(Week of 9/1/01 - 9/7/01)

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WILLY & RUTH PART 2!

"Come A Little Bit Closer"/"Farewell"
by Willy & Ruth
on Spark 101
released in 1954

Above: Spark 101 Label. The flip side is "Farewell". This is the first of two records by Willy & Ruth on Spark. Their second is Spark 105. Willy (who was Willie Headen) also had two other releases on Spark as lead singer of The Honey Bears.

Listen to this week's selections:

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"Come A Little Bit Closer" - Willy & Ruth - Spark - 1954
"Farewell" - Willy & Ruth - Spark - 1954
"BOTH SONGS" NOT FUNCTIONAL!

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"Come A Little Bit Closer" - Willy & Ruth - Spark - 1954 (file size=433KB)
"Farewell" - Willy & Ruth - Spark - 1954 (file size=411KB)

Above Left: Photo of Willie Headen. He was the lead singer of The Kansas City Gospel Singers, who had two releases on Castle (1950) and one on SwingTime (1951). As a single artist, he had several releases on the DooTone label (1954-60), including "When I Am Gone" which is the flip side of The Penguins' first record.

Above Right: Label image for Authentic 703 (Willie Headen and The Five Birds - "Back Home Again" - Released July 1956). Authentic was a subsidiary of DooTone. In addition to Headen, The Five Birds consisted of L.C. Henderson, Willie Morris (Morries?), Robert Taylor, and James Turner.

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