DONNIE ELBERT ~♫~ A LITTLE PIECE OF LEATHER ~♫~ BABY BOLLOX MAGIC REMIX

DONNIE ELBERT - A LITTLE PIECE OF LEATHER (1965) - BABY BOLLOX MAGIC REMIX.

Northern Soul legend DONNIE ELBERT was born 25th May 1935 in New Orleans, U.S.A. His family moved to Buffalo, New York's east side, three years later. In 1955 Elbert co-founded a doo-wop group called the Vibraharps with friend Danny Cannon, serving as its guitarist, songwriter and arranger - largely relegating himself to background vocals. After making his recorded debut on their single "Walk Beside Me," Elbert left the Vibraharps in 1957 and turned to a solo career, recording a demo session that earned him a contract with the King label's Deluxe imprint; for his Deluxe debut "What Can I Do" and "Believe It or Not". Arguably Elbert's finest early single was his third Deluxe effort, "Have I Sinned". In 1958 he released five singles on Deluxe. "Let's Do the Stroll," "My Confession of Love," "I Want to Be Loved But Only by You," "I Want to Be Near You" and "Just a Little Bit of Lovin'" In 1959 he signed with Red Top to cut "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)." He then signed with Vee-Jay for "Will You Ever Be Mine". After two more releases with Vee-Jay "Half as Old" and "I've Loved You, Baby", Elbert went to various labels, including Jalynne - "Mommie's Gone", P&L - "Nobody Knows", Parkway - "Baby Cakes", Cub - "Love Stew" and Checker -"Just a Cotton-Pickin' Minute". The emergence of the Motown Sound deeply impressed Elbert and he began modeling his music in its style. Elbert played all the instruments on his recordings himself. His 1965 Gateway release, "A Little Piece of Leather", was a massive hit in the U.K. After one last Gateway single, "Your Red Wagon (You Can Push It or Pull It)," Elbert returned to the road, but his career might have been rejeuvenated, had he not given his composition "Baby Walk Right In," to Darrell Banks, who retitled it "Open the Door to Your Heart" and cut it in Detroit. The song was a Top 40 hit and one of the finest soul records ever made, but Elbert wasn't even credited as its composer. During 1966, Elbert moved to the U.K. and two years later resumed his recording career with "In Between Heartaches," a one-off for Atco, followed in 1969 by the Deram release "Without You," which topped the Jamaican charts. Elbert returned stateside in 1970, cutting the Rare Bullet label release "I Can't Get Over Losing You". A year later he resurfaced on the All-Platinum label with "Where Did Our Love Go", and its follow-up "Sweet Baby". For All-Platinum Elbert also re-recorded a number of his vintage compositions, among them "A Little Piece of Leather" before signing with Avco-Embassy for his successful, "I Can't Help Myself". Elbert returned to All-Platinum in 1973 for "This Feeling of Losing You" and "Love Is Strange". In 1975, Elbert finally formed his own label (the short-lived A/O), for "You Keep Me Crying (With Your Lying). A subsequent release, "I Got to Get Myself Together," appeared on an imprint bearing his surname, and was among his final recordings. During the mid 1980's he finally retired from performing, signing as director of A&R for Polygram's Canadian division; on 31st January 1989, Elbert suffered a massive stroke and died at the age of just 53.

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Music

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• DONNIE
• ELBERT
• LITTLE
• PIECE
• OF
• LEATHER
• BABY
• BOLLOX
• MAGIC
• REMIX

[theboyfromxtown]

At last

This is the version I've been looking for....I love that Goodbye goodbye

[BabyBollox]

@theboyfromxtown - Iwondering where you've "vanished" to !

[dsanw]

Love his voice !!!! 5*

thank you for posting my dear ! Uli