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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
KENNI WOODS - CAN'T HE TAKE A HINT
Teenage Engelwood, NJ resident Kendra Spotswood met up with her new next door neighbor, an aspiring songwriter named Van McCoy, around 1963. Kendra had never sang before, but Van asked her to record some vocals on some demos he was working on. For the next several years, Kendra and Van worked together on several excellent recordings, and Kendra was billed as Kenni Woods and also Sandi Sheldon. Kenni & Van, also a couple, recorded together as Jack & Jill, The Fabulous Vantastics, and The Vonettes. Kenni & Van's voices were eerily similar, and the harmonies heard on these records sound almost as if Kenni's voice is overdubbed into harmony with herself!
Kenni was also a touring member of the Shirelles around 1964, but her contract with Philips kept her from studio work with the group.
This record, her solo debut, captures the purity and innocence of the girl group era beautifully, and Kendra's pure vocals are simply divine. Elevator Productions/ Music was one of McCoy's company names, and it wouldn't surprise me to learn "Allen Davis" was a McCoy pseudonym (he is most definitely singing on the track).
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