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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

THE BELL BROTHERS - TELL HIM NO


The Bell Brothers were Alex & Leroy Bell, who hailed from Florida. They released a scant 3 singles on the Texas based Sure Shot label, and this song was cut in Memphis and it truly has a great Stax like sound. Great duo vocal interplay, and the those "family" harmonies; the type with such an excellent blend that they could only be "in the family".

Note that my copy is on the UK ACTION label; this label licensed American records released on small labels to help satisfy the strong demand for American soul to UK audiences (who were scooping up indie label soul records like this as expensive and elusive imports otherwise)

from 1967...

THE BELL BROTHERS - TELL HIM NO

1 comment:

Perrata 2000 said...

I also love the flip side of this one "Throw Away The Key". Didn't know this had been recorded in Memphis, definetely has the sound.