DAVID RUFFIN Action Speaks Louder Than Words JUL '61

Another pre-Temps offering, this one co-written by Berry Gordy and Roquel (Billy) Davis, aka Tyran Carlo. Checkmate Records was a tiny label Berry, his sister Anna Gordy, and the Chess brothers owned, trying to get something to "stick to the wall".  I may have been the only person to buy this record!  ***  I was a record collector in the 50s and 60s, mostly R&B, doowop, and Motown.  My first two purchased records were 78s in '56...Peggy Sue and Blue Suede Shoes (still got em).
I listened mostly to KDIA in San Francisco/Oakland back in the day. If I liked a new song, I bought it. Hence you may discover some great songs as we go on this journey. Remember, just because it wasn't a hit doesn't mean it wasn't a great song.

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