James Radcliffe (November 18, 1936 – July 27, 1973) was an American soul singer, composer, arranger, conductor and record producer.

Biography

James Radcliffe was born in New York City. He released such singles as "My Ship is Coming In", a song composed by his writing partner Joey Brooks (later of " You Light Up My Life" fame), was later covered by

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as a pop music hit, and also wrote several songs featured in the children's TV show ''

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''. He will be probably best remembered for his recording of "Long After Tonight Is All Over" (written by Burt Bacharach and

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) which became famous as one of the "3 before 8" songs that was played at the

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all-nighters, the Northern soul venue. The song was a minor hit in the

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in 1965, reaching #40. The popularity of "Long After Tonight Is All Over" led to a promotional tour in support of the record, wherein Radcliffe was featured in the British music press (''

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'', ''

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'') and appeared on numerous radio and televisions shows including "Ready, Steady, Go!" with

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"Time Is On My Side",

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"Tired Of Waiting For You",

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"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"

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"Keep Searching" (January 15, 1965) and '' Thank Your Lucky Stars''; the ABC ''Lucky Stars Special Presents Cilla Black'' with Cilla Black,

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and

Paul Anka Paul Albert Anka (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known for his signature hit songs including " Diana", " Lonely Boy", " Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and "(You're) Having My Baby". Anka also ...

(January 23, 1965); and ''The

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Show''. Radcliffe did not live long enough to see this recording achieve cult status. Long plagued by a weight problem, he had a

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removed in 1973 and developed further complications with his remaining one. He died in hospital the same year on July 27 (two months before Wigan Casino opened its doors on September 23), leaving his wife, Judy, and two sons, Christopher and William.Last FM
"Jimmy Radcliffe's Biography"
''Last FM''. Retrieved 08 February 2017.

Career as vocalist

During his tenure as one of New York City's most successful session vocalists, Radcliffe's voice was the first to sing future hit songs like "

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" (

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, Bobby Brass, Irwin Levine) and "

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" (

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), and contribute to the session releases by The Definitive Rock Chorale's "Variations on a Theme Called Hanky Panky" produced by

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and Mike Rashkow. Radcliffe's vocal abilities earned him the distinction of being referred to as "The Soul of The

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Sound". Burt Bacharach and

had him record songs for Gene Pitney, as would Ellie Greenwich and Tony Powers. Gloria Shayne enlisted his help to get

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and

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covers.

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and

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were among his clients. To supplement his income, he hired out as a backing vocalist, and recorded with

Doris Troy Doris Troy (born Doris Elaine Higginsen; January 6, 1937 – February 16, 2004) was an American R&B singer and songwriter, known to her many fans as "Mama Soul". Her biggest hit was " Just One Look", a top 10 hit in 1963. Life and career She ...

Dee Dee Warwick Delia Juanita Warrick (September 25, 1942 – October 18, 2008), known professionally as Dee Dee Warwick, was an American soul singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she was the sister of singer Dionne Warwick, the niece of Cissy Houston, and a ...

, Cissy Houston,

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, Jean Thomas and Barbara Jean English doing sessions for groups such as

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. Radcliffe, Dionne Warwick, and

provided backing vocals on The Drifters "

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" recording, (1961). Singer-songwriter

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recorded the original vocal demos of his songs for the planned musical "1776", but by late 1968 Edwards had also enlisted Jimmy Radcliffe ("Mama Look Sharp", "Is Anybody There"), Bernie Knee ("Mama Look Sharp", "Is Anybody There"), Ann Gilbert ("He Plays The Violin", "Yours, Yours, Yours") to record stylize
demo versions
that might also impact the

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s. "1776" went on to become a 1969

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-winning

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that inspired a 1972

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. Another instance of Jimmy Radcliffe's involvement with Broadway bound musicals were his vocal demos of the Bob James and Jack O'Brien song
"Take My Hand"
an
"Stars Of Glory"
for the now notorious 1972 theatrical production of ''

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'', based upon the best-selling book by author

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. In August 1963, while preparing to work with the record producer,

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, on his third release on Musicor Records, Radcliffe attended a session at Chess Studios, produced by Berns, where three of his co-compositions were being recorded by Tammy Montgomery: "This Time Tomorrow", "I Can't Hold It In Any More" and "I've Got Nothing To Say But Goodbye". "This Time Tomorrow" would be issued as the B-side of Montgomery's

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/ Checker single, "If I Would Marry You." Radcliffe recorded with Montgomery a duet version of
If I Would Marry You
" more than three years before her name change to

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and pairing with Marvin Gaye at Motown. The unreleased duet, and the other two unreleased songs from the sessions, were released on ''Come on And See Me'', a

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collection of Terrell's recordings. One

, Carl Spencer and Jimmy Radcliffe collaboration that did make the pop charts in 1963 was the song "My Block", recorded by

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. "She's Got Everything" recorded by The Essex, and produced by

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, as a follow-up to their million-seller " Easier Said Than Done" also charted at #56 and inspired recordings by singers Maxine Brown,

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and

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Career as composer and producer

In 1964, after a meeting with

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, in a Harlem

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, Radcliffe was inspired and composed his ballad of freedom and

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Stand Up
. Unreleased at the time, until the 2008 issue
Where There Smoke There's Fire
', the track featured Radcliffe playing the vibes. Radcliffe was self-taught on the guitar, piano, bass, vibes and drums, preferring to write using his

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acoustic guitar because of its portability. Beginning in 1965, Radcliffe was the first African-American performing artist to write, produce and sing commercial

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for the advertising industry. By the time of his death om 1973, he had worked on over two hundred television and radio commercials. Steve Karmen remembered Radcliffe in the advertising industry: "Typically, Jim would be called to come to the studio at a designated time, in most cases not even being told the name of the product he was to sing about, then be given about five minutes to learn a song that he had never seen before that moment, and was then expected to deliver the 'soul' version of the commercial". A few of Radcliffe's best known commercials are the 1969–70 Pontiac, "breakaway in a wide tracking Pontiac", the 30-second commercial was expanded for general release to try to capitalize on its popularity and was released as "Breakaway" by the Steve Karmen Big Band featuring Jimmy Radcliffe; the soul version of

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(1971); and the Clio Award-winning "

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Gives It To You Now" (1971). The summer of 2011 has seen the rise of two campaigns: the first, to make the Radcliffe-Diamond song "You're The Salt Of The Earth Pal" the advertising "sound brand identity" theme for

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's Tourism Bureau in Utah and the second, to have Jimmy's " I'm Gonna Find a Cave" song accepted as the international "

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s" Anthem. Radcliffe's recordings have appeared in films such as

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's 1967's
Carmen Baby
', Allen Funt's ''

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'' (1970), Gerald Potterton's
Tiki Tiki
' (1971) wherein he was backed by Cissy Houston,

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's mother on a

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recording. "

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" (1997), '' The Tenants'' starring Snoop Dogg and

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(2005), the 2006 romantic drama '' Something New'' starring

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and

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and 2010's ''

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'' a film about Northern soul. Jimmy's recording of "

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" was showcased on the premiere episode of " Hard Knocks In Season - The Indianapolis Colts" on November 17, 2021. It would be the longest use of a song in the sixteen season history of the Emmy winning series. A part of Radcliffe's career often overlooked was his work as a songwriter, record producer and live performing artist. During his 14 years as a

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songwriter, his songs were recorded by numerous recording artists in varying styles of music. In the early 1960s, Radcliffe was recognized for his 'message songs' about growing, striving and surviving the realities of living in Harlem. The poignant evocative storytelling of songs like "Three Rooms With Running Water", "My Block", "Deep in the Heart of Harlem" and "Stand Up" spoke about personal and social issues. By the later 1960s his live performances, in Greenwich Village, Amiri Baraka's Sister Kimako Baraka's Club CASBAH, and guest appearances on television including like "Inside Bedford Stuyvesant" with such friends as Richie Havens and poet Saundra Sharp, included protest sonsuch as like and "Insults" dealing with institutionalized social injustice and racism combined with songs about Love. Aretha Franklin's first credit as a record producer was with Radcliffe on "Black Pride" the theme to Jesse Jackson's (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) S.C.L.C. Black Expo '71. This history was largely overshadowed by the controversy over the suspension of Jesse Jackson by The S.C.L.C. director Ralph Abernathy over financial irregularities associated with the EXPO and Jackson's public resignation from S.C.L.C.'s Operation Breadbasket and the formation of his own Rainbow/PUSH, Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) i
December 1971

Selected writing credits

* The Andrews Sisters, "All The Colors of the Rainbow", ''Great Performers'' LP Dot Records-#25807, 1967 * Ray Charles, "Show Me The Sunshine", ''Love Country Style'' LP ABC-#707, 1970 * Robert Goulet, "If There's A Way", Columbia single #44100, 1967 * Johnny Mathis, , ''Sings The Music of Bacharach & Kaempfert'' LP 1970 Columbia-#G-30350 * Aretha Franklin, "Pullin'",
Spirit In The Dark
' LP Atlantic-#SD8265, 1970 * Carolyn Franklin, "Right On", ''Chain Reaction'' LP RCA Records-#LSP-4317, 1970 * Etta James, , Argo Single#5437 was the B-side to "Pushover", 1963 * Lou Rawls, ,
Something Stirring In My Soul
, ''Carryin' On'' LP Capitol Records-#ST2632, 1966 * Eric Burdon & The Animals, "It's Been A Long Time Comin'", ''Eric Is Here'' LP 1967 MGM * Clyde McPhatter,
Deep In The Heart Of Harlem
, "Three Rooms With Running Water", "My Block", "A Suburban Town", ''Coney Island'' Mercury LP-#20902 & SR-60902, 1964 * Jackie Wilson, "Soulville"
Higher And Higher
' LP Brunswick Records-#BL754130, 1967
The Fairest Of Them All
Brunswick single#55300, 1966 * Matt Monro, "Fourth Blue Monday", Capitol single#P-2058, 1967 *

,
My Block
, #67 (as The Four Pennies) on Rust Single#5071, 1963 * Patti Page, "Pretty Boy Lonely", #98 Columbia single#4-42671, 1963 * Marlena Shaw,
Nothing But Tears
, ''Out of a Different Bag'' LP Cadet Records-#LPS-803, 1967 * Clara Ward
"If You Wanna Change The World"
"Soul And Inspiration" LP Capitol #ST-126 Prod. David Axelrod (musician), David Axelrod, Arr. & Cond. H.B. Barnum, 1969 * The Clovers, "Sweet Side of a Soulful Woman" Josie Single#997, 1968 * Connie Francis, * Esther Phillips, , Atlantic single#2570, 1966 * Jimmy Witherspoon, , ''HUHN!'' LP 1970 Bluesway Records-#BLS-6040 * Johnny Maestro, , Buddah single #201, 1970 * Nancy Wilson (jazz singer), Nancy Wilson, "I'm Your Special Fool", ''Nancy'' LP Capitol Records-#ST-148, 1969 * The Essex,
She's Got Everything
, #58 Roulett single#4530 1963 * Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra, "But Not Today", ''A Man Could Get Killed'', Decca DL-74750 (1966) and ''Strangers in the Night'', Decca DL-74795 (1966) * Chet Baker, "But Not Today", ''Mariachi Brass – Double Shout'' World Pacific-#1852, 1967 * Johnny Nash, "How Do I Say I Love You", ''Studio Time'' LP ABC Records-#ABCS-383, 1961 * Tammy Montgomery (later

)
"This Time Tomorrow"
Checker single#1072, 1964 * The Hour Glass, The Hourglass (aka The Allman Bros),
Nothing But Tears
, ''The Hour Glass'' LP Liberty Records-#56002, 1967 *

, "Adam Had'em", " I'm Gonna Find a Cave" "Don' Go Away Go-Go Girl" "The Show Must Go On", "Soul", ''We're The Banana Splits'' LP Decca DL-75075, 1968 * Harlem Globetrotters (TV series), The Harlem Globetrotters (cartoon television series) * The Fourmost, "My Block", ''First And Foremost'' LP Parlophone PMC 1259, Produced by George Martin, 1965 * Tom Jones (singer), Tom Jones, "It's Been A Long Time Comin'", ''A-Tom-Ic Jones'' LP Decca Records-#SKL-4743, 1966 * Helen Shapiro,
Forget About The Bad Things
, Columbia single#DB7810, 1966 * Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, "Three Rooms With Running Water", Parolophone single#R5259 (UK) Amy single#930 (US), 1965 * Gene Pitney, "Lyda Sue, Wha'dya Do", ''Meets The Fair Ladies of Folkland'' LP Musicor-#MM2007, 1964 * Billy Lee Riley, "I'm Gonna Find A Cave", Crescendo single#371, 1966 * Bobby Lewis, "Intermission", Beltone single#B2035, 1963 * Adam Wade (singer), Adam Wade, "It's Been A Long Time Comin'" Epic single#5-9771, 1965 and "A Man Alone" Epic single#5-10112, * Gloria Lynne, "Speaking of Happiness", "Love Child" and "Livin' The Life of Love" * Lou Monte, "All for the Kids", RCA single#47-9405, 1967 * Vaughn Meader, "The Elephant Song", MGM single#K-13169, 1963 *

, "Don't You Ever Feel Sorry", ''In A Mood'' LP 1966 Old Town Records-#2010 * P. J. Proby, "I Love Therefore I Am", Liberty Records EP-#LEP2229, 1965 * Julie London, "Treat Me Good", ''With Body And Soul'' LP 1967 Liberty Records-#3514 * Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters, "The Truth Hurts (But Not As Much as You Lies)", ''Cry Baby And 11 Other Hits'' LP United Artists-#UAL3305, 1963 and Veep single#1252, 1967 * Miki Dallon,
I'm Gonna Find A Cave
, Strike single#306 (Spain) Picture Sleeve RCA single#3-10163, 1966 * The Sorrows, "I'm Gonna Find A Cave",
Take A Heart
' CD, 2000 * Gina Sicilia
Try Me
,
Allow Me To Confess
' CD Swing Nation, 2007 * Girl Trouble (band), Girl Trouble, "Gonna Find A Cave", Sub Pop 200, 1988 * Mr. T Experience, "Don't Go Away Go-Go Girl",
Big Black Bugs Bleed Blue Blood
' CD * Kristina Train, "If You Want Me", ''Spilt Milk (Kristina Train album), Split Milk'' CD 2009 Blue Note
Rattlin BoneSpeaking Of Happiness
(2010) Radcliffe's songs have appeared in films and television dating back to 1965's Anthony Perkins thriller
The Fool Killer
', ''A Man Could Get Killed'', which featured "Strangers in the Night" and as the main themes, ''The Banana Splits Adventure Hour'' (1968–70), ''Harlem Globetrotters (TV series), The Harlem Globetrotters'' (1970–72), ''Seven (1995 film), Se7en'' (1995), ''U Turn (1997 film), U Turn'' (1997),
La Bande Du Drugstore
' (2002) featuring "Try Me", ''Third Watch'' (1999–2005), ''Sleeper Cell (TV series), Sleeper Cell'' (2005–06), 2017 Academy Award-nominated film Lion (2016 film), ''Lion'' (2016). and Amazon Studios "The Man In The High Castle". As a record producer Radcliffe produced the original demo of the song "It's My Party (Lesley Gore song), It's My Party".Chachacharming.com
While acting as A&R director of Musicor Records he signed The Intruders (music group), The Intruders who released the single "But You Belong To Me" b/w "Jack Be Nimble" and pop group The Critters, producing the latter's first release "Georgianna" b/w "I'm Gonna Give" in 1964 before they moved over to Kapp Records. Also in 1964, Radcliffe produced a record for the soul group The Relatives that featured the song "Hadn't Been For Baby", which he co-wrote with Billy Edd Wheeler. Radcliffe was also label-mate Gene Pitney's recording manager. Having met years earlier, before either had signed to Aaron Schroeder's publishing company, Radcliffe helped manage which songs Pitney would record, and directed his recording sessions. Radcliffe co-produced, with John H. Hammond, John Hammond, Pat Lundy's album ''Soul Aint Nothin' But The Blues'' (1967) on Columbia Records and much of the material used on Carolyn Franklin, first three albums for RCA Records. Radcliffe and Aretha Franklin co-produced the theme , for the Jesse Jackson organized Southern Christian Leadership Conference, S.C.L.C. Black Expo in New York City in 1971.

Discography

Contemporary releases

Musicor Records * "Twist Calypso" (Phil Stern, Jimmy Radcliffe) / "Don't Look My Way" (Phil Stern, Jimmy Radcliffe) Single# MU-1016, Produced by Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold, 1962 * "(There Goes) The Forgotten Man" (Hal David, Burt Bacharach) / "An Awful Lot of Cryin'" (Buddy Kaye, Phil Springer) Single# MU1024, Side 'A' Produced by Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold, arranged & conducted by Burt Bacharach, Side 'B' Produced by

. 1962 * "Through a Long and Sleepless Night" (Mack Gordan, Alfred Newman) / "Moment of Weakness" (Oramay Diamond, Jimmy Radcliffe) Single# MU-1033, Produced by

. 1963 * "Long After Tonight Is All Over" (Hal David, Burt Bacharach) / "What I Want I Can Never Have" (Gloria Shayne) Single# MU1042, Produced by

. Charted #40 UK Singles Chart (Issued on Stateside Records #374) Aurora Records * "My Ship Is Comin' In" (Joey Brooks) / "Goin' Where The Lovin' Is" (Joey Brooks, Aaron Schroeder) Single# 154, Produced by Joey Brooks for Past, Present & Future Productions. 1965 Shout Records * "Lucky Old Sun" (Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith) / "So Deep" (Bob Brass, Joey Brooks) Single#202, Produced by Buddy Scott, Jimmy Radcliffe and Wally Gold for Past, Present & Future Productions. Arranged & conducted by Bert Decoteaux. 1966 United Artists The Steve Karmen Big Band featuring Jimmy Radcliffe * "Breakaway" (Steve Karmen) / "Breakaway" Part 2 (Steve Karmen) Single# 50451 Produced & arranged by Steve Karmen. 1968 RCA Records * "Funky Bottom Congregation" (Thommy Kaye) / "Lay A Little Lovin' On Me" (Buddy Scott, Jimmy Radcliffe) Single# 74-0138, Produced, arranged and conducted by Jimmy Radcliffe for Super Baby Cakes Productions. 1969

Selected discography of uncredited releases

Tollie Records * The B.R.A.T.T.S. (The Brotherhood for the R-establishment of American Top Ten Supremacy) (Arthur Korb) / "Jealous Kind of Woman" (Carl Spencer) Single#9024, Produced by Wally Gold for Past, Present And Future Productions, Arranged & conducted by Bob Halley. Vocals: Carl Spencer & Jimmy Radcliffe 1964 Musicor Records * Joey Brooks "Cry, Cry, Cry" (Joey Brooks, Jimmy Radcliffe) / "A Girl Wants To Believe" (Joey Brooks, Jimmy Radcliffe) Single #MU1037, Produced by Brooks/Radcliffe, arranged & conducted by Garry Sherman. Lead Vocals: Joey Brooks, Backing Vocals: Jimmy Radcliffe. 1964 Fontana Records (UK) * The Mixture "One By One" (Joey Brooks, Jimmy Radcliffe) / "Monkey Jazz" (Joey Brooks, Jimmy Radcliffe) Single#TF-640, Produced and arranged by Jimmy Radcliffe & Joey Brooks for Past, Present and Future Productions. Lead Vocals & Scat singing, Scat by Jimmy Radcliffe, Backing Vocals by Joey Brooks 1965 Decca Records (UK) * Joey Brooks And The Baroque Folk "I Ain't Blaming You" (Joey Brooks, Al Stillman) / (Joey Brooks, Wally Gold, Aaron Schroeder) Single # F12328, Produced and arranged by Joey Brooks, Lead Vocal: Joey Brooks, Backing Vocal & Acoustic Guitar: Jimmy Radcliffe. January 1966. Rust Records * Carl Spencer "Cover Girl" (Carl Spencer, Al Cleveland) / "Progress" (Bob Halley, Carl Spencer) Single#5104, Produced and arranged by Bob Halley for Alice in Wonderland Productions. Side 'B' = Lead Vocal: Carl Spencer, Backing Vocal: Jimmy Radcliffe. 1966 Parrot Records * The Daily News "I'm In The Mood" (S. Barnes, J.J. Jackson) / "The Groove" (Holt, Holt, Ealey, Paris) Single#327, Produced by

and Mike Rashkow for Pineywood Productions Inc., Horns arranged by Meco Monardo. Side 'A'= Lead Vocal: Frankie Paris, Counter Lead Vocal: Jimmy Radcliffe. 1968 Philips Records * The Definitive Rock Chorale "Variations On A Theme Called Hanky Panky" (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry) / "Picture Postcard World" (Paul Levinson) Single#40529, Produced by Mike Rashkow and

for Pineywood Productions Inc. Side 'A' arranged by Sammy Lowe, Side 'B' arranged By Paul Lewshen. Lead & Backing Vocals: Johnny Cymbal, Michael Rashkow

, Ron Dante,

, Lesley Miller, Billy Carr, Tommy West (producer), Tommy West (Picardo), Terry Cashman, Gene Pistilli, Jimmy Radcliffe. 1968 Kirshner Records * Harlem Globetrotters (TV series)#Non-album singles .281971.29, The Globetrotters "Duke of Earl" (Gene Chandler, Earl Edwards, Bernice Williams) / "Everybody's Got Hot Pants (Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield) Single#63-5012, Produced by Jimmy Radcliffe & Wally Gold, arranged By Jimmy Radcliffe. Lead & Backing Vocals: Jimmy Radcliffe. Music Supervisor: Don Kirshner 1971 "Everybody Needs Love" (Phil Stern, Jimmy Radcliffe) / "ESP" (Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield) Single#63-5016, Side 'A' Produced by Jimmy Radcliffe & Wally Gold, arranged by Jimmy Radcliffe. Lead & Backing Vocal: Jimmy Radcliffe. Side 'B' Produced by Jeff Barry (Unknown Non-Radcliffe Vocal). Music Supervisor: Don Kirshner 1971

Selected discography of recent releases

"Eve's Bayou – The Collection"
1997 Film Soundtrack featuring: Erykah Badu, Ray Charles, Etta James, Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Johnny Ace, Sugar Boy Crawford, Geno Delafose, Jimmy Radcliffe and a score by Terence Blanchard. * " Something New" (2006) Film Soundtrack CD featuring: Rosey, Me'shell Ndege'Ocello, Mobb Deep, Van Hunt, R. Luna and the Co-Stars, Wayne Wonder & Demolition, Morello (band), Morello, Sheila Skipworth, Jimmy Radcliffe and a score by Wendy Melvoin & Lisa Coleman (musician), Lisa Coleman.
Where There's Smoke There's Fire"
(2008) a 16 track CD encompassing alternate takes some of Radcliffe's best known work, demos with 12 previously unreleased recordings.
"Super Baby Cakes – Jimmy Radcliffe & Friends"
(2009) CD Each selection of this collection was either written, produced, arranged or performed by the prolific behind the scenes New York City super talent Jimmy Radcliffe. Included are recordings from Pat Lundy, Irene Reid, Barbara Jean English, The Relatives, The Silent Glo, The Money Clips, and Diamond Neval. * Tammi Terrell]
"Come On And See Me – The Complete Solo Collection"
(2010) 2 CD, 50 Track release featuring all of Tammi's solo recordings before and after she signed to Motown. This collection includes the previously unreleased Tammy Montgomery & Jimmy Radcliffe Duet on "If I Would Marry You".

Bibliography

* Pruter, Robert, editor (1993). ''Blackwell Guide to Soul Recordings.'' Oxford: Basil Blackwell Ltd. * * *

References

Other sources

There's That Beat Magazine, Issue # 8, July 2008

''Billboard Magazine'': March 24, 1962
* ''Billboard'', September 22, 1962
(There Goes) The Forgotten Man – Review

''Billboard'', August 3, 1963
* ''Billboard'', November 28, 196
(Long After Tonight Is All Over)
* ''Billboard'', January 16, 196
(Gene Pitney's Recording Manager)
* ''Billboard'', July 31, 196
("My Ship Is Comin'" In Review)
* ''Billboard'', September 2, 196
"Liscris Productions"
* ''Billboard'', October 21, 196
("Soul Ain't Nothing But The Blues" Single Review)
* ''Jet Magazine'', February 11, 197
(Performing at Kimako Baraka's Club CASBAH)
* ''Billboard'', May 8, 197
(Globetrotters "Duke Of EarL")
* ''Billboard'', June 30, 197
(Working With Carolyn Franklin)

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