By R&B (138.238.41.131) on Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 12:52 pm:

DOES ANYONE OUTTHERE HAVE INFORMATION ON ROBERT{BAREFOOTIN}PARKER,DIDN'T HE HAVE SOME OTHER HITS?

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.85) on Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 12:57 pm:

R&B,
Heres a few,
Barefootin'/Lets go baby(where the action is)/Nola(721)great double header.
Tip Toe/Soul kind of Loving/Nola(729).
I Caught you in a Lie/Holdin' Out/Nola(739).
Mel.

By Chancellor of Soul (66.207.40.18) on Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 12:59 pm:

Don't forget, " Tip Toe" b/w " Some Kind Of
Lovin" with Betty Harris

Peace,
Mike Boone
(Chancellor of Soul)

By R&B (138.238.41.131) on Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 01:00 pm:

HEY MEL,WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE?HEHEHEHEHEHEHE...

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.85) on Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 01:03 pm:

Okeh Boys
'Make wid' da feet'

By soulie dave uk (62.254.64.5) on Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 04:25 pm:

"Happy Feet" was'nt bad too. Can't remember the B side.

By Tony Russi (68.18.227.123) on Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 04:37 pm:

Besides "Barefootin'", I never heard the other Robert Parker recordings.Its always a mystery why an artist will have a huge smash and then barely get airplay for the follow-up. I did enjoy the Marvelettes(with Gladys in the lead) version on their "pink" LP.

By dvdmike (12.84.99.164) on Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 06:21 pm:

I don't know the date, but "Barefootin'" was recorded at Nola Recording Studios in NYC. Nola was mostly used as a demo/rehearsal studio, but every once in a while, a moment like this would happen.

By soulie dave uk (62.254.64.5) on Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 06:59 pm:

dvdmike, I did'nt know Barefootin' was recorded in New York. Thanks for that. I allways thought Robert Parker sounded New Orleans. A bit like Lee Dorsey or Warren Lee. Maybe I was wrong. SDUK.

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.78) on Friday, February 14, 2003 - 03:22 am:

SoulieDave,
thanks for the 'Happy Feet' I dont know how I forgot that one,as I have had it for years.
MEL.

By TonyRussi (68.18.227.143) on Friday, February 14, 2003 - 08:16 am:

Soulie Dave UK, I'm with you man, I always thought that was a New Orleans recording and I thought at the time it was introduced as such.It sure sounds it.We learn alot here.

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Friday, February 14, 2003 - 11:43 am:

Hey Gang:
I work for the label that owns the NOLA Records catalog - the Tuff City Music Group. We released a Robert Parker anthology called "The Wardell Quezerque Sessions" and work very closely with NOLA's former president Clinton Scott.

First of all, NOLA stands for New Orleans, Louisiana - owned by Clinton Scott, Wardell Quezerque & Ulis Gaines. They founded the label in 1964.

All their recordings were made in New Orleans - no other city.

Robert Parker was born october 14, 1930 in New Orleans.

According to Clinton Scott (who I just spoke to on the phone), there was no NOLA studio in NYC. They had a small demo studio in their New Orleans office.

Robert Parker's "Barefootin'" was recorded at Cosimo's Studios in New Orleans, owned by Cosimo Matassa in 1966 - this information from Clinton Scott, who was there at the session with arranger Wardell Quezerque. Matassa distributed NOLA through his Dover Record Distribution Co.

Kevin Goins - KevGo

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Friday, February 14, 2003 - 11:50 am:

By the way, the Robert Parker CD "The Wardell Quezerque Sessions" is available through Tuff City's Night Train label & contains the following tracks -
Barefootin'
Let's Go Baby Where The Action Is
Mr. Pitiful
I've Been Loving You Too Long
Soul Kind Of Loving
CC Rider
The Scatch
Happy Feet
In The Midnight Hour
Directly From My Heart
Heading For A Fall
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)
Tip Toe
Secret Service Makes Me Nervous
Yak Yak Yak
Everybody's Hip Huggin'
Foxy Mama
Holdin' Out
Barefootin' Boogaloo
Soul Sister
Bow Legs
Boss Lovin'
Funky Soul Train

Liner notes written by John Sinclair of WWOZ-FM in New Orleans.

For more info log onto www.tuffcity.com or ask me.

Kevin Goins - KevGo

By TonyRussi (68.18.227.143) on Friday, February 14, 2003 - 12:19 pm:

Thanks Kevin.I've got the original 45 at home & always considered it a "New Orleans Prod."

By mc5rules (148.61.97.30) on Friday, February 14, 2003 - 12:40 pm:

By the way, Detroit's own Rationals did a FANTASTIC cover of "Barefootin'" back in the day. You can download an MP3 of it from the official Rationals Web site...

By dvdmike (12.84.41.138) on Friday, February 14, 2003 - 10:02 pm:

Sorry, my mistake. Thanks for clearing that up. But there was a Nola Penthouse Studio in NYC. They did a lot of jazz recordings there.

By brianday@cwcom.net (212.137.136.107) on Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 02:09 am:

i remember when "i caught you in a lie "came out
it was a in demand record ,very popalar in west indian circles ,new copies were changing hands at
£10 a time ,a lot of money in 1972,half a weeks wages for some,then contempo released it and a version by loiuse marks came out and hit top ten

By JSmith (212.39.231.20) on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 07:48 am:

Last I heard of Robert was a UK released 45 in the mid 70's on ISLAND (same label as Fantastic Johnny C's "Don't Depend on Me" & a Swamp Dogg single from the same period -- label design featured palm trees, etc.)

By Keith Rylatt (217.137.90.31) on Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 08:02 am:

Around 1973 I moved to Kent, UK and used to go to a great little record stall on Gravesend market run by Terry Waghorn, lots of US imports, a lot being from Chicago. Terry also ran a fanzine called Rockpile. Anyhow, 10 years later I moved to Gravesend and lo and behold, next door to Terry. He told me that back in the early 70s he had the brief rights to the Nola catalogue and wanted to bring Robert Parker over to the UK but couldn't get the funds. Keith.

By Mark Speck (65.57.19.241) on Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 11:42 pm:

Robert Parker later recorded for SSS International. I have a single of his for that label, "You See Me"/"You Shakin' Things Up".

Best,

Mark