Jamie Coe - Summertime Symphony (2021)

Discovered and sponsored by Bobby Darin, who even launched a label to issue his records, JAMIE COE was one of Rock & Roll's 'nearly' men; a legend in his own backyard, Detroit, where he eventually owned a couple of nightclubs, but largely unknown elsewhere.

He nonetheless enjoyed significant regional successes with sides like 'Summertime Symphony', 'I'll Go On Loving You', 'How Low Is Low' and a souped up revival of Sanford Clark's 'The Fool', all of which are big R&R collectors' artefacts.

This compilation comprises his singles for Addison, ABC-Paramount, Bigtop and Brunswick, between, 1959-62, one of which, 'Make That Dream Come True', saw him moonlighting under his real name, Georgie Cole.

Included as bonus tracks are an unreleased demo from 1962, plus a couple of 45s by his backing group, The Gigolo's, in which he was involved.

This is a seriously rare and collectable body of work, much of which is impossible to find elsewhere on CD.