{"id":5985,"date":"2015-10-18T10:42:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T15:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5985"},"modified":"2015-10-18T10:42:24","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T15:42:24","slug":"bessie-banks-go-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5985","title":{"rendered":"Bessie Banks – Go Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Bessie Banks – Go Now MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Greetings all.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope the new week finds you all well.<\/p>\n

The record I bring you today is one of those 45s that haunted my want list for years (maybe decades) before I finally bagged a copy.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not that \u2018Go Now\u2019 by Bessie Banks<\/strong> is an incredibly expensive record (probably grab-able for around 50 bucks on a good day) but thanks to the fact that it was later made into a hit (their first) by the Moody Blues<\/strong>, and its status as a mod soul classic, there is a high level of competition when copies do come on the market.<\/p>\n

I probably could have had myself a copy sooner, had I been willing to throw a pile of money at it, but I don\u2019t always have a pile of money ready to throw (or I may have already thrown it elsewhere<\/em>\u2026).<\/p>\n

That said, the record you see above is proof that me and my money finally found ourselves a copy of this most excellent 45, which is why I can bring it to you fine people today.<\/p>\n

Bessie Banks had been performing and recording for a few years before she found herself in a New York studio with none other than the mighty Leiber and Stoller<\/strong> working the board.<\/p>\n

The song was written by Larry Banks<\/strong> (Bessie\u2019s husband) and Milton Bennett<\/strong>, and though it is taken at a slightly slower pace, it is immediately evident that the Moody Blues (the early Denny Laine<\/strong> version of the band, not the psychedelic Justin Hayward<\/strong> version) didn\u2019t change much at all.<\/p>\n

Banks\u2019 original garnered some airplay and made a small dent on the R&B charts, but was pretty much a done deal (having been released in January 1964) when the Moody Blues cover was released in the US a full year later.<\/p>\n

Their version was a much bigger hit, making it into the US Top 20 early in 1965.<\/p>\n

Banks\u2019 version was released on two Leiber\/Stoller imprints, Tiger and Blue Cat, both with the same excellent flipside, the slow-burning R&B of \u2018Sounds Like My Baby\u2019.<\/p>\n

Bessie Banks would go on to record a few more 45s during the 60s (for Wand and Verve), and then a few more in the 70s for Volt and Quality.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the tune, and I\u2019ll see you all on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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