Fair Use disclaimer

All music presented on this site is shared under the premise of "fair use"; this site is solely intended for the purpose of education and critique. If you are a rights holder to any of the music presented and wish for it to be removed, simply contact me directly and it will be taken down.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

THE MILLIONAIRES - A RATHER HIP SHING


This group seems to have released a few records, but I can't find much in the way of biographical info on them (although I was happy to see that two members are performing in a vocal group together currently). This track appears to be the b-side; the other side is good and I almost featured it as well (it's a mid-tempo sweet soul track) but in the interest of conserving my precious bandwidth had to keep it off. BUT, this swingin' little number is somethin' else!

from 1967...

THE MILLIONAIRES - A RATHER HIP SHING

4 comments:

Pete W said...

Great choice Derek, and once again a new one on me! Although one couldn't guess from listening, label evidence suggests this is a New Orleans recording, as the producers are renowned N.O. musicians cornettist Melvin Lastie and pianist James Booker. They were obviously aiming at an uptown dance-soul sound with the Capitols' "Cool Jerk" as inspiration, which dates the single squarely from 1966. Happy to be contradicted if anybody knows different!

michael vee said...

... a great little gem! thanks a lot for finding and offering!

ciao from Milano

Derek See said...

I think it's a the same group, Roger!

Holly said...

Thank you for this!

I don't suppose anyone has a copy of "Coffee & Donuts" to share?