Showing off the sweeter side of Johnny Sayles' voice (he could shout with the best of them, as heard on the buildup to the chorus of this song), and also the fabulous studio group (probably the Brunswick studio band?) that lays out some serious Chicago soul, this record nicely bridges the gap between the harder edged sounds out of Chicago that were morphing into a sweeter, vocal harmony based sound. This track MOVES!
Sayles was born in Texas but forged out his career in Chicago (after a short St Louis stint singing with the Ike Turner group in the late '50's). Sadly, Johnny released only two other 45's after this one (1972 and 1983, respectively) and one LP (1972) before passing away in 1993.
from 1969...
JOHNNY SAYLES - SOMEBODY'S CHANGING (MY SWEET BABY'S MIND)
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3 comments:
Killer drum work, great voice, super tune...what more could you ask for? Thanks, I never heard it before.
This is a great one.
Thanx Derek I'd never heard this before either. Just bought me one for a very reasonable £11.
Do you know the Little Milton version on Checker ? I prefer this one myself
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