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The Golden World Story
Willie Kendrick
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Willie Kendrick in the Gold Room of the Twenty Grand
photograph courtesy of
Willie Kendricks via Rob Moss
Willie Kendrick had recorded "Let Me Know" for
Checker in early 1963. Later
that year, Ed and JoAnne took him to Mirasound, in New York City,
to record "Stop This Train".
Mirasound was located
in the basement of the Hotel America on 47th Street. A
dining room and kitchen, in a Polynesian Restaurant, had been
converted into a studio and a control
room. This
time former gospel choir leader
Robert Banks, who at that stage had only minor experience
of R&B / Soul, would provide arrangements. He
would however, go on to make some great songs for the likes
of Nolan Chance and Jock Mitchell. After
Willie's recording for Golden World, there was a lull of about two
and a half years before he was picked up by Jack Ashford who
recorded several classic tracks on him at Pied Piper
Productions.
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DESIGN
AND GRAPHICS BY
LOWELL BOILEAU
Notes by David Meikle
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This website is dedicated to Detroit, Soul Music, 45 RPM, Northern
Soul and the great Motown era of Detroit Musics. It covers Golden
World, Tamla, Wheelsville, Robert West, Darrell Banks, Johnnie
Mae Matthews, Rose Battiste, Tera Shirma, Fred Bridges, Supremes,
Stevie Wonder, Edwin Starr, Funk Brothers, Dennis Coffey, Bob
Babbitt, James Jamerson, Twisted Wheel, Wiggan Casino and many
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