Four Jewels started as Impalas (Washington) – I Need You So Much/ For The Love Of Mike, ’61 (Checker 999)
Four Jewels as Rubies (Washington) – Loaded With Goodies (2.29)/ Take It Easy Casanova, ’61 (District 301)
- Label scans are as Rubies.
- Some sources state this is the first Four Jewels group.
- A-side writer is Bobby Lee, and b-side by Rudy Clark.
- Writing credits for The Four Jewels ‘Dapper Dan/ Loaded With Goodies (2:30)’ on Checker 1039 are by Bob E Lee.
Four Jewels (Washington)
– Dapper Dan/ Loaded With Goodies, ’63 (Checker 1039)
– Loaded With Goodies/ Fire, ’63 (Start 638)
- Same # used twice.
– Johnny Jealousy/ Someone Special, ’63 (Start 638)
– Time For Love/ That’s What They Put Erasers On Pencils For, ’64 (Checker 1069)
– All That’s Good/ I Love Me Some You, ’64 (Start 641)
– Baby It’s You/ She’s Wrong For You Baby, ’64 (Tec 3007)
Four Jewels became Jewels
– Opportunity/ Gotta Find A Way, ’64 (Dimension 1034)
– My Song/ This Is My Story, ’64 (Federal 12541)
- Book dated 1963. Others date 1964-1967.
– But I Do/ Smokey Joe, ’65 (Dimension 1048)
Four Jewels became Jewels as The Jewells – Lookie Lookie Lookie/ Smokie Joe’s, ’66 (King 6068)
- Book listed A-side as Lookie Cookie.
Note: This is NOT a male group as some sources state but the group spelling is Jewells instead of Jewels.
http://www.45cat.com/record/456068us has smoke Joes label shot
Thanks for the link. Appreciate your input.