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78 RPM Record

Artist:Billy Ford
Label:  Ruby
Country:USA
Catalogue:103
Date:Apr 1955
Format:10"
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ABilly FordI'd Never Forgive MyselfMcAvoy, Gould, Martin8.0  Rate
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Notes

Anchor Record Co., Newark, NJ
vocal by Billy Ford And The Bel-Aires

Billboard, Apr. 30, 1955, p: 48: Reviews of New R&B Records.

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sixtiesmusicfanatic
15th Jun 2017
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"I'd Never Forgive Myself" is an appealing ballad with a strong melody, delivered in a very mannered vocal style by Billy Ford, who over-enunciates in a slightly irritating fashion. He is supported to good effect by a male vocal group, The Bel-Aires, but the arrangement on the track is clunky and heavy-handed. It isn't a bad record, but it would have benefited from an overall lighter approach.

This song was also recorded by various other acts, including Kitty Kallen, Jerry Martin, and the under-rated female vocalist Jo Ann Tolley, whose superb take on it is my favorite and was the only one to enter the Top 100 (no. 29 in 1953).

Billy Ford subsequently teamed up with Lillie Bryant to form the duo "Billy and Lillie," and they had two U.S. Top 20 hits ("La De Dah," no. 9 in 1958; and "Lucky Ladybug," no. 14 the following year). Billy Ford died in the mid '80s, but Lillie Bryant (born in 1940) is apparently still active in the music business to some extent.

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