| Gene Chandler
The Gaytones
(members Eugene Dixon,
.................................................) 1955
group formed while at
Englewood
High School,
Chicago,
Illinois.
The Dukays (members
Eugene Dixon (lead), James Lowe, Earl Edwards and Ben Broyles)
1957 line-up.
The Dukays (members
Eugene Dixon (lead), Shirley Johnson (tenor), James Lowe
(tenor), Earl Edwards (baritone) and Ben Broyles (bass)).
Drafted in
U.S.
army from 1957 ~ 1960 rejoined The Dukays
in 1960.
Nat 4001 - The Big
Lie / The Girl's A Devil - 1961
Nat 4002 - Nite Owl / Festival Of Life -
1961
Nat 4003 - Duke Of Earl* / Kissin' In
The Kitchen - 1961 *Bass Line
Was Sung By Ben Broyles. (Apparently A Few
Copies Have Been Found)
Gene Chandler
(born Eugene Dixon on 6-July-1937 in Chicago, Illinois)
Universal Recording Corp. 61-2172 - Duke Of Earl (2:22) /
Kissin In The Kitchen - 1961
(acetate --- has Vee Jay records,
song titles, times and artist name typed on label)
Vee-Jay 416 - Duke Of Earl*
/ Kissin' In The Kitchen - 1962
*there was an "answer" record to this track released in 1962 by
The Pearlettes (members Sheila
Galloway (lead), Lynda Galloway,
Priscilla Kennedy and Mary Meade) titled "Duchess Of
Earl" on Vee-Jay 435.
Nat 4003 - Duke Of Earl /
Kissin' In The Kitchen - 1962
(copies exist on this label - probably company trying to cash in
on it's success)
The Duke
Of Earl (Gene Chandler)
Vee-Jay 416 - Duke
Of Earl / Kissin' In The Kitchen - 1962
The Dukays
(Members Eugene Dixon, Shirley Johnson, James
Lowe, Earl Edwards And Ben Broyles)
Vee-Jay 430 - Nite
Owl / Festival Of Life - 1962
The Duke
Of Earl (Gene Chandler)
Vee-Jay 440 - Walk
On With The Duke / London Town - 1962
Vee-Jay
450 - Daddy's Home / The Big Lie - 1962
Vee-Jay 455 - I'll Follow You / You
Left Me - 1962
Gene Chandler
Vee-Jay 455 -
Forgive Me / You Left Me - 1962
Vee-Jay 461 - Tear For Tear /
Miracle After Miracle - 1962
Vee-Jay 468 - You Threw A Lucky
Punch / Rainbow - 1962 (background vocals by Cal Carter &
Friends)
Vee-Jay 511 - Check Yourself* /
Forgive Me - 1963 *also released in
1961 by
The
Temptations on
Miracle
12.
Vee-Jay 536 - Baby, That's
Love / Man's Temptation - 1963
Vee Jay 536 -
Man's Temptation
/ Wonderful, Wonderful - 1963
Constellation 104 - From Day To Day / It's So
Good For Me - 1963
Gene &
Jerry (Gene Chandler And Jerry Butler)
Roulette 4537 -
Hootenanny Christmas / Carousel - 1963
Gene
Chandler
Constellation 110
- Pretty Little Girl / A Little Like Lovin' -
1963
Constellation 112 - Think Nothing About It / Wish
You Were Here - 1964
Constellation 114 - Soul Hootenanny (Part 1) /
Soul Hootenanny (Part 2) - 1964
Constellation
124 - A Song Called Soul / You Left Me - 1964
Oldies 45 21 - Duke Of Earl / Nite
Owl -
1964
Constellation 130 - Just Be True / A Song Called Soul* - 1964
*written by Billy Butler.
Constellation 136 - Bless Our Love / London Town - 1964
Constellation 141 - What Now / If You Can't Be True* - 1964
*also recorded in 1965 by Marva Lee
on
Atco 45-6367
Oldies 45 39 - You Threw A Lucky Punch / Rainbow - 1964
Oldies 45 315 - Check Yourself / Forgive Me - 1965
Oldies 45 316 - Man's Temptation / Baby That's Love - 1965
Constellation 146 - You Can't Hurt Me No More /
Everybody Let's Dance - 1965
Constellation 149 - Nothing Can Stop Me / The Big Lie - 1965
Constellation 158 - Rainbow '65 (Part 1) / Rainbow '65 (Part 2)
- 1965
Constelation 160 - Good Times / No
One Can Love You - 1965
Constellation 164 - Here Come The Tears* / Soul Hootenanny (Part
2) - 1965 *also recorded in 1967 by
Darrell
Banks on Atco 6471.
Constellation 166 - Baby, That's Love / Bet You Never Thought -
1966
Constellation 167 - (I'm Just A) Fool For You / Buddy
Ain't It A Shame - 1966
Constellation 169 - I Can Take Care Of Myself* / If I Can't Save
It - 1966 *also recorded in 1967 by The
Spyders on Golden State 106 and MTA
128
Constellation 172 - Mr. Big Shot / I Hate To Be The One To Say -
1966
Checker 1155 - I Fooled You This Time / Such A Pretty
Thing - 1966
Checker 1165 - To Be A Lover / After The Laughter
(Here
Comes The Tears) - 1967
Checker 1190 - I Won't Need You / No Peace, No Satisfaction -
1967
Brunswick 55312 - Girl Don't Care / My Love -
1967
Brunswick 55339 - There Goes The Lover / Tell Me
What Can I Do - 1967
Checker 1199 - River Of Tears / It's Time To
Settle Down - 1968
Gene
Chandler & Barbara Acklin
Brunswick 55366 -
Love Won't Start / Show Me The Way To Go - 1968
Gene
Chandler
Brunswick
55383 - There Was A Time* / Those
Were The Good Old Days - 1968 *also
recorded in 197? by Six Pack on Trip
Universal 15.
Gene
Chandler & Barbara Acklin
Brunswick 55387 -
From The Teacher To The Preacher / Anywhere But
Nowhere - 1968
Gene
Chandler
Brunswick 55394 -
Teacher, Teacher / Pit Of Loneliness - 1968
Checker 1220 - Go Back Home / In My Baby's House
- 1969
Gene
Chandler & Barbara Acklin
Brunswick
55405 - Little Green Apples* / Will I Find You - 1969 *also
recorded in 1968 by
O. C.
Smith on
Columbia
4-44616.
Gene
Chandler
Brunswick 55413 -
Eleanor Rigby / Familiar Footsteps - 1969
Brunswick 55425 - This Bitter Earth / Suicide -
1969
Mercury 73083 - Groovy Situation / Not The
Marrying Kind - 1970
Mercury 73121 - Simply Call It Love / Give Me A
Chance - 1970
Gene &
Jerry (Gene Chandler And Jerry Butler)
Mercury 73163 -
You Just Can't Win (By Making The Same Mistake) /
Sho Is Grooving - 1971
Mercury 73195 - Ten And Two (Take
This Woman Off The Corner)* / Everybody Is Waiting - 1971 *also
recorded in 1970 by James Spencer on
Memphis
101.
Gene
Chandler
Mercury 73206 -
You're A Lady / Stone Cold Feeling - 1971
Mercury 73258 - Yes I'm Ready (If I
Don't Get To Go) / Pillars Of Glass -
1971
Curtom 1979 - Don't Have To Be Lyin' Babe (Part
1) / Don't Have To Be Lyin' Babe (Part 2) -
1973
Curtom 1986 - Baby I Still Love You / I
Understand - 1973
Curtom 1992 - Without You Here / Just Be There -
1973
Oldies 45 21 - Duke Of Earl / Nite
Owl - ?
Eric 0171 - Duke Of Earl / Check Yourself -
1974
Eric 0172 - Rainbow (Original) / Man's Temptation
- 1974
Eric 0173 - Bless Our Love / Just Be True -
1974
Eric 0174 - Rainbow '65 (Complete) / What Now - 1974
Lost Nite 310 - Rainbow / Duke
Of Earl - ?
Goldies 45 2437 - Duke Of Earl /
Nite Owl - ?
Goldies 45 2438 -
Turn On Your Lovelight / Rainbow - ?
Gene Chandler / Gene
Chandler Orchestra
Marsel 501 - Tell It
Like It Is /
Live Your
Life - Pt. 2 (Instrumental)* - 1976 *flip by
Gene Chandler Orchestra.
Gene Chandler
Chi-Sound 1168 - Give Me The Cue / Tomorrow I May Not Feel The
Same - 1978
Chi-Sound Tcd-68 - Get Down (Special Mix) (8:14) / Get Down
(Special Mix) (8:14) - 1978 (12" promo issue
only)
Chi-Sound 2386 - Get Down / I'm The
Travelling Kind - 1978
Chi-Sound Tcd-68 - Get Down (Special Mix) (8:14) / I'm The
Traveling Kind (4:06) - 1978
(12" release)
Chi-Sound 2404 - Please Sunrise / Greatest Love Ever Known -
1979
Edwin Starr /
Gene Chandler
20th Century/Chi-Sound Tcd-073 - Contact (7:21) / Get Down
(8:14) - 1979 (12" release) *flip
by Gene Chandler.
Gene Chandler
Chi-Sound 2411 - When You're #1 / I'll Remember
You - 1979
Chi-Sound Tcd-080-Dj - When You're #1 (8:59) / Dance Fever
(7:45) - 1979
(12" promo issue only)
Chi-Sound Tcd-081 - When You're #1 (8:59) / I'll Remember You
(3:50) - 1979 (12" release)
20th Century 2411 - When You're #1 / I'll Remember You - 1979
20th Century 2428 - Do What Comes So Natural / That Funky Disco
Rhythm - 1979
Chi-Sound Tcd-098 - That Funky Disco Rhythm / ? - 1979
(12" Release)
Chi-Sound 2451 - Does She Have A Friend? / Let Me Make Love To
You - 1980
Chi-Sound Tcd-101 - Does She Have A Friend? (6:05) / Let Me
Make Love To You (4:08) - 1980 (12" Release)
Chi-Sound 2468 - Lay Me Gently / You've Been So Good To Me -
1980
Chi-Sound 2480 - Rainbow '80 / I'll Be There - 1980
Chi-Sound 2494 - I'm Attracted To You / I've Got To Meet You -
1981
Chi-Sound 2507 - Love Is The Answer / Godsend - 1981
Collectables Col 014607 - Duke Of Earl / Rainbow - 1981
Chi-Sound 111 - I Keep Coming Back / Baby You're Something In
The Clutch - 1982
Chi-Sound 1000 - I'll Make The Living If You Make The Loving
Worthwhile / (Instrumental) - 1982
Chi-Sound 2001 - Make The Living Worthwhile (Disco
Version) (6:10) / Make The Living Worthwhile (Short
Version) (4:05) - 1982
(promo issue only)
Chi-Sound 1001 - I'll Make The Living If You Make The Loving
Worthwhile / Time Is A Thief - 1982
Chi-Sound
2001 - I'll Make The Living If You Make The Loving Worthwhile
(6:10) / Time Is A Thief (4:45) - 1982 (12"
promo issue only)
Jamie Lynn & Gene
Chandler
N. Y. International 1001 - You're The One / I
Keep Coming Back For More - 1983
Salsoul 7051 - You're The One / I
Keep Coming Back For More - 1983
Gene Chandler /
Barbara Acklin
Collectables Col 030557 - The Girl Don't Care /
Love Makes A Woman* - ? *Flip By Barbara
Acklin.
Gene
Chandler
Collectables
Col
034367 - I Fooled You This Time / To Be A Lover - ?
Collectables
Col
034827 - Rainbow '65 / What Now? - ?
Collectables
Col
034837 - Bless Our Love / Just Be True - ?
Collectables
Col
039657 - Rainbow '80 / Does She Have A Friend - ?
Johnny Bristol
/ Gene Chandler
Collectables
Col
043607 - Hang On In There Baby / Groovy Situation* - ? *flip by
Gene Chandler
Gene Chandler
Collectables Col 044867 - Get Down / When You're
# 1 - ?
MCA ? - 1984
Solid Smoke ? - 1984
Gene
Chandler
/
Dee Clark
Original Sound Obg-4507 - Duke Of
Earl / Raindrops* - 1984 *Flip By Dee Clark.
Gene Chandler
Fastfire 7003 -
Haven't I Heard That Line Before / You'll Never Be Free Of Me -
1985
Fastfire 7005 - Lucy / Please, You
Got Tonight - 1986
Jimmy Reed /
Gene Chandler
Ripete
147 - Big Boss Man Duke Of Earl* - 1990 *flip by
Gene Chandler.
Gene Chandler / Stephanie Mills Featuring
Teddy Pendergrass
20th Century Fox / Chi-Sound Tcd-68 - Get Down (8:14) / Two
Hearts (4:40) - 2007
(12" reissue release)
Additions by John Kelly
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