Northern Soul Willie Walker A Lucky Loser Listen

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Willie Walker
A Lucky Loser / Warm To Cool To Cold
The Vinyl is in VG or even better Condition


Listen to "A Lucky Loser" and grade the record for yourself. The record is in VG or better condition with nice labels on both sides.

Sometime in 1968, Willie Walker, sometimes known as Wee Willie Walker, recorded his final tracks for Goldwax Records. Goldwax was once the home of one of the premier Soul singers of all, James Carr, as well as Spencer Wiggins, Louis Williams and the Ovations and a host of others. Willie never saw a royalty check from Goldwax. Goldwax did supply him with boxes of 45's when he returned to Minneapolis. Willie would then distribute them to the local record shop selling Soul music. But instead of sending Willie more singles to sell, when the music stores ran out of them, they ordered them from Goldwax, cutting out the middle-man, in this case, the artist himself. It was quite the grass roots approach in music distribution considering Goldwax had a deal with Amy / Mala / Bell Records for distribution too. Also, Goldwax leased two singles to Checker Records. Checker, a subsidiary of Chess, a label synonymous with Chicago Blues was making a foray into southern soul, working with the musicians around Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Checker had released albums recorded by Etta James, Irma Thomas and other Soul singers backed by the Rick Hall's funky conglomerate at Fame Studios. Willie's single "A Lucky Loser" b/w "Warm To Cool To Cold" (Checker 1211, 1968) did get some attention from noted Nashville Disc Jockey and hit maker, John Richbourg, a.k.a. John R. As the story goes, Willie got a call at his home from John R. and he asked Willie to introduce his new single on WLAC in Nashville. Willie thought it was a prank so when it came time to introduce the number, Willie said in reference to the moment, "I just started cussin' and click went the phone."

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