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Saturday, July 7, 2012

JAY W. KING - I'M SO AFRAID


What a lovely record; dreamy and mysterious as if it's being beamed down from another world.

Jay W. King (aka Windsor King) saw success as the producer of JJ Jackson's big hit "But It's Alright", wrote "Ask Me" (a minor hit for Inez & Charlie Foxx) and led a group called The Cashmeres (who stretched back to the doo wop era). He also released some records as W. King and was also credited simply as King.

It's a pity that he didn't release more records on his own (although there may be more that I'm not aware of), as this lovely deep soul track is a minor masterpiece. King's falsetto and overall vocal delivery is pure class.

I'm taking a guess at the year.

from c1968...

JAY W. KING - I'M SO AFRAID


4 comments:

Macabre5150 said...

Great song man, sounds like you got some haters out there. Just remember if you got haters its because your doing something right. Also looking for a song called depend on me by willie and anthony and an album called " Soul Bag" can you help out.

Mike said...

This is a killah track that has that high dollar sound....i was lucky enough to get a mint copy of this,from a friend who found a few untouched copies,in a upstate,ny record warehouse....a billboard ad I once saw advertised it as being from 1966

Paulsouth said...

Released in the UK in 1966 on Stateside SS 505. Best wishes, Paul

Paulsouth said...

Released in the UK in 1966 on Stateside SS 505. Best wishes, Paul