The Goodees (Kay Evans, Sandra Jackson and Judy Williams) were an American
pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms ''popular music'' and ''pop music'' are often used interchangeably, although the former descri ...
girl group who enjoyed brief popularity in the late 1960s. Formed in
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mos ...
, the group is best known for the minor hit "Condition Red", a teen
melodrama that bore a striking resemblance to the
Shangri-Las hit "
Leader of the Pack
"Leader of the Pack" is a song written by George "Shadow" Morton, Jeff Barry, and Ellie Greenwich. It was a number one pop hit in 1964 for the American girl group the Shangri-Las. The single is one of the group's best known songs as well as ...
".
[Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records 0857124994
Rob Bowman - 2011
Of these, all but two—the Goodees' “Condition Red” (Hip 8005) and Southwest F.O.B.'s “Smell of Incense” (Hip 9002)—were abject failures. The Goodees were a Memphis-based ensemble whose sound harkened back to the early 1960s girl ...]
The three girls became friends while attending Memphis' Messick High School. Interested in music, they started singing at school assemblies and local events. Their “break” came in 1967 when they won a local talent contest. The winning prize included an audition with
Stax Records
Stax Records is an American record company, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the label changed its name to Stax Records in 1961. It also shared its operations with sister label Volt Records.
Stax was ...
. Stax signed the trio to its newly formed
HIP subsidiary.
Goodee Sandra Jackson more recently worked at SoulsVille USA, an on-line
museum
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...
that chronicles the history of Memphis
rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African-American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly ...
.
The band's song, "Condition Red", was their only hit, peaking at #46 on the Billboard charts. "Condition Red" can be found on girl-group compilations such as Rhino's ''One Kiss Can Lead to Another'' and the first volume of the ''Where the Girls Are'' CD series. Their song "Jilted" can be found on volume six of the ''Where the Girls Are'' series.
Discography
In December 2010, Ace Records UK issued a CD compilation, ''Condition Red! The Complete Goodees''. The album contains the entire ''Candy Coated Goodees'' LP, four non-LP singles and B-sides, and seven never-before released tracks.
;Compilation Track listing:
# Condition Red
# Sad Song For Harry
# A Little Bit Of You
# Double Shot
# Worst that Could Happen
# Girl Crazy
# Jilted
# Didn't Know Love Was So Good
# My Boyfriend's Back
# Promises
# He's A Rebel
# For A Little While (non-LP single)
# Would You, Could You (non-LP b-side)
# Love Is Here (non-LP biside)
# Goodies (non-LP b-side)
# Angry Eyes (previously unreleased)
# Love Me Love (previously unreleased)
# Show Me How (previously unreleased)
# Last Of The Good Guys (previously unreleased)
# Didn't Know Love Was So Good (Alternate Version, previously unreleased)
# Have You Ever Hurt The One You Love (previously unreleased)
# Love Pill (previously unreleased)
References
External links
*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goodees, The
American pop music groups
American girl groups
Stax Records artists
Musical groups established in 1967