1961
MY TRUE STORY * THE JIVE FIVE * BELTONE 1006 * USA
A great recording that melds Doo-Wop with Soul into a sound that, depending on the listener could be either one or the other, or both. Written by group member Eugene Pitt, this was The Jive Five's first recording; the other four members were Jerome Hanna, Thurmon "Billy" Prophet, Richard Harris And Norman Johnson. My True Story is a strange song of what seems like a mixed up love affair between friends, not the usual 'best-friend-steals-gal' but a much more complicated entanglement.
Originally released in the US on Beltone, in April 1961, and released in the UK on the short lived Red and Silver Parlophone label in September 1961 (see below).
MY TRUE STORY * THE JIVE FIVE * PARLOPHONE 4822. UK