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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

BOBBY MCCLURE - LOVE'S COMING DOWN ON ME

I believe that this is the final single cut by Bobby McClure before he left the music business. Bobby worked as a prison corrections officer and released a few singles in the '80's before his early death of a stroke at age 50 in 1992.

St Louis native Bobby McClure was a  member of the Soul Stirrers while still a teen, and struck out on his own into secular music before he was 20 years old.

By 1965, Bobby had recorded a duet with Fontella Bass ("Don't Mess Up A Good Thing", 1965) and cut his signature single ("The Peak Of Love") the following year. "Peak" should have been a massive hit, but its chart potential was never fully realized.

Bobby was certainly not lacking talent, as this early 70's side shows him in excellent voice; simply another excellent singer lost in the shuffle.

from 1972...

BOBBY MCCLURE - LOVE'S COMING DOWN ON ME

and for good measure, here's the incredible "Peak Of Love" which I featured in the first year of this blog.




1 comment:

Log Cabin Stories said...

I think the Klondike label was based in Memphis, I remember there were some other releases on it but can't recall by which artists.