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It was written by a 16-year-old Maurice Williams with both melody and doo-wop accompaniment strongly emphasizing a Calypso rhythm. First recorded in January 1957 by Williams' group the Gladiolas, it was quickly released as a single on Excello Records, a small swamp blues label owned by Nashville record man Earnie Young, who was responsible for creating the song's Latin feel, naming the group ...
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He left Pickwick to start his own record label, Little Darlin', in 1966. The most successful Little Darlin' records were done by the country and western singer and songwriter Johnny Paycheck. Mayhew co-wrote some of Paycheck's songs. At the end of the 1960s, he suspended the Little Darlin' label and launched a new label, Certron.
The song "Little Darlin'" was a No. 11 hit on the Billboard R&B chart in 1957, [4] but only reached number 41 on Billboard's Top 100. [5] However, when it was covered by the Canadian group the Diamonds , it moved up to No. 2.
Label: Little Darlin' Records (SLD-8004) Format: LP — Jukebox Charlie (And Other Songs That Make The Jukebox Play) Release date: July 1967 [2] Label: Little Darlin' Records (SLD-8006) Format: LP; 10 Country Soul: Release date: May 1968 [2] Label: Little Darlin' Records (SLD-8010) Format: LP; 41 Wherever You Are: Release date: November 1969 [2]
Remembering – Part 1 is a compilation album by rock group Thin Lizzy, one of the first compilations of the band's early years with Eric Bell, released by their record company at that time, Decca Records, in an apparent attempt to cash in on the chart success Lizzy had recently begun enjoying with Vertigo.
The composition, in the words of jazz writer, Donald Clarke, is "an object lesson in how to swing at a slow tempo." [3]Gary Giddins expands on the importance of tempo in the performance of "Li'l Darlin '", saying that "in the enduring 'Li'l Darlin ' ', [Hefti] tested the band's temporal mastery with a slow and simple theme that dies if it isn't played at exactly the right tempo.
The quartet's first single "Little Darlin '", is a well-regarded punk single. Then, the band released 1992's rollicking Budspawn , which was released independently on External Records (the original vinyl version consisted of eight tracks clocking in at over 30 minutes while the CD version had six tracks and was classified as an EP instead).