Gene Barge ‎– Dance With Daddy "G"

Checker records 1965  ‎– LP-2994

notes:

Saxophonist / bandleader / producer / arranger / songwriter
Barge achieved some notoriety in 1957 by blowing a haunting, distinctive solo on

Chuck Willis's "C.C. Rider", a # 1 R&B hit. A later session with Chuck Willis in

October 1957 provided another fine sax solo on "Betty and Dupree". King Curtis

was clearly influenced by Barge. By 1960, Gene was working for the Legrand label

in Norfolk, which was founded in 1958 by Frank Guida and Joe Royster. From his

jazz and R&B connections, Guida assembled a group of local musicians to form a

house band for Legrand's recording sessions. Barge and the aforementioned Nabs

Shields were among them, alongside pianist Willie Burnell, trombonist Leonard

Barks, bass player Ron "Junior" Fairley, guitarist Wayne Beckner and another

tenor sax man, Earl Swanson, who was married to Ruth Brown at the time. It was

this group, minus Swanson and Burnell, that recorded the instrumental "A Night

With Daddy G (Parts 1 & 2)" in 1960. Co-written by Barge, Guida and Royster,

the record (Legrand 1004) bubbled under the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1961

and was credited to The Church Street Five. "Daddy G" became Barge's nickname.

credits:

    Design [Cover Design] – Don Bronstein
    Engineer – Ron Malo
    Liner Notes – Raymond Hutchins
    Producer – Gene Barge
Recorded: Ter Mar Recording Studio, Chicago, Illinois

tracklist:

A1 I Feel Fine
Written-By – John Lennon-Paul McCartney*
2:18   
A2 Shake
Written-By – Sam Cooke
2:39   
A3 Fine Twine
Written-By – Gene Barge, Gerald Sims
2:22   
A4 The Jerk
Written-By – Don Julian
2:22   
A5 The Way You Do The Things You Do
Written-By – Rogers*, Robinson*
2:32   
A6 The "In" Crowd
Written-By – Billy Page
2:45   
B1 Twine Time
Written-By – Williams*, Rice*
2:30   
B2 Come See About Me
Written-By – Holland, Dozier, Holland*
2:35   
B3 Voice Your Choice
Written-By – Gerald Sims, M. McAlister*
2:29   
B4 The Monkey Time
Written-By – C. Mayfield*
2:42   
B5 It's All Over Now
Written-By – B. Womack*, S. Womack*
3:01   
B6 How Sweet It Is To Be Love By You
Written-By – Holland, Dozier, Holland*
2:53   

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