I Sold My Heart to the Junkman
| I Sold My Heart to the Junkman | |
|---|---|
| The Basin Street Boys feat. Ormonde Wilson | |
| publication | 1946 |
| Genre (s) | Rhythm and Blues |
| Author (s) | Leon René |
| Cover versions | |
| 1962 | The starlets |
| 1964 | Patti LaBelle and the Blue Belles |
I Sold My Heart to the Junkman is a rhythm and blues song written by Leon René that was first recorded in 1946 by the Basin Street Boys together with Ormonde Wilson for Exclusive Records . After a legal dispute, the girl group The Blue Belles is allowed to market its version from 1964 as its own composition.
After the first recording, the title experienced a few new recordings, including in 1958 through the Silhouettes . In 1962 the girl group The Starlets from Chicago followed , which recorded for Newtown Records . Its president Harold Robinson led a group from Philadelphia with the Ordettes as the originator. The Ordettes again changed their name first to The Blue Belles and then to Patti LaBelle and Her Blue Belles. When The Blue Belles published their own version under Harold Robinson's guidance in 1964, which reached number 15 on the Billboard charts, a copyright dispute broke out between the Blue Belles and the Starlets. Although it remained unclear whether Robinson replaced the entire group on the track or just Patti LaBelle's lead voice, the starlets manager was still able to sue for $ 5,000 for each singer.
Pattie Labelle and the Blue Belles are still considered to be the originators of I Sold My Heart to the Junkman .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Starlets . Retrieved August 3, 2009.