A&R Recording Studios, New York, October 30, 1964
64C-8304 I’M GONNA RUN AWAY FROM YOU (Bert Berns) | Atco 6342 |
8305 YOU MY LOVE (Martin “Marty Sanders” Kupersmith, Wes Farrell)-1 | unissued |
8306 AT THE PARTY (Bert Berns)-1 | unissued |
64C-8307 THE BOY NEXT DOOR (Melvin Lastie, Gloria Brown)-1-2 | Atco 6342 |
Note: A stereo version of I’M GONNA RUN AWAY FROM YOU was issued in 1972 on Cotillion LP9052 LOVE IS HERE AND NOW YOU’RE GONE. Tami Lynn’s second vocal and the male background vocal group are missing on the stereo version. These elements may have been recorded at the time of mono mixdown on the original version. Also the stereo version has female background vocals by three of THE ANGELS: Barbara Allbut, Peggy Farina aka Peggy Santiglia, Bernadette Dalia aka Bernadette Carroll overdubbed in New York on February 10, 1965.
THE DRIFTERS
: Charlie Thomas (lead tenor vo), Johnny Moore (tenor vo), Eugene Pearson (baritone vo), Johnny Terry (bass vo) with p, 2g, el-b, dm. A Bert Berns Production.
New York, November 2, 1964
8297 NIGHT SHIFT | Atlantic unissued |
THE DRIFTERS
: Johnny Moore (lead tenor vo), Charlie Thomas (tenor vo), Eugene Pearson (baritone vo), Johnny Terry (bass vo) with orch. arr-cond. by Teacho Wiltshire: Lamar Wright, Irving Markowitz (tp); Jack Jennings (tb); Leroy Glover (org); Artie Butler (p); Bill Suyker (g); Russ Saunders (b); Gary Chester (dm); tamb; scraper; cow-bell; strings. No org audible, Leroy Glover may play p and Artie Butler play perc. Jack Jennings usually plays perc rather than tb, or the tb player may be Jack Jeffers. Johnny Moore (solo vo)-1. A Bert Berns Production.
New York, November 12, 1964
8323 IN THE PARK (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil)-1 | Atlantic unissued |
A-8324 AT THE CLUB (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) | Atlantic 2268, LP8113 |
WILSON PICKETT
(vo) and Cissy Houston (vo-1) with orch. arr-cond. by Teacho Wiltshire: Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Jack Cortner, Joe Mitchell (tp); Tony Studd (bass tb); Joe Grimaldi (ts); Haywood Henry (bs); Paul Griffin (p); Wally Richardson, Cornell Dupree (g); Jimmy Lewis (el-b); Panama Francis (dm); Ted Sommer (tamb). A Bert Berns Production.
Atlantic Studios, New York, November 13, 1964
A-8325 TEARDROPS WILL FALL (Marion Smith, Gerry “Dickie Doo” Granahan)-1 | Atlantic LP8114 |
A-8329 COME HOME BABY (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil)-1 | Atlantic 2271, LP8114 |
A-8330 TAKE A LITTLE LOVE (Wilson Pickett) | Atlantic 2271, LP8114 |
THE DRIFTERS
: Johnny Moore (lead tenor vo), Charlie Thomas (tenor vo), Eugene Pearson (baritone vo), Johnny Terry (bass vo) and Abdul Samad (Billy Davis) (g) overdubbed on band-track from HE WILL BREAK YOUR HEART (61C-5862) by BEN E. KING (arr-cond. by Klaus Ogerman): Robert Mosely or Moe Wechsler (p); Don Arnone, John “Bucky” Pizzarelli (g); Wendell Marshall (b); Gary Chester (dm); Ted Sommer, Bob Rosengarden (triangle, perc); 10 strings. A Bert Berns Production.
New York, December 31, 1964
A-8447 ANSWER THE PHONE (Jerry Wexler, Johnny Moore) | Atlantic 2268, LP8113 |
BARBARA LEWIS
(vo) with orch. arr-cond. by Teacho Wiltshire: Clark Terry, Wilbur “Dud” Bascomb (tp); Jimmy Cleveland (tb); Tony Studd (bass tb); Charles Brown (ts); Haywood Henry (bs); Paul Griffin (p); Bill Suyker (g); Jimmy Lewis (el-b); Gary Chester (dm); Artie Butler (perc, handclaps). Overdub 1/65: Van McCoy, Kendra Spottswood (bkd-vo). Overdub 1/14/65: strings. Dir. by Bert Berns. An Ollie McLaughlin Production.
New York, January 8, 1965
A-8468 BABY I’M YOURS (Van McCoy) | Atlantic 2283, LP8110 |
A-8469 STOP THAT GIRL (Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Page) | Atlantic LP8110 |
A-8470 MAMA MAMA PLEASE (Bill Carr, Connie St. John) | unissued |
BEN E. KING
(vo) with orch. arr-cond. by Bert Keyes: Joe Newman, Bill Berry (tp); Art Kaplan (ts); Patti Bown (p); Carl Lynch, Bill Suyker (g); Leonard Gaskin (b); Herb Lovelle (dm); Phil Kraus (tamb, vb); fem-cho. A Bert Berns Production.
New York, February 18, 1965
65C-8648 THE WAY YOU SHAKE IT (Bert Berns, Ahmet Ertegun, Ben E. King) | Atco 6343 |
65C-8649 THE RECORD (BABY, I LOVE YOU) (Artie Resnick, Kenny Young) | Atco 6343 |
65C-8650 NOT NOW (I’LL TELL YOU WHEN) (Ben E. King, James Albert Bethea) | Atco 6357 |
8651 ON MY WORD (Chip Taylor) | unissued |
BEN E. KING
(vo) with orch. arr-cond. by Bert Keyes: Billy Berry (tp); Patti Bown (p); Eric Gale, Everett Barksdale (g); Leonard Gaskin (b); Herb Lovelle (dm); Phil Kraus (timpani, triangle); strings; fem-cho. A Bert Berns Production.
New York, February 18, 1965
65C-8652 CRY NO MORE (Bert Berns, Jerry Ragovoy) | Atco 6371 |
65C-8653 SHE’S GONE AGAIN (Ben E. King) | Atco 6357 |
65C-8654 (THERE’S) NO PLACE TO HIDE (Roger Atkins, Helen Miller) | Atco 6371 |
RAY ELLIS
(arr-cond) with Ernie Royal, Irving Markowitz (tp); Phil Bodner (as, fl, cl); Paul Griffin (p); Bill Suyker, Everett Barksdale (g); Russ Saunders, Bob Bushnell (el-b); Gary Chester (dm); Ed Shaughnessy (timpani, chimes); 11 strings; Lois Winter, Elise Bretton, Lillian Clark, Peggy Powers, Jerome Graff, Dave Vogel (bkd-vo). Prod. by Nesuhi Ertegun.
New York, February 22, 1965
65C-8655 PORTRAIT OF JAN (Ray Ellis) | Atco LP187 |
65C-8656 FLIGHT TO MEXICO (Ray Ellis, Bert Berns) | Atco LP187 |
8657 NO. 3 (GUAJIRA) | unissued |
SAL MINEO
(vo) with g, el-b, dm, tamb, handclaps, crowd noise. An Award Movie Production by Bert Berns.
New York, February 1965
YW1-34921 TAKE ME BACK (Bert Russell, Tom Dowd) | Fontana 1504 |
YW1-34922 SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) | Fontana 1504 |
GARNET MIMMS
(vo) with orch. arr-cond. by Garry Sherman: tp; tb; ts; p; 2g; el-b; dm; tamb; timpani; strings; prob. Cissy Houston, Sylvia Shemwell, Estelle Brown, Myrna Smith (bkd-vo). Prod. by Jerry Ragovoy.
New York, March 3, 1965
ZTSP 98503 IT WAS EASIER TO HURT HER (Jerry Ragovoy, Bert Russell) | U.A. 848, LP3498 |
ZTSP 98543 WELCOME HOME (Chip Taylor) | U.A. 868, LP3498 |
THE DRIFTERS
: Johnny Moore (lead tenor vo except -1/tenor vo), Charlie Thomas (lead tenor vo-1/tenor vo), Eugene Pearson (baritone vo), Johnny Terry (bass vo) with orch. arr-cond. by Bert Keyes: Jimmy Nottingham, Irving Markowitz (tp); Bob Asher (tb); Seldon Powell (ts); Haywood Henry (bs); Patti Bown (p); Eric Gale, Everett Barksdale (g); Leonard Gaskin (b); Herb Lovelle (dm); Jack Jennings (perc). Omit horns add handclaps-2. A Bert Berns Production.
New York, March 17, 1965
8745 LOOKING THROUGH THE EYES OF LOVE (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) | Atlantic unissued |
A-8746 FOLLOW ME (Mort Shuman, Kenny Lynch) | Atlantic 2292, LP8113 |
A-8746 FOLLOW ME (stereo alt. take) | Atlantic SD8113 |
A-8747 CHAINS OF LOVE (Jimmy Bishop, Kenny Gamble)-1 | Atlantic 2285, LP8113 |
A-8748 FAR FROM THE MADDENING CROWD (Marlin Greene, Dan Penn) | Atlantic 2298, LP8113 |
A-8749 COME ON OVER TO MY PLACE (Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann)-2 | Atlantic 2285, LP8113 |
THE EXCITERS
: Brenda Reid (lead vo), Carol Johnson, Lillian Walker, Herb Rooney (vo) with orch. cond. by Teacho Wiltshire: tp, 2tb, ts, bs, p, 2g, el-b, dm, triangle, scraper, strings. Add handclaps omit tp, 2tb, ts, strings-1. Prod. by Bert Berns.
Mirasound Studios, New York, March 24, 1965
18528 THERE THEY GO (Bert Berns) | Roulette 4632, LP25326 |
18529 RUN MASCARA (Bert Berns) | Roulette 4614, LP25326 |
18530 MY FATHER (Herb Rooney, Andrew Pope) | Roulette 4614, LP25326 |
18531 I KNEW YOU WOULD (Bert Berns)-1 | Roulette 4632, LP25326 |
TONY ORLANDO
(vo) with orch. arr-cond. by Bert Keyes: Wilbur “Dud” Bascomb, Myron D. Shain (tp); Haywood Henry (bs); Patti Bown (p); Bill Suyker, George Barnes (g); Russ Saunders (b); Herb Lovelle (dm); Ted Sommer (dm, perc); George Ockner, Max Cohn (v); George Ricci (cello). Prod. by Bert Berns.
New York, March 31, 1965
8810 TURN AROUND (Bert Russell, Audrey Saxon) | Atco unissued |
8811 IT WON’T HURT (HALF AS MUCH) (Bert Berns) | Atco unissued |
THE STRANGELOVES
: Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer (vo) with ts, bs, p, Everett Barksdale (g), g, el-b, dm, timpani. Omit saxes add handclaps-1. Arr. by Bassett Hand (=FGG). A Feldman, Goldstein, Gottehrer Production.
Bell Sound Studios, New York, April 1965
W-1003 I WANT CANDY (Feldman, Goldstein, Gottehrer, Bert Berns) | Bang 501, LP211 |
W-1004 IT’S ABOUT MY BABY(Feldman, Goldstein, Gottehrer)-1 | Bang 501, LP211 |
THEM
: Van Morrison (hca-1,vo), Peter Bardens (org), Billy Harrison (g), Alan Henderson (el-b), Patrick McAuley (dm, tamb). Additional/replacement session musicians probably include Jimmy Page (g). Add male bkd-vo -2, maracas-3. Production: Bert Berns.
Regent Sound Studios, London, May 3-5, 1965
XDR.36257 | (IT WON’T HURT) HALF AS MUCH (Bert Berns)-2 | Parrot 9784 |
| LITTLE GIRL (Van Morrison)-3 | Decca(E)LP4700 |
| GO ON HOME BABY (Bert Berns)-1-2 | Decca(E)LP4700 |
| MY LITTLE BABY (Bert Berns, Wes Farrell)-2 | Decca(E)LP4700 |
| I GAVE MY LOVE A DIAMOND (Bert Berns) | Decca(E)LP4700 |
MOSES K AND THE PROPHETS
: Kenny McDowell (double-tracked vo) with Phil Coulter (p), g, ac-g, el-b, Andy White (dm), tamb, Tommy Scott (handclaps-1). Production: Bert Berns.
Regent Sound Studios, London, May 1965
XDR.36628 | I WENT OUT WITH MY BABY TONIGHT (Bert Berns)-1 | Decca(E)12244 |
| ANSWER YOUR PHONE (Jerry Wexler, Johnny Moore) | Decca (E) unissued |
TROY SEALS & THE LOSERS
: Troy Seals (vo, g); The Losers: Joe Parrino (g), Russell Warmolts (el-b), Brian Keenan (dm). Prod. by Bert Berns.
New York, May 23, 1965
8967 THERE GOES MY BABY (Ben Nelson, Lover Patterson, GeorgeTreadwell) | Atlantic/Atco unissued |
8968 SEE SEE RIDER (trad.) | Atlantic/Atco unissued |
8969 WATCH YOUR STEP (Bobby Parker) | Atlantic/Atco unissued |
8970 IF YOU LOVE ME LIKE YOU SAY (Little Johnny Taylor) | Atlantic/Atco unissued |
8971 DON’T CRY NO MORE (Don “Deadric Malone” Robey) | Atlantic/Atco unissued |