Track Lists and the link.

Disc 1:
1. The Orioles - It's Too Soon to Know (3:01)
2. The Ravens - Count Every Star (2:55)
3. The Five Keys - The Glory of Love (3:09)
4. The Crows - Gee (2:14)
5. The Orioles - Crying in the Chapel (3:05)
6. Clyde Mcphatter & The Drifters - Money Honey (2:57)
7. The Flamingos - Golden Teardrops (3:17)
8. The Harp-Tones - A Sunday Kind of Love (3:01)
9. The Velvets - I (3:23)
10. The Spaniels - Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite (2:42)
11. The Chords - Sh-Boom (2:27)
12. The Cadillacs - Gloria (2:57)
13. The Jewels - Hearts of Stone (2:39)
14. The Penguins - Earth Angel (2:56)
15. The Moonglows - Sincerely (3:12)
16. The Rainbows - Mary Lee (2:32)
17. The Five Keys - Close Your Eyes (2:18)
18. The Wrens - Come Back My Love (2:23)
19. The Nutmegs - Story Untold (2:21)
20. The Platters - Only You (2:41)
21. The Jacks - Why Don't You Write Me (2:50)
22. The Turbans - When You Dance (2:59)
23. The El Dorados - At My Front Door (2:39)
24. The Platters - The Great Pretender (2:41)
25. The Valentines - Lily Maebelle (2:17)

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Disc 2:
1. The Cadillacs - Speedo (2:19)
2. Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love (2:18)
3. The Flamingos - I'll Be Home (2:55)
4. The Clovers - Devil or Angel (2:24)
5. The Willows - Church Bells May Ring (2:25)
6. The Cleftones - Little Girl of Mine (3:12)
7. Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - I Want You to Be My Girl (2:55)
8. The Five Satins - In the Still of the Night (3:04)
9. The Channels - The Closer You Are (3:05)
10. The Dells - Oh What a Night (2:54)
11. The Hearbeats - A Thousand Miles Away (2:26)
12. The Schoolboys - Please Say You Want Me (2:40)
13. The Dell Vikings - Come Go with Me (2:41)
14. Lewis Lymon & The Teenchords - I'm So Happy (Tra-La-La-La-La- (2:44)
15. The Solitaires - Walking Along (2:34)
16. The Gladiolas - Little Darling (2:22)
17. The Dubs - Don't Ask Me to Be Lonely (2:18)
18. The Paragons - Florence (2:44)
19. The Charts - Deserie (2:43)
20. The Dell Vikings - Whispering Bells (2:27)
21. The Mello-Kings - Tonite, Tonite (2:32)
22. Lee Andrews & The Hearts - Long Lonely Nights (2:53)
23. The Shells - Baby Oh Baby (2:31)
24. Norman Fox & The Rob-Roys - Tell Me Why (2:45)
25. The Hollywood Flames - Buzz-Buzz-Buzz (2:20)
26. Lee Andrews & The Hearts - Tear Drops (2:21)

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Disc 3:
1. The Pastels - Been So Long (2:39)
2. The Sillouhettes - Get a Job (2:44)
3. The Monotones - Book of Love (2:18)
4. The Chantels - Maybe (2:46)
5. Dion & The Belmonts - I Wonder Why (2:16)
6. The Danleers - One Summer Night (2:11)
7. Jerry Butler & The Impressions - for Your Precious Love (2:42)
8. The Shields - You Cheated (2:25)
9. The Students - I'm So Young (2:28)
10. The Students - Everyday of the Week (2:28)
11. The Elegants - Little Star (2:40)
12. The Imperials - Tears on My Pillows (2:15)
13. The Videos - Trickle, Trickle (1:58)
14. Harvey & The Moonglows - Ten Commandments of Love (3:57)
15. The Crests - 16 Candles (2:50)
16. The Fiestas - So Fine (2:16)
17. The Flamingos - Lovers Never Say Goodbye (2:51)
18. The Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You (2:39)
19. Norman Fox & The Rob Roys - Pizza Pie (2:15)
20. The Impalas - Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home) (2:32)
21. Dion & The Belmonts - A Teenager in Love (2:33)
22. The Genies - Who's That Knocking (2:13)
23. The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You (3:18)
24. The Mystics - Hushabye (2:29)
25. The Eternals - Rockin' in the Jungle (2:29)

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Disc 4:
1. The Boss-Tones - Mope-itty Mop (2:01)
2. The Fascinators - Oh Rose Marie (2:18)
3. The Passions - Just to Be with You (2:21)
4. Little Anthony & The Imperials - Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop (2:06)
5. The Jesters - The Wind (3:20)
6. Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs - Stay (1:35)
7. The Capris - There's a Moon Out Tonight (2:11)
8. The Marcels - Blue Moon (2:13)
9. The Tokens - Tonight I Fell in Love (1:44)
10. Shep & The Limelites - Daddy's Home (2:50)
11. The Regents - Barbara Ann (2:12)
12. The Edsels - Rama Lama Ding Dong (2:24)
13. The Velvets - Tonight Could Be the Night (2:04)
14. The Jive Five - My True Story (2:30)
15. The Halos - Nag (2:48)
16. The Earls - Lookin' for My Baby (1:54)
17. The Quotations - Imagination (2:11)
18. The Excellents - Coney Island (2:09)
19. The Earls - Remember Then (2:06)
20. The Five Discs - Never Let You Go (2:15)
21. Randy & The Rainbows - Denise (1:55)
22. Vito & The Salutations - Unchained Melody (1:59)
23. The Marvelows - I Do (2:25)
24. The Capris - Morse Code of Love (2:34)
25. Johnny Maestro - My Juanita (3:20)

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*rubbing eyes* Am I seeing things??? This is the motherlode!!! Tone...you amaze me. Thank You
Sounding Good over here...:)
Thanks to..........you! :)
Always looking to find a way to make you smile...:)
GREAT COLLECTION!!!! OUTSTANDING!
WOW BROTHER TONE, THIS IS UMMMMMMM, I'M SPEECHLESS FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE....LOL. AWESOME SIMPLY AWESOME.
I created the Doo Wop Box page for us and uploaded the first 25..and made the opaque musicbox. Tone then uploaded the remaining 75 to it...

So it was a collective effort--just so you know. But without the music--which Tone provided, it would be nothing. ♥
YOU BOTH DID A OUTSTANDING JOB...THIS IS SOOOOOO NICE
Thank you my Sole7nator. My eyes almost popped out when I saw Tone had uploaded this here. Unbelievably delicious!

I am wondering if can get that Wailers classic now. I will ask him. You did a fantastic job as always finding that. I ain't NEVER seen Marley so young.

I think my little Schoolboys-Be My Love is my favorite..you had given that to me a whiles back. I LOVE them and their little sweet choir boy voices.!!! lol

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The history of the Butlers/Raw Soul is dense, but for all of us music nerds, that's normal. It is not totally clear what year the Butlers actually formed but they released their first single in 1963 on Liberty Records. That single was "She Tried To Kiss Me" and another single followed on Guyden entitled "Lovable Girl." After the Guyden single the Butlers took a break not recording another record until the single "Laugh, Laugh, Laugh" was released on the Phila label in 1966. The group also backed Charles Earland and Jean Wells on one Phila single ("I Know She Loves Me"). 


As you might be noticing, the Butlers were doing a fair amount of recording but not achieving much success. The group's recordings sold regionally but never had the promotion to make an impact on the national scene. After the single with Phila, the Butlers moved to the Fairmount label (part of the Cameo-Parkway family) and released a handful of singles, some being reissued singles of the past. The Butlers were with Fairmount for 1966-67 and then moved to Sassy Records. Sassy released the group's greatest single (in my opinion) "Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)" b/w "If That's What You Wanted." A copy of that 45 sold for just under $500 last summer on eBay. Even though that isn't that much in the world of record collecting--it's still a hefty sum. The Butlers released another single on Sassy ("She's Gone" b/w "Love Is Good") that appears to be even 
harder to come by then the "Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)" single.

 

The true history become a bit blurred here as the AMG biography states that the Butlers last record was released on C.R.S. in 1974 (". However, between 1971 and that single, Frankie Beverly formed a group called Raw Soul and released a number of singles. Some of the songs recorded by Beverly during this period are "While I'm Alone," "Open Up Your Heart," (both on the Gregor label) and "Color Blind." "Color Blind" was released by the Eldorado label and rerecorded by Maze. Beverly's big break came when Marvin Gaye asked Raw Soul to back him on a tour. Gaye helped Beverly/Raw Soul get a contract at Capitol. Beverly decided to take the group in a different direction, a name change occurred, and Maze was created. 

The above isn't the most complete history of Beverly but hopefully someone will know a way to get in touch with the man or his management because a comprehensive pre-Maze history needs to be done on Frankie Beverly (his real name is Howard, by the way). Below you'll find every Frankie Beverly (pre-Maze) song available to me right now ("Color Blind" will be up soon). 

If you have a song that is not included below, shoot it over to funkinsoulman (at) yahoo.com and it will go up in the next Frankie Beverly post (later this week--highlighting Maze). Also, if you have any more information please share your knowledge. The Butlers material has been comp-ed sporadically (usually imports) but the entire Maze catalog has been reissued and is available. 

Enjoy.  "She Kissed Me" (Fairmount, 1966 or 1967) 
 
 "I Want To Feel I'm Wanted" (not sure which label or year) "Laugh, Laugh, Laugh" (Phila, 1966) "Because Of My Heart" (Fairmount, 1966 or 1967)
   
 "Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)" (Sassy, 1967)
   
 "If That's What You Wanted" (Sassy, 1967)
 



Frankie Beverly is one of those cats that has lasting power. He started in the music business doing a tour with doo wop group the Silhouettes and then formed his own group called the Blenders. The Blenders never recorded a single, Beverly wouldn't appear on wax until forming the Butlers a few years later. Along with Beverly, the Butlers included Jack "Sonny" Nicholson, Joe Collins, John Fitch, and Talmadge Conway.

Beverly would later enjoy great success fronting Maze and Conway would become a
well-known penning Double Exposure's
"Ten Percent" and the Intruders' "Memories Are Here To Stay." 
 While Maze is a phenomenal group, Beverly's work before that group will always stand out as his best (imo).
The Butlers produced tunes that most Northern Soul fans would kill for and Raw Soul gave the funksters something to pursue. The Butlers recorded their first single in 1960 titled "Loveable Girl". Left to right John Fitch, T Conway, Frankie Beverly, Sonny Nicholson and Joe Collins. 

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