Keith Colley - WELCOME HOME BABY (Gold Star Studio) (Phil Sloan) (1965)
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- NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED - (Vee Jay 682) Born in 1941 as Jarrell Keith Colley, the Spokane, Washington native had his vocal talent noticed while attending the University of Washington. Recording his own version of Dion's 'A Teenager In Love' at a local radio station, impressed disc jockies placed it in their regular rotation. The owner of Spokane's Jerden Records, Jerry Dennon, heard Keith's recording and wasted no time signing him to the label.
Moving to Los Angeles, Keith's contract was converted to Era Records where he issued three singles between 1961 and 1962. Hooking up with record executive, Al Allen in late 1962, Keith's name would appear on four singles on Allen's, Unical Records throughout 1963. The second of which would place him in hit status on a little thing called 'Enamorado'. As the story goes, Al Allen wasn't impressed with Keith's original English lyrics, and suggested that the song be translated to Spanish. Keith's ability to sing in Spanish may not have been top notch but he had the last laugh as the record did quite well in many markets across the country.
The next record company hop would be an elusive single issued in late 1963 on the miniscule Los Angeles based, JAF Records. In the summer of 1964, a deal was made with Al Allen and Vee Jay Records for Keith's next single ultimately issued in January of 1965. Written by Colley and up and coming singer/songwriter, Phil Sloan, 'Welcome Home Baby' was Keith's best single to date. As were his previous recordings, the session was held at Hollywood's legendary Gold Star Studio with engineer, Larry Levine at the controls. A simple musical arrangement with swirling strings and shimmering echo gave the disc an impressive atmospheric presence.
Keith's next move was to the Gene Autry owned, Challenge Records later in 1965 where after he recorded two singles for the label, focused his energies as an in-house song writer and company executive.
The next record label stop would be with Columbia in 1968 for his original version of 'Shame, Shame' backed with a re-recording of 'Enamorado'. 'England's The Magic Lanterns would cover 'Shame, Shame' that same year and managed a top thirty hit with it. - Hudba
I remember this!!! Been years since I've heard this WINS New York
This studiohave recorded such great artists of the 60's
The magical sound reverberating from deep withing the Gold Star echo chamber is just that.....warm. I also like to add, living and breathing.
This is one of the best lost 60s treasures!
And the "hits" just keep on coming (to me) from Mr. Reichardt. It's been a joy over the last several months discovering all of the gems Anthony provides. As an aside Anthony, would you be related to Rick Reichardt, the U. of Wisconsin star and baseball "bonus baby" signed by the L. A. Angels in 1964?
Rick Reichardt is my dads cousin.😀
To me, this record showcases the beauty and warmth of Goldstar itself - the studio's sound sparkles as does the echo, and this is also a fantastic demonstration of Mr. Levine's engineering skills.
A nice treat for my ears.....
'welcome home, baby...'
A good song with epic sound and lyrics.
When I hear such great songs as this from Gold Star I would love to have spent time in theses recording studios and with the Wrecking Crew, such wonderful sounds.
Honestly man really like this, keep playing them tunes man
Wow, another great song I should have been enjoying for the past 50 years but no one told me about it.
1965 was smack in the middle of the peak years for American pop (not to mention the British Invasion), and this song is better than 99% of what was put out that year!
Three years later, frequent listening, I stand by this, no reason to change my mind, I love this song!
Brilliant song, wonderfully produced
A gem from the treasure chest that holds all the music that got buried by the '60s avalanche. Falsetto part reminds me of the touch Lou Christie would often use on his records. The swirling strings and short trumpet accent notes make this record too good. Would of been a giant hit if Motown, Beatles, Surf, and all other spokes on the 60's music wheel were not around.
a great sounding hidden treasure from him! another great production from gold star! rob
Its quality all the way with Phil "flip" Sloan songs..
Top!!
what a rich sound,no one nowdays can produce this,even if they wanted to,sad fact, and if anyone has a copy of this for sale please get in touch
Great!!!
cool song
I'm surprised no one else noted the similarity of the swirling strings to the Ronettes 'Keep On Dancing' (which I love BECAUSE of the beautiful swirling stings). That track was also recorded here & engineered by Mr. Levine. I think I've two versions of 'Keep On Dancing' - one which features the strings much more prominently.
thank you so much; this is beautiful
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great song..... unfortunately on a label in its final breaths. probably wasn't promoted properly....
Historic record label that imploded at the end.
did gold star record every great song of the sixties? I had no idea.
like this - rather reminiscent of Gene Pitney
I get the same vibe, too.
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