Read the complete Freddie Gorman and the Originals story from Soul Express issue 3/1998 and issue 4/1998.
(label # / titles / Billboard placings: r&b/pop / year)
The Quailtones:
Josie 779) Tears Of Love/Roxanna (with "Sax" Kari) '55
The Fideletones:
Aladdin 3442) Pretty Girl/Game Of Love '58
Freddie Gorman:
Miracle 11) The Day Will Come/Just For You '61
Ric Tic 101) In A Bad Way/There Can Be Too Much (Of Everything I
Do) ' 65
102) Take Me Back/Can't Get It Out Of My Mind)
Rene/Lax 70061) Alive Again/Love Has Seen Us Through '80
Airwave 1167) Get Up Off The Funk/It's Over Now '83
Motorcity) I Just Keep Falling In Love (on Dancin' and Romancin')
'90
IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE (Rene, RR1297; '97)
F.G.'s Theme/You've Got My Love/Can't Live Without You/Don't Take
Your Love Away/One In A Million You/Together As One/Forever
Yours/My Love/Thank You Lord/Alive Again/Back N' Tha' Day/The Joy
(Because Of Him)/God Is Love/God Is Good/F.G.'s Theme 2
(label # / titles / Billboard placings: r&b/pop / year)
Soul 35029) Goodnight Irene/Need Your Lovin' (Want You Back)
'66
35056) You're The One/We've Got A Way Out Love '69
35061) Green Grow The Lilacs/You're The One
35066) Baby, I'm For Real (1/14)/Moment Of Truth
35069) The Bells (4/12)/I'll Wait For You '70
35074) We Can Make It Baby (20/74)/I Like Your Style
35079) God Bless Whoever Sent You (14/53)/Desperate Young Man
35085) Keep Me/A Man Without Love '71
35093) I'm Someone Who Cares/Once I Have You '72
35102) Be My Love/Endlessly Love '73
Motown PR-1 Young Train/Young Train (a limited edition only;
thanks to Mr. Tapio Väisänen)
Soul 35109) First Lady (Sweet Mother's Love)/There's A Chance
When You Love, You Lose
35112) Supernatural Voodoo Woman, pt.1/pt.2 '74 (unreleased on
Motown 1285)
35113) Game Called Love/Ooh You (Put A Crush On Me)
35115) You're My Only World/So Near And Yet So Far '75
Motown 1355) Good Lovin' Is Just A Dime Away (53/-)/Nothing Can
Take The Place (Of Your Love)
1370) Fifty Years/Financial Affair
1379) Everybody's Got To Do Something/instr.
Soul 35117) Touch/Ooh You (Put A Crush On Me) '76
35119) Down To Love Town (93/47)/Just To Be Closer To You
35121) (Call On Your) Six Million Dollar Man/Mother Nature's Best
'77
Fantasy 820) Ladies (We Need You)/Take This Love '78
847) Blue Moon/Ladies (We Need You) '79
856) J-E-A-L-O-U-S (Means Is Love You)/Jezebel (You've Got Under
Your Spell)
Phase II 5653) Waitin' On A Letter & Mr. Postman (74/-)/The
Magic Is You '81
02061) Baby, Im For Real/Share Your Love With Me
02147) The Magic Is You
02724) Baby, I'm For Real/The Magic Is You '82
Motorcity) Please Mr. Postman/I'm Gonna Make You Love Me/ Back By Popular Demand (with Jean, Scherrie & Lynda) '90
The Originals on Suspension Records and with Della Renee are another group.
ALBUMS
GREEN GROW THE LILACS/BABY, I'M FOR REAL (Soul 716; '69)
We've Got A Way Out Love/Green Grow The Lilacs/Baby, I'm For
Real/I've Never Begged Before/Red Sails In The Sunset/One Life We
Live//Moment Of Truth/Why When Love Is Gone/When Will We
Learn/You're The One/Love Is A Wonder/You Mysterious You
PORTRAIT OF THE ORIGINALS (Soul 724; '70)
The Bells/I Like Your Style/There's A Place We'd Like To Know/You
May Not Like The Change/Don't Stop Now/Since I Fell For
You//Aquarius & Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)/You
Want Hearts And Flowers/Just Another Morning/Wichita Lineman/I'll
Wait For You/My Way
NATURALLY TOGETHER (Soul 729; '70)
We Can Make It Baby/I Wake Up Crying/Once I Have You (I Will
Never Let Go)/My World Is Empty Without You/If You Gonna Leave
(Just Leave)/Let It Be//The Only Time You Love Me Is When You're
Losing Me/God Bless Whoever Sent You/Give Yourself The Right (To
Be Wrong About Me)/Rainy Night In Georgia/A Man Without Love/You
Were My Everything
DEF-I-NI-TIONS (Soul 734; '72)
The Exodus Song/The World Can't Stop Me (From Loving You)/The
Rovin' Kind/Make It With You/I've Got A Need For You/Love Is
Life//I'm Someone Who Cares/Lie No. 2/Come Rain Or Shine/Keep
Me/Bridge Over Troubled Water
GAME CALLED LOVE (Soul 740; '74)
Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me/She's My Old Lady/Game Called
Love/Behind Closed Doors/I Remember When (Dedicated To
Beverly)//You're My Only World/So Near (And Yet So Far)/Ooh You
(Put A Crush On Me)/Be My Love/Supernatural Voodoo Woman (pt.1)
CALIFORNIA SUNSET (Motown 826; '75)
Why'd You Lie/Don't Turn The Lights Off/It Could Never
Happen/Good Lovin' Is Just A Dime Away/California Sunset//Sweet
Rhapsody/Fifty Years/Let Me Live In Your Life/Financial
Affair/Nothing Can Take The Place (Of Your Love)
COMMUNIQUE (Soul 746; '76)
Mr. Troublemaker/Count Me Out/Down To Love Town/Touch/Natural
Loving Feeling//Everybody's Got To Do Something/Bring Me
Together/Just To Be Closer To You/It's So Real/All I Wanna Do (Is
Spend My Life Loving You)
DOWN TO LOVE TOWN (Soul 749; '77)
Hurry Up And Wait/Down To Love Town/You Are A Blessing To
Me//Six-Million Dollar Man/Mother Nature's Best/Sunrise/Been
Decided
ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE (Fantasy 542; '78)
Fantasy Interlude/Don't Put Me On/I've Loved, I've Lost, I've
Learned/Temporarily Out Of Order//Ladies (We Need You)/Take This
Love/It's Alright
COME AWAY WITH ME (Fantasy 9577, '79)
Jezebel (You've Got Me Under Your Spell)/J-E-A-L-O-U-S (Means I
Love You)/While The Cat's Away//Come Away With Me/Stay (With
Me)/Blue Moon
YESTERDAY AND TODAY (Phase II 37075; '81)
Baby I'm For Real/I'm Your Man/The Magic Is You//Waiting On A
Letter & Mr. Postman (Medley)/Share Your Love With Me/Let Me
Dance
Compiled by Heikki Suosalo for Soul Express magazine.
