THE VOLUMES - ''I LOVE YOU'' (1962)
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Formed In Detroit back in the days of doo wop (1960), members had gotten together on street corners after school (Central High, Chadsey, etc.) to practice their harmony singing. The group consisted of Eddie Union (lead), Elijah Davis (first tenor), Larry Wright (second tenor), Joe Travillion (baritone), and Ernest Newsom (bass). Willie Ewing became their manager in 1961 and he set up Chex Records. The group hit the floor running, as their first 45 release, "I Love You", quickly entered local charts.
It soon broke out of Detroit and rose to reach the R&B Top 10 and Pop Top 30 in 1962. The group's expert harmony work on the cut hide the make shift nature of the instrumental backing (Detroit legend Popcorn" Wylie beating out the rhythm on a suitcase). Chex issued a second 45, "Come Back Into My Heart", but this failed to repeat the huge success of their first outing (though Lamont Dozier played on this). Chex was only a tiny label with few resources and no means of effectively distributing their releases. When "I Love You" had exploded onto the charts, a deal was done with Jubilee Records for national distribution.
Unable to cope with the workload their success brought, Chex handed over the reins to Jubilee almost entirely for the group's next two releases (in 1963).
The group had teamed up with Harry Balk and Duke Browner to work on these sides issued on Jubilee. Recording in New York the songs they cut were written by Maron McKenzie (Harry's staff writer) and produced by Duke Browner.
Further label changes were experienced after Balk and Jubilee had a falling out. So the group's next outing was released on New York based Old Town Records (1964), with a second 45 escaping that same year on the American Arts label. These changes weren't instigated by the group themselves and certainly didn't indicate that they were difficult to work with. The production team behind all of these recordings being Harry Balk and Duke Browner (however they worked almost exclusively with Browner).
American Arts was owned by Lou Guarino, a friend of Harry's based in Pittsburg. In fact, Balk was reorganising his Detroit area business set-up and so he placed a number of his artists (Bobbie Smith, etc) with American Arts during that period. The Volumes had made a seamless transition to cutting soul tracks as Eddie Union adapted his lead vocal style perfectly to suit the new sound. Their opening release on American Arts, "Gotta Give Her Love" was a superlative example of this and the 45 returned them to local radio station charts.
The follow up "I Just Can't Help Myself" escaped in 1965 but that same year, Eddie Union left the group to ensure his family was provided with a more steady income.
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I turned 73 yrs old yesterday which was 10/24.......Love these Songs! ❤️ Happy born thru 50's-60's
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this is eddie of the volumes . am still alive in 2023
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4 of us guys ditched High School & drove downtown. On the way back this song came on the radio & all of us bounced up & down in our car seat!! It was a fun day. We never got caught.
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One of my all-time favorite songs. I grew up in South Philly and the "Big Guys" who used to hang on the corner (probably all gone by now) used to do this acapella. A guy named Walt but called "Rooster" sang lead. A great time for me to be growing up.
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I remember the first kiss i was driving my girl back home after a great date at the movies. This song playing on the radio it was a chevy 1957
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How can you not LOVE THIS SONG?
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There's something about this song that absolutely makes me cry. It is so beautiful and so simple in sentiment. Perhaps it's the nostalgia or the romanticism, I don't know, but it simply tugs at my heart. It was released before I was even born, but that doesn't diminish my fond appreciation of this recording.
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The Wanderers brought me here.
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This was my favorite song in 1962......and definitely in my Top 10 of all time. A masterpiece.
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After 11 years of searching, having heard it in a banned hamburger commercial...... I've finally found it
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YES,this is real doowhop.Good doowhop to.I loved this song back in the 60,s.Now at 73 I still love it.I aint dead yet.
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Without Wanderers I’d never know this song. It’s up there with the best songs of all time. If you asked me what’s a good melody it would be this song 👍
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For Mom😇 who introduced me to the love of music with oldies but goodies from her youth... RIP🙏🏽
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First time I heard this song was from the movie The Wanderers way back in 1980, It's got such emotion and I'm sure anybody who's been in love would get goosebumps listening to this, I know I did.
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LOVE this song! I was 13-14 and couldn’t wait till it came on the radio again. All of these guys put their heart and soul into singing this, but you can really hear it in the lead singer’s voice… love his falsetto! The late 50’s - mid 60’s were the greatest years for harmony groups and rock n’ roll in general.
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It's Jan. 2024 now. I began collecting in 1955. The station is KDIS, OAKLAND, CA. IT WAS KWBR. IM 82. DOO-WOP, forever. Thank you. I'm Erik
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Rhythm & Blues it was called back then and Doo Wop now but it remains the Greatest music FOREVER...
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Loved this song in 'The Wanderers'
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As A 14-year-old Disc jockey in THE SOUTH CAROLINA Lowcountry, I Played this in 1962 56years later when I retired from Radio I was still playing THE VOLUMES!
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Kudos to Sirius/XM for playing this song recently. I'd long forgotten about it but it is now on my playlist! It is a beautiful song that expresses feelings wonderfully.
