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"Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)" Single by Frank Wilson B-side Sweeter As the Days Go By Released 1965 Genre Soul Length 2.31 Label Soul Writer(s) Frank Wilson Producer Hal Davis and Marc Gordon "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)" is a song and single by American soul singer Frank Wilson first released in 1965 on the Motown subsidiary label Soul.[1] It is Wilson's only Motown single and is a prized item among collectors.[2]
Record history
Approximately 250 demo 45s of the song were pressed in 1965 and scheduled for release on 23 December 1965. Owing to a combination of Wilson deciding that he would rather focus on producing and Motown's Berry Gordy's lukewarm reception of the vocals and wish to prevent his producers from having a successful recording career, the demos were destroyed.[3] At least two, and maybe as many as five,[3] copies survived, one of which fetched £25,742 in May 2009.[4] One is believed to be owned by Berry Gordy himself. [3] Due to its scarcity it remains one of the most collectable discs especially by followers of Northern soul.[5] [6]Owing to the demand caused by it being played at the famous Northern soul nightclub, Wigan Casino, it was re-released in the UK in 1979 on the Tamla-Motown label,[7] [3] and again in 2004 with a version of the same song by Chris Clark on the b-side.[8]
The song has also featured in an advert for KFC. [6]
References
- ^ "Frank Wilson– Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) / Sweeter As The Days Go By". www.discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/Frank-Wilson-Do-I-Love-You-Indeed-I-Do-Sweeter-As-The-Days-Go-By/release/568266.
- ^ "Frank Wilson". www.allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/frank-wilson-p194259/biography.
- ^ a b c d Nowell, David (1999). Too Darn Soulful. London: Robson Books Ltd. pp. 249-250. ISBN 1 86105 270 7.
- ^ "Record price for rare Motown disc". BBC. May 1, 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8028719.stm. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
- ^ "40 most collectable records". www.djhistory.com. http://www.djhistory.com/features/40-most-collectible-records.
- ^ a b "Britain's got talcum: Northern Soul, the film". www.guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/aug/31/northern-soul-elaine-constantine. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- ^ "Frank Wilson– Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)". www.discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/Frank-Wilson-Do-I-Love-You-Indeed-I-Do/release/2571546.
- ^ "Frank Wilson / Chris Clark (2)– Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)". www.discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/Frank-Wilson-Chris-Clark-Do-I-Love-You-Indeed-I-Do/release/570632.
External links
Categories:- 1965 singles
- 1979 singles
- 2004 singles
- Songs written by Frank Wilson
- Motown singles
- 1960s single stubs
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