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What Happened
Parkway pressed P-140 in 1967 to sell To Prove My Love Is True. Nobody bought either side. The flip, You Didn't Say a Word, became the third greatest record on Kev Roberts' Northern Soul Top 500. Cameo-Parkway was collapsing as it went out. The founding staff had gone, Allen Klein took control that July, and the labels stopped operating soon after. Baker was born Yvonne Mills in Philadelphia and wrote Let Me In, a top five American hit for the Sensations, yet Britain remembers her for a B-side she did not write on a label she was not signed to. The scene calls it the James Bond record for its hard minor brass intro.
Three Facts
- Arranger Joe Renzetti later won an Oscar for The Buddy Holly Story.
- Originals list To Prove My Love Is True first.
- London Records issued it legally in Britain in November 1977.
The Credits
| Label | Parkway |
|---|---|
| Catalogue | P-140 |
| Year | 1967 |
| Writer | Joe Renzetti, Billy Jackson and Jean Wells |
| Producer | Kae Williams, credited K. Williams |
| Other side | A-side is To Prove My Love Is True. The featured song is the flip. |
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