Pearly Gates - For Crying Out Loud

This is Pearly Gates solo track, "For Crying Out Loud", on "Northern Soul 2007", released last September. Pearly Gates, real name Vi Billups, was one of the three original members of The Flirtations. They started out as the Gypsies, a group from New York, with the early sixties girl group classics, "Jerk It", and the Northern Soul legendary classic "It's A Woman's World", before becoming The Flirtations, and emigrating to England. They had many hits in the 1970s, including "Nothing But A Heartache", and another Northern Soul classic, "Need Your Love", on the Deram label. In the late seventies they disbanded, and I got to produce a whole album on Pearly, called "No Two Ways About It", during the classic disco era, an album for Music Business legend, Artie Mogul ,once he had left United Artists in 1979. But he reneged on the deal, and I never got paid, and the album never came out, till years later, when I started using the tracks on my Nightmare Gold series in 1986, and then eventually the tracks were all used on Hot Records 1995 CD release, "The Best Of Pearly Gates". In the meantime, the Flirtations, without Pearly, had reformed for Proto Records, for Barry Evangeli, with the high energy anthem, "Earthquake", which Ian Anthony Stephens produced. This lineup of The Flirtations then went to Passion Records, under Anne Plaxton, and I got to produce them on "Read All About It". And at the same time, Pearly herself did a solo track for a label called Funkin Marvellous, called "Action", which George Hargreaves produced, and this was a huge floorfilling classic, and one of the most popular High Energy records of the 1980s. Next, I myself produced her next single for that label, called "Third Time Lucky". Then Pearly rejoined the Flirtations, and all three original girls, Earnestine, Shirley, and Pearly, were back together once again. We then did a Flirtations single for Nightmare Records, called "Back On My Feet Again", and also a solo track with Pearly called "One Less Bell To Answer" . Finally we had so many tracks with Pearly that we completed the "Best Of Pearly Gates" album for Hot Productions. I have now known Pearly for thirty years, and yet she still looks thirty years old. And this song is one of the key songs from our album, "Northern Soul 2007", which we released last September on Centre City Records and is still available to buy. There are still some small minded people who call themselves fans of Northern Soul who refuse to accept that anybody can make a new record that sounds like the real thing. Well if this isn't Northern Soul, then I'm a country and western singer from Outer Mongolia. This to me is the real McCoy, and I am so proud and excited with it. On September 3rd 2007, we finally released my utterly fabulous exciting new album called "Northern Soul 2007", distributed by Expansion Records and Passion Music. This new album consisted of twenty four brand new 2007 songs by soul and disco legends, including Leee John, Gee Morris, The Flirtations, Voices With Soul, Ebony Alleyne, Noel McKoy, and lots of others. Each song has an accompanying video of the artist basically performing it the studio and in outside locations. Because a lot of my fans on MySpace and YouTube have been begging me to do this, I decided to get up and make it happen, so there is a giveaway DVD with the CD showing the same twenty-some songs, all being performed in the same running order as the CD. The work that we have all put into this project is quite staggering, and I hope it will break down the barriers between the older Northern Soul stalwarts and a new generation who need younger acts who still produce the same vibe we all witnessed forty years ago for Motown's glory years. Play the CD, watch the DVD, and give new Northern Soul a chance this time.

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• Northern-Soul
• Motorcity
• Centre-City
• Soul
• Disco
• Diva
• Girl-Groups
• High-Energy
• Female-Singers

[downboy30]

Great track. It's been ages since I've seen anything from Pearly - not since the amazing 'Action' - now that takes me back to wild nights out!

[IanLevine]

Don't tell me you haven't heard "Days In New York" ????

[MADAMEARIES]

As a longtime Motown fan and a northern Soul/Hi Energy nut I for one cant see the difference between this recording aimed squairly at the Northern soul dancefloor and the ainchiant 45s that preceded it. its the beat that matters not how OLD THE DAMN TRACK IS.Keep on doing it Ian you record en and Ill dance to em. Me and Thousands of others.

[BarbraAlejandro]

I Love This Woman!!! I Hope To Hear More From Her & The Flirtations On Future Projects!! Keep The Great Music Coming!!!!!

[AhhitsJohnathanNeely]

I like this song; alot.

:].

[bobrofmad]

always perfect Pearly Gates;the track

 is a delight too

[ianhow2478]

And here we have yet another "Excellent!" reason (if reason were needed) why people should buy this "Superb Album!" A Fabulous video with a "Stunning" performance by the "Ever Lovely" Pearly Gates!

[razelma]

Neat track

[Discoboy1974]

The lovely, classy Pearly Gates shines on this track, showcasing her voice to perfection. I consider myself fortunate to be present in the studio when she cut this song, what an unforgettable day!

[LeatherbearPhilip]

The incomparable Pearly Gates, as brilliant as always.