WA and in Los Angeles, CA in 1959
Highest chart positions: US #1, US R&B #3
The Fleetwoods had two US #1 hits, "Mr. Blue" being the second one. The first one was "Come Softly To Me", which I already posted here.
The group had an interesting way to put their first recordings together. They recorded the vocals acappella in Seattle, then Bob Reisdorff (co-owner of Dolton) took the tapes to LA, where the instrumentation was added
List price: Very Good+ is $10, Near Mint is $20
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