The Blossoms
The Dreamers (members
Fanita Barret,
Gloria Jones, Nanette Williams, Annette Williams, Patricia Howard
and Jewel Cobbs) 1954
The Dreamers (members
Richard Berry (lead vocal), Fanita
Barret, Gloria Jones, Nanette Williams
and Annette Williams) 1955
Flair 1052 - At Last / Bye Bye - 1955
Richard Berry and The
Dreamers (members Richard Berry (born 11-April-1935
in Extension, Louisiana --- died 23-January-1997in his sleep at his
home in Los Angeles --- cause: possibly of complications from a
previous aneurysm), Fanita
Barret, Gloria Jones, Nanette Williams
and Annette Williams)
Flair 1058 - Daddy Daddy / Baby Darling
- 1955
Flair 1075 - Together / Jelly Roll* - 1955 *The
uncredited Cadets sing on this track and not The Blossoms..
Etta
James
(born Jamesetta Hawkins on
25-January-1938 in Los Angeles, California)
Modern Hollywood 962 - Good Rockin'
Daddy / Crazy Feeling - 1955 (with The Dreamers (members
Fanita Barret,
Gloria Jones, Nanette Williams and Annette Williams plus Jesse
Belvin))
The Wailers
(members Darlene Wright (Love) --- born 26-July-1941 in East Los
Angeles, ......) 1955
St. Paul Baptist Church
Choir (members Cora Martin, Darlene
Wright,............) 1956
Richard Berry
R. P. M. 477 - Wait For Me / Good Love - 1956
The Dreamers (members
Jennell Hawkins,
Fanita Barret, Gloria Jones
and Annette Williams)
Flip 319 - Do Not Forget / Since You've Been Gone - 1956
The
Rollettes (members
Fanita Barret, Gloria Jones
and Annette Williams)
Class 201 - Sad Fool / Wham Bam* - 1956 *Flip By The
Googie Rene Orchestra.
Class 203 - More Than You Realize / Kiss Me Benny - 1956
The Echoes
(members Darlene Wright, Marzetta
Freeman, Ed DeVold, Elmo James and
Mosely Carter)
Combo 128 - Aye Senorita / My Little Honey - 1957
Speciality 601 - Over The Rainbow /
Someone - 1957
The Blossoms
Eddie Beal's Orchestra (members
Fanita Barret,
Gloria Jones, Nanette Williams and Annette Williams)
Capitol 3822 - Move On / He Promised Me - 1957
Capitol 3878 - Have Faith In Me / Little Louie - 1958
Richard Berry
Flip 339 - Do I Do / Besame / Mucho -
1958
Ed
Townsend
(born 16-April-1929 in Fayetteville, Tennessee. Died
14-August-2003 in a San Bernadino
Hospital - cause: heart attack)
Capitol 3926 - For Your Love* / Over And Over
Again - 1958 *covered in 1965 by Pearlean
Gray on
DCP 1125. (with The Gerald Wilson
Orchestra: session: The Blossoms (members
Fanita Barret, Gloria Jones,
Nanette Williams and Annette Williams))
The Blossoms Eddie Beal's
Orchestra (members Darlene Wright (lead),
Fanita James, Gloria Jones and Nanette
Williams)
Capitol 4072 - No Other Love / Baby Daddy-O - 1958
The Playgirls
(members Fanita James, Gloria Jones,
Nanette Williams and Darlene Wright (Love))
RCA
Victor 47-7546
- Hey Sport / Young Love Swings The World - 1959
RCA Victor 47-7719 - Sugar Beat / Gee, But I'm Lonesome - 1959
Sam Cooke
Keen 3-2018 - Everybody Likes To Cha Cha
Cha* / Little Things You Do - 1959
(Mono) *session: The Blossoms (members Fanita
James, Gloria Jones and Darlene Wright (Love))
Keen 5-2018 - Everybody Likes To Cha Cha
Cha / Little Things You Do - 1959
(stereo release scarce)
James Darren with The 4
Blossoms (members James Darren,
.........................)
Colpix 119 - Angel Face / I Don't
Wanna Lose Ya
- 1959 (some copies issued with picture sleeve)
Hannibal (born
James T. Shaw in 1939 in Atlanta, Georgia)
Pan World 517 - Love Is Funny / Please Take A Chance On Me - 1960
(accompanied by The Angels (members Fanita
James, Gloria Jones and Darlene Wright))
The Co-Eds
(members Fanita James, Gloria Jones
and ?)
Challenge 9109 - Son-In-Law / I'll Wait - 1961
The Blossoms
(members Fanita James, Gloria Jones
and ?)
Challenge 9109 - Son-In-Law* / I'll Wait - 1961 *an "answer song" to
the 1961 hit "Mother-In-Law" by Ernie K-Doe on
Minit 623.
The Dreamers (members
Fanita Barret,
Gloria Jones, Nanette Williams and Annette Williams)
Flip 354 - Do Not Forget / Since You've Been Gone - 1961
The Blossoms
(members Fanita James, Gloria Jones and
Darlene Wright)
Challenge 9122 - Hard To Get / Write Me A Letter - 1961
Challenge 9138 - Big Talking Jim / The Search Is Over - 1962
Challenge - I Gotta Tell It - 1962 (unissued
at the time the track was released in the U. K. on a 1995 ACE Cd
"Playin' Hard To Get" CDCHD 559 and it
was also released in the U. K. on a 2008 ACE Cd
"So Much Love A Darlene Love Anthology 1958-1998" CDCHD 1169)
Shelley
Fabres
Colpix 621 - Johnny Angel / Where's It
Gonna Get Me - 1962 (some copies issued
with picture sleeve) session" The Blossoms.
Bobby "Boris" Pickett and
the Crypt Kickers (members
Garpax P-1 - Monster Mash / Monster
Mash's Party - 1962 (session: The Blossoms)
Garpax 44167 - Monster Mash / Monster
Mash's Party - 1962 (some copies issued with picture
sleeve) (session: The Blossoms)
The Blossoms
(members Fanita James, Gloria Jones and
Darlene Wright)
Okeh 7162 - I'm In Love / What
Makes Love - 1962
The Crystals
(members Darlene Wright (lead vocals), Fanita
James, Edna Wright and Gracia
Nitsche)
Philles 106 - He's A Rebel* / I Love You
Eddie** - 1962 *also recorded in 1963 was an "answer" song to this
track titled "He's A Yankee" by The Sweethearts on
Brunswick
55240. **also cut as "I Love You Betty" by Terry Day on
Columbia 4-427678.
Bob B.
Soxx And The Blue Jeans (members Bobby Sheen,
Fanita James and Darlene Wright)
Philles 107 - Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah
/ Flip And Nitty - 1962
The Blossoms
(members Fanita James, Gloria Jones and
Darlene Wright)
Scepter - The Gospel Truth - 1962 (unissued at the time this
track was released in the U. K. on a 2008 ACE Cd
"So Much Love A Darlene Love Anthology 1958-1998" CDCHD 1169)
Duane Eddy & The
Rebelettes (members
Duane Eddy, Darlene Love, Fanita James
and Gracia Nitsche)
RCA Victor 47-8087 - (Dance With The) Guitar Man /
Stretchin' Out - 1962
The Crystals
(members Darlene Love (lead vocals), ..............)
Philles 109 - He's Sure The Boy I Love /
Walkin' Along (La-La-La) - 1962
Bob B.
Soxx And The Blue Jeans (members Bobby Sheen,
Gloria Jones and Carolyn Willis)
Philles 110 - Why Do Lovers Break Each
Other's Hearts / Dr. Kaplan's Office - 1962
Dorothy Berry
Challenge 59221 - You're So Fine* / Cryin'
On My Pillow** - 1963 *originally recorded in 1959 by
The Falcons
on Flick 001. **written by David Gates. (The backing vocalists
on this 45 were The Girlfriends (members Nanette Williams, Gloria
Jones and Carolyn Willis))
Barney
Kessel
Reprise 20,152 - Tv Commercials
/ Diamonds - 1963 (session: The Blossoms (members Darlene Love,
Fanita James and
Gracia Nitsche)
Duane Eddy & The
Rebelettes (members
Duane Eddy, Darlene Love, Fanita James
and Gracia Nitsche)
RCA Victor 47-8131 - Boss Guitar / Desert Rat - 1963 (some copies
issued with picture sleeve)
RCA Victor 47-8180 - Lonely Boy, Lonely Guitar / Joshin' - 1963
(some copies issued with picture sleeve)
The
Girlfriends
(members Nanette Williams, Gloria Jones and Carolyn Willis)
Colpix 712 - My One And Only Jimmy Boy /
For My Sake - 1963
Al Casey with the K - C -
Ettes (members Al Casey,
Darlene Love, Fanita James and ?)
Stacy 962 - Surfin' Hootenanny / Easy
Pickin' - 1963 (Some Copies Issued In
Red Vinyl)
Stacy 964 - Guitars, Guitars, Guitars / Surfin'
Blues (Part 1) - 1963
Hal Blaine and The Young
Cougars (members Hal Blaine,
Fanita James, Gloria Jones and Darlene Wright)
RCA Victor 47-8223 - (Dance With The) Surfin'
Band / The Drummer Plays For Me - 1963
Darlene Love
(Darlene Wright)
? - Let Him Walk Away - 1963 (demo written by Jackie
DeShannon and Jack
Nitzsche which was unissued until it was released in the U.
K. on a 2008 ACE Cd "So Much Love A
Darlene Love Anthology 1958-1998" CDCHD 1169)
Philles 111 - (Today I Met) The Boy I'm
Gonna Marry / My Heart Beat A Little
Faster - 1963
Philles 111 - (Today I Met) The Boy I'm
Gonna Marry / Playing For Keeps - 1963
Bob B.
Soxx And The Blue Jeans (members Bobby Sheen,
Gloria Jones and Carolyn Willis)
Philles 113 - Not Too Young To Get
Married / Annette - 1963
Dick Dale and The Del Tones
(members Dick Dale, Fanita James, Gloria
Jones, Darlene Wright,....)
Capitol 4963 - King Of The Surf Guitar / Havah
Nagilah - 1963 (some copies issued with
picture sleeve)
Darlene Love
(Darlene Wright)
Philles 114 - Wait 'Til
My Bobby Gets Home* / Take It From Me - 1963 *also recorded in 1965
by The Sisters on Del-Fi 4306.
Philles 117 - A Fine
Fine Boy / Nino & Sonny (Big
Big Trouble) - 1963
Philles 119 - Christmas (Baby Please
Come Home) / Harry And Milt Meet Hal B. - 1963
Don & Dewey
(Don
Harris (a. k. a. Don Bowman) and Terry Dewey)
Rush
1003 - Don't Ever Leave Me (Don't Make Me Cry) / Heart Attack - 1963
(session: The Blossoms)
Highland 1050 - Don't Ever Leave Me (Don't Make Me Cry)
/ Heart Attack - 1964 (session: The Blossoms)
Al Casey and the K - C -
Ettes (members Al Casey,
Darlene Love, Fanita James and ?
Stacy 971 - Cookin' / What Are We
Gonna Do In '64? - 1964
The Wildcats
(members Darlene Love, Jean King and Fanita
James)
Reprise 0253 - What Are We Going To Do In 1964? / 3625 - Groovy
Street - 1964
Darlene Love
(Darlene Wright)
Philles 123 - Stumble And Fall / (He's
A) Quiet Guy - 1964 (yellow and red stock copies are rare --- yellow
and red label "D. J. Copy Not For Sale" on label are scarce ---
white label promo issues are most common)
Philles 125 - Christmas (Baby Please
Come Home) / X-Mas Blues - 1964
Philles 125x - Christmas (Baby Please
Come Home) / Winter Wonderland - 1965
The Blossoms
(members Darlene Love, Jean King and Fanita
James)
Equal Employment Opportunities Campaign T4lm-8172-1 - Things Are
Changing / Things Are Changing - 1965
The Blossoms / The Crystals
Equal Employment Opportunities Campaign T4lm-8172-1
- Things Are Changing / Please Be My Boyfriend* - 1965 (33 1/3rpm
public service program of the advertising council) *flip by The
Crystals.
The Blossoms
(members Darlene Love, Jean King and Fanita
James)
Reprise 0436 - That's When The Tears Start / Good
Good Lovin' -
1965
Jean King
(died 1983)
H B R 450 - Something Happens To Me / The Nicest Things Happen -
1965
H B R 463 - Watermelon Man / The In-Crowd - 1966 Both sides taken
from her live-in-the-studio HBR long-player "Sings For The
In-Crowd".
H B R 497 - Don't Say Goodbye / It's Good Enough For Me - 1966
The Blossoms
(members Darlene Love, Jean King and Fanita
James)
Reprise 0475 - Lover Boy / My Love, Come Home - 1966
Reprise 0522 - Let Your Love Shine On Me / Deep Into My Heart - 1966
Frank Sinatra
Reprise 0531 - That's Life / The September Of My Years - 1966
(backing vocals by The Blossoms: members Darlene Love, Jean King and
Fanita James)
Darlene Love
Reprise 0534 - Too Late To Say You're Sorry*
/ If - 1966 (produced by H. B. Barnum)
The Blossoms
(members Darlene Love, Jean King and Fanita
James)
Reprise 0639 - Deep Into My Heart / Good, Good
Lovin' - 1967
Ode 101 - Stoney End* / Wonderful - 1967
*also recorded in 1968 by Laura Nyro
Verve Forecast 5095.
Ode 106 - Cry Like A Baby* / Wonderful - 1967 *also
recorded in 1966 by Aretha Franklin on
Columbia
43827.
Bill Medley
M-G-M 13959 - Brown Eyed Woman / Let The Good Times Roll - 1968
(session: The Blossoms)
The Blossoms
(members Darlene Love, Jean King and Fanita
James)
M-G-M 13964 - Tweedle Dee / You Got Me
Hummin'* - 1968 *also recorded in 1966
by Sam & Dave on Stax 204.
The Brothers and Sisters of
Los Angeles (members (The Brothers)
Josephy Green, Andrew Herd, Jesse
Kirkland, Chester Pipkin, Billy Storm,
Ed Wallace, Fred Willis and Don Wyatt. (The Sisters) Shirley Allen,
Sherrell Atwood, Ginger Blake, Hazel
Carmichael, Merry Clayton, Marjorie Cranford,
Oma Drake, Georgette Finchess,
Brenda Fitz, Patrice Holloway, Gwen Johnson, Ruby S. Johnson, Gloria
Jones, Clydie King,
Sherlie Matthews, Barbara Perrault, Julia A.
Tilman, Lolietha
White, Carolyn Willis and Edna Wright (a.k.a. Sandy
Wynns))
Ode 121 - Mighty Quinn / Chimes Of Freedom - 1969
Ode 123 - The Times They Are A Changin'
/ Mr. Tambourine Man - 1969
The Blossoms
(members Darlene Love, Jean King and Fanita
James)
Ode 125 - Stoney End / Wonderful - 1969
Bell - So Much Love - 1968 (unissued at the time this track was
released in the U. K. on a 2008 ACE Cd
"So Much Love A Darlene Love Anthology 1958-1998" CDCHD 1169)
Bell 780 - You've Lost That Lovin'
Feeling* / Something So Wrong - 1969 *also recorded in 1964 by The
Righteous Brothers on Philles
124.
Bell 797 - Soul And Inspiration* / Stand
By - 1969 *also recorded in 1966 by The Righteous Brothers on Verve
10383.
Bell 857 - I Ain't Got To Love Nobody
Else / Don't Take Your Love - 1970
Bell 937 - One Step Away / Break Your Promise - 1970
Bobby "Boris" Pickett and
the Crypt Kickers (members
Parrot 348 - Monster Mash / Monster Mash's Party - 1970 (session:
The Blossoms)
Moose & The Pelicans
(members Darlene Love, Fanita James and
Edna Wright)
Vanguard 35110 - We Rockin' / The Ballad
Of Davy Crockett - 1970
Vanguard 35129 - He's A Rebel / We Rockin'
- 1971
Vanguard 35129 - He's A Rebel (Mono) / He's A Rebel (Stereo) - 1971
(Promo Issue Only)
The Glass House
(members
Invictus 9090 - Touch Me Jesus*
/ If It Ain't Love, It Don't Matter -
1971 *uncredited artists The Blossoms:
members Darlene Love, Jean King and Fanita
James.
The Blossoms
(members Darlene Love, Jean King and Fanita
James)
Lion 108 - Touchdown / It's All Up To You - 1972
Lion 125 - Cherish What Is Dear To You (While It's Near To You)*
/ Shockwave - 1972 *also recorded in 1971 by Freda Payne on
Invictus 9085.
Lion 125 - Cherish What Is Dear To You (While It's Near To You)
/ Grandma's Hands* - 1972 *also recorded in 1971 by Bill Withers on
Sussex 227 and in 1975 by Trilogy on K-Town 3331.
Bobby "Boris" Pickett and
the Crypt Kickers (members
Parrot 348 - Monster Mash / Monster Mash's Party - 1973 (session:
The Blossoms) Reissued with same label number and design as in 1970.
Tom Jones
Parrot 40078 - La La
La (Just Having You Here) / Love
Love Love -
1973 (session: The Blossoms)
Darlene Love
Warner/Spector 0401 - Christmas (Baby
Please Come Home) / Winter Wonderland - 1974
Warner/Spector 0410 - Lord, If You're A
Woman / Stumble And Fall - 1975
The Blossoms
(members Jean King, Fanita James and
Alex Brown)
Epic 50434 - Walking On Air / There's No Greater Love (Than Mine For
You My Love) - 1977
Bob B.
Soxx And The Blue Jeans
Collectables Col 032097 - Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts /
Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah - 1983
Darlene Love
Collectables Col 032107 - Today I Met The Boy I'm
Gonna Marry / Strange Kind Of Love -
1983
Collectable Col 032117 - Wait Till My Bobby Get's Home / Stumble And
Fall - 1983
Passport 7926 - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) / Playing For
Keeps - 1983
Artists United Against
Apartheid (members Afrika
Bambaataa, Big Youth, Bob Dylan, Bob
Geldof, Bobby Womack, Bono, Bruce
Springsteen, Clarence Clemons, Darlene Love, Daryl Hall, David
Ruffin Jr., Duke Bootee, The Fat Boys, George Clinton, Gil
Scott-Heron, Grandmaster Melle Mel,
Herbie Hancock, Jackson Browne, Jimmy
Cliff, John Oates, Kashif,
Kurtis Blow, Linton
Kwesi Johnson, Little Steven, Lou Reed, Miles Davis, Nona
Hendryx, Pat
Benatar, Pete Townshend, Peter Gabriel, Peter Wolf, Ray
Barretto, Ringo
Starr, Ron Carter, Ruben Blades, Run DMC, Scorpio, Shankar, Stanley
Jordan, Tina B., Tony Williams and Will Downing)
Emi-Manhattan V-56013 - Sun City (Last Remix) (9:37) / Not So Far
Away (Dub Version) (12:30) - 1985 (12" release)
Darlene Love / Leader Of
The Pack
Elektra 7-69647 - River Deep, Mountain High / Leader Of The Pack* -
1985 (some copies issued with picture sleeve) *flip by Leader Of The
Pack.
Darlene Love
D. T. (No #) - What's Inside Your Heart / What's Inside Your Heart
(Instrumental) - ?
The Crystals
Philles
/ Collectables 032007 - He's A Rebel / He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A
Kiss) - 1986
Philles / Collectables 032027 - Uptown /
He's Sure The Boy I Love - 1986
Darlene Love
Columbia 38-07984 - He's Sure The Man I Love /
Everybody Needs - 1988
The Blossoms
(members Fanita James, Cynthia Woodward,
................................................)
Classic Artists 110 - Lonely Friday Night / The Letter - 1989
Darlene Love
Sire W 9535 - ? / Mr. Fix-It - 1990
.
Fox Fscd10003 - All Alone On
Christmas - 1992 (Cd
single issued with picture sleeve --- From the soundtrack to "Home
Alone 2: Lost In New York")