Disco Ladies

Here is the wonderful Viola Billups, under her stage name,"Pearly Gates", singing "Fading Into The Night.  Pearly Gates 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 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 1970's, including "Nothing But A Heartache", and another Northern Soul classic, "Need Your Love". In the late seventies they disbanded, and I got to produce a whole album with Pearly, called "No Two Ways About It". 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 line up of The Flirtations then went to Passion Records, under Anne Plaxton, and I

taken from her album, "Stares and Whispers" Companies, etc. Record Company – Capitol Industries-EMI, Inc. Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc. Produced For – Spec-O-Lite Productions Produced For – Camillo-Marcucci Productions Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Capitol Records, Inc. Recorded At – Crystal Sound Lacquer Cut at – Crystal Sound Credits Art Direction – Roy Kohara Main Vocal: Freda Payne Backing Vocals – Angela Winbush , Carolyn Dennis , Gwen Matthews , Shirley Brewer Bass – Nathan Watts Drums – Raymond Pounds Executive-Producer – Larkin Arnold Guitar – Charles Fearing , Clarence Drayton *, Greg Poree Keyboards – Bruce Miller (2) , Greg Phillinganes , John Footman , Josef Powell , Reginald Burke * Lacquer Cut By – JS * Mastered By [Mastering Engineer] – Jeff Sanders Percussion – Bobbye Hall , Frederick Lewis *, Jack Ashford Photography By – Charles Bush * Producer – Frank Wilson , Tony Camillo Saxophone – Ernie Watts , Terry Harrington , William Green Strings – Bruce Mil

  Anita’s Bell Is Ringing Coast To Coast! The sound of Anita Ward’s “RING MY BELL” 12″ disco single is already exploding in every city across the country. Now hear the whole album, “SONGS OF LOVE.” It’s more than just one ring! Featuring the smash single, “Ring My Bell.” TK Records and Tapes Produced by Frederick Knight. “Midnight Mix” by Richie Rivera