By matt (208.130.56.167) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 12:59 pm:

i have a ten-inch acetate of a song called "destroy that boy," with a young-sounding female lead singer and female group backing vocals. it's an uptempto mid-sixties organ-driven soul song....based on where i got it from, i am reasonably certain that mr. mclaughlin was involved in it.

i know of two other versions of the song: by a girl garage group called the what four, and by "the happy cats" on a british bootleg. i've heard only the latter, and the version on my acetate, well, DESTROYS it.

does anyone have a clue as to who this might be? the voice is unfamiliar to me, and there's no information on the label.

thanks,
matt

By MEL&THEN SOME (217.14.178.110) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 01:25 pm:

really sounds interesting matt.
mel.

By David Meikle (62.252.128.6) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 03:39 pm:

Sharon McMahon was singing and songwriting at 12 years of age.

By matt (208.130.56.167) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 04:09 pm:

who's sharon mcmahon?

By David Meikle (62.252.128.6) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 04:15 pm:

Is that addressed at me?

By MEL&THEN SOME9 (217.14.178.101) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 04:16 pm:

Sharon McMahan or McMahon
recorded for Karen records.

"here comes the boy I Love"a cracking track on Karen(no319)with a great flip titled
"love is wonderful'
she also recorded
another great track but dont remember the actual number or flip but the side I know is titled
"got to find another guy"

The first is going for about 100 pounds and the other for around the 150/200+ pound mark.

matt,I actually did a thread about her a while ago
should be in the archives somewhere.
mel.

By LG Nilsson (213.89.29.129) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 06:04 pm:

I found the two Sharon McMahan singles on Karen �



� Notice the wrong spelling of her name on the �Got To Find Another Guy� single.



Mel, B-side is the Barbara Lewis song �Hello Stranger 66�.

Lars

By David Meikle (62.252.128.6) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 06:16 pm:

Amazing Lars

Sorry about my own spelling earlier.

I received some nice e-mails from Sharon a few months ago which gave me an insight to her career.

I'll share somewhere down the line.

David

By acooolcat (61.58.181.109) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 09:04 pm:

Matt,
Sharon also wrote Johnnie Mae's "I Have No Choice."
Graham

By MEL&THEN SOME9 (217.14.178.13) on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 - 12:23 am:

Sharon McMann
yeah thats right Lars,
boy does that bring back some great memories for me.
I forgot all about that spelling.
great sound.
thanks for the info Lars.
saves me having to call over to a friends in Preston now to dig it out.
cheers
mel.

By LG Nilsson (212.247.9.242) on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 - 05:54 am:

Did she record any more songs than these two on her own? I cannot find any others...

Lars

By MEL&THEN SOME9 (217.14.178.123) on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 - 09:14 am:

Lars
If you check the archives I opened a thread about her and I am pretty sure I mentioned a couple of other Labels but cant remember them.
Should be in there somewhere.
mel.

By MEL&THEN SOME (217.14.178.123) on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 - 09:26 am:

Sorry Lars
I am getting mixed up with Holly Maxwell for some reason.
I opened a thread about her and not Sharon.
mel.

By Ralph (209.240.198.62) on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 - 10:48 am:

I may be wrong but I'm trying to remember somethng. When Ollie was renting office space from me in Tera Shirma Studio A he had a young attractive girl acting as his secretary. I seem to remember that he was doing some recording with her and her name may have been Sharon.

By MEL&THEN SOME (217.14.178.20) on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 - 12:58 pm:

Ralph
could be,
just could be............
mel.

By Soul Time (62.252.128.6) on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 - 01:10 pm:

Sharon McMahon recalls helping put up some panels in Tera Shirma studio B.