Hallo,
in der vorstehenden Disco hat der Wiener Gerd die weiteren Larks sehr schön aufgedröselt.
Zu den Larks nach 4) möchte ich anfügen (nach Marv Goldberg):
The first record as the Larks, on the Electra label in March 1963, (“Mashin' Time“/“Margo“), were both instrumentals. [They just do it to confuse us, folks.]
ELECTRA
03 63….101…. THE LARKS..Mashin' Time/Margo
In 1964, Don Julian (The Meadowlarks) was fronting a trio he called The Larks, with Ted Walters and Charles Morrison. (Of course, this group has nothing to do with the Larks who recorded for Apollo from 1951 until 1955.)
Im Sommer 1964 ging es dann zum MAGNUM-Label, zuerst noch als DON JULIAN and THE MEADOWLARKS (45-716)
MAGNUM
05 64….45-716….DON JULIAN AND THE MEADOWLARKS..The Booglay/Lie
Im Sommer 1964 wechselten sie zum MONEY-Label:
In September, “The Jerk“/“Forget Me“ was released and immediately started climbing the charts. By the time it peaked, it had reached # 9 on the R&B charts and # 7 on Pop. Finally, after ten years, a national chart hit for Don Julian!
MONEY
09 64….106-A….THE LARKS..The Jerk/-AA..Forget Me
01 65….110-A….THE LARKS..Mickey's East Coast Jerk/-B..Soul Jerk
01 65….110-A….THE LARKS..Mickey's East Coast Jerk/-B..The Slauson Shuffle
05 65….112A….THE LARKS..Heavenly Father/ B..The Roman
00 65….M 114….THE LARKS..The Ducks/Heaven Only Knows
10 65….115….THE MEADOWLARKS..Can You Do The Duck/Sad Sad Boy
00 65….119A….THE LARKS.. The Answer Came Too Late/ B..Lost My Love Yesterday
00 65….122A….THE LARKS..Philly Dog/ B..Heaven Only Knows
05 67….127….THE LARKS..Come Back Baby/The Skate
In 1965, Don released “Just Tryin' To Make It“ (parts 1 and 2) on Utopia, but as the Meadowlarks. (Since I've never heard this, it might be an instrumental, featuring his band.) Most of the records in the 60s were by the Larks, but a couple of them said Meadowlarks. Don's own label, Jerk Records, alternated releases with Money.
UTOPIA
00 65….106…. DON JULIAN & THE MEADOW LARKS..Just Tryin' To Make It, Pt 1/Pt 2
In later years Don Julian recorded soul and funk, primarily for his own Jerk label, well into the seventies.
JERK
06 65….100…. DON JULIAN and THE MEADOW LARKS..Philly Jerk/How Can You Be So Foul
00 66….100 A…. DON JULIAN and the Larks..Low Rider Girl/ 101 B..Every Body Let’s Cruise
12 66….206-A….THE LARKS….The Skate/103-B..Baby My Love
He and the Larks also recorded the sound-track to the 1973 blaxploitation film “Shorty the Pimp“, but the movie was never released and the soundtrack foundered as well (it was finally issued in the 1990s). It featured the voice of Richard Berry (along with Don Julian, Ted Walters and Sonny Chaney, formerly of the Jaguars), and was the last known release on Jerk.
Damit haben wir unsere R&R-Grenzen schon längst überschritten ........... Verzeihung.
Gruß
Heino