The final volume of Ohio Soul is finally here. I hope everyone has enjoyed the hard work I put in to complete this series. Front and left-center on the cover are the Casinos. The Casinos were a nine-member doo-wop group from Cincinnati, Ohio, led by Gene Hughes. They are best-known for their John Loudermilk written song "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye," which hit #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1967, well after the end of the doo-wop era. The group was based around Hughes and his brothers Glenn and Norman, and they signed a deal with Fraternity Records. "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" was their first single, and its vocal harmony and organ interlude would not have been out of place in a top ten hit from ten or fifteen years earlier. The track reached #28 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1967. They tried to follow it up with a Don Everly penned song "It's All Over Now" but that only hit U.S. #65. That single did propel them to a two year tour. Unfortunately just like the final destination of so many great soul groups this would be the final highlight for the band. The Casinos track included in this compilation is their very 1st single they produced after changing their group name from The Capris to The Casinos.
1. A WORLD WITHOUT YOU...JOHNSON, HAWKINS, TATUM & DUR
2. GOT TO GET YOU OFF MY MIND...THE DETERMINATIONS
3. I'M GOING TO TREAT YOU GOOD...THE DONATIONS
4. JUST TO BE WITH YOU...BOBBY DUKES
5. DO YOU RECALL...THE CASINOS
6. DON'T STOP SMILING...JUS' US
7. WHY, WHY, WHY...THE CREATORS
8. I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU...THE O'JAYS
9. IF I COULD BE...THE ROTATIONS
10. JUST ASK ME...THE SOUL SUPERBS
11. KEEP ME IN MIND...SAMSON & DELILAH
12. RIGHT OR WRONG...WESTBOUND FREEWAY
13. MAD ABOUT THE GIRL...THE FOUR CORNERS
14. MR. COOL...CHARLES SPURLING
15. WHEN YOU PUT YOUR HAND IN MINE...SUN
16. SURELY, IS YOU OR IS YOU AIN'T MY BABY...SLY, SLICK & WICKED
17. SHEER MAGIC...ICE COLD LOVE
18. I MISS YOU BABY...MARY JOHNSON
19. YOUR LOVE KEEPS DRAWING ME CLOSER...JOHNSON, HAWKINS, TATUM & DUR
20. ONE STEP AT A TIME...THE DETERMINATIONS
21. JUST YOU & ME...THE CREATORS
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