Today's entry is one of those records that is a mystery, more or less. A few names on the label are familiar; Billy McGregor was brother of George McGregor, who, with The Bronzettes, cut the extraordinary "Temptation Is Hard To Fight". Jump Jackson was a New Orleans born-transplanted-to-Chicago bandleader/music entrepreneur who worked mostly in the blues scene.
By the time this record was released (I'm taking a guess at 1966), the sound of Chicago had become far more sophisticated than this RAW record which is made all the more interesting by its use of "Sophisticated" in the title.
Whatever the story, this record, driven by its infectious bongo beat and outstanding falsetto vocals, sounds like a transmission from an alternate universe.
There are other records by group(s) with the same name, but I am unclear if they are related.
from c1966...
SUMMITS - SOPHISTICATED LADY (BREAK DOWN AND LOVE ME)
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