By Soulpuss (24.102.217.36) on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 08:28 am:

SAMMY HAD A SINGLE ON SWAN TITLED "YOU ARE A LUCKY SO AND SO"/"HERE COMES THE BRIDE". FIRST SIDE WRITTEN BY KENNETH GAMBEL, THE OTHER BY GAMBEL-ROSS.I PRESUME GAMBEL IS A LABEL TYPO.

BOTH SIDES PRODUCED BY RENZI-GAMBEL-ROSS.

WHO ON EARTH IS SAMMY SEVENS?

By Mark Speck (64.156.66.242) on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 11:31 pm:

I have this single too, but his other single for Swan, "Everybody Crossfire", is a well-known Northern spin.

I have it on a Kent CD, "Swan's Soul Sides", but it's in a binder of CDs that a friend borrowed from me, so I can't look at the booklet for info.

Best,

Mark

By David Meikle (62.252.128.6) on Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 04:01 pm:

"Everybody crossfire" was released in 1963.

Writers were Gamble/Renzetti and Jerry Ross.

There is no detail in the cd booklet on SS but Ady reckons the voice is so similar to Chubby Checker that it could in fact be him.

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.23) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 07:31 am:

David,
'everybody crossfire' to my knowledge was quite big at the VA'VA'S,
I think Richard Searling or somebody was playing it and I got a copy years ago.
Everybody Crossfire/watch your step/Swan(no.4159)
and the tracks Soulpuss mentions above on Swan(no.4146).
mel.

By Joe Moorehouse (205.188.209.16) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 02:27 pm:

David, I'd be very surprised if Sammy Sevens is Chubby Checker. I'm listening to the great You Are a Lucky So and So right now, and Sammy's voice is a good deal deeper than Chubby's. His phrasing and style seem church-inspired and deeply soulful. My guess is that he was at least a few years older than Chubby.

Also, I'd be surprised if, at the height of his popularity, Chubby Checker went sneaking off to another Philly label to produce a couple of stealth singles. But of course this very sort of thing has happened on occasion, so it's not impossible.