Barry St John – Cry Like a Baby
Barry St John
Listen/Download – Barry St John – Cry Like a Baby MP3
Greetings all.
Today’s selection is yet another piece of evidence for why you should surround yourself with people with excellent taste and keep your ears wide open.
I first encountered Barry St John and her smoking version of ‘Cry Like a Baby’ when it rolled by in my Facebook news feed, the video having been posted in one of the groups I subscribe to.
The clip, from the Beat Club TV show had St John working the funky side of the street on the old Box Tops tune.
I set right out to find myself a copy of the 45 and in doing so discovered that St John had a couple of earlier 45s that were popular with the Northern Soul crowd.
St John, who was born in Scotland and had sung with R&B groups in the UK and Europe recorded ‘Cry Like a Baby’ in 1968, with production credited to Mike Pasternak aka hugely successful Pirate Radio DJ Emperor Rosko (who produced St John’s 1968 LP ‘According To St John’).
The arrangement featured St John’s powerful voice, backed with some punchy bass and drums and a horn section (dig that baritone sax) way up in the mix.
What I’ve heard of her album (which is nigh but impossible to lay hands on here in the US) is excellent.
St John went on to work as a studio backing singer, working on a ton of UK albums in the 70s including Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’.
I hope you dig the track and I’ll see you all next week.
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Keep the faith
Larry
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