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The Elgins – Darling Baby (1966) #4 R&B, #72 Pop
The Elgins came about from a merger of Motown/Tamla artists Saundra Mallett and The Downbeats.
It took three years before the group’s first single, “Darling Baby,” was released on the Motown/VIP label. With a little more promotion I am sure in would have been a national hit, but you know how Motown did things, hiring many, many great talented artists but only promoting a select few!
Amazingly, even without promotion “Darling Baby” made the top Pop 100. Just goes to show you that good music will find a way! Of course this was another great song composed by Holland, Dozier and Holland so it just had to be a hit — didn’t it?
Musically Yours,
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Filed under: Co-ed Vocal Groups, Darling Baby, Holland/Dozier/Holland, Motown/VIP, Pop/R&B, R&B/Motown, Sixties, The Elgins
