West Michigan Soul Discography
Special thanks to Kip Brown for this information and for the label scans!
Lainey Allen (label is from Allegan, don't know where Lainey is from)
- I Can't Take It/? (JWJ 22917)
Jackey Beavers (Originally from Battle Creek, spent a lotta time in GR)
- Jack-A Rue/Silly Boy (Checker 1102)
- Sling Shot/I Want Somebody (Checker 1119)
- I Need My Baby/Love That Never Grows Cold (Revilot 208)
- Bring Me All Your Heartaches/Don't Wanna Lose You (Grandland 19000)
- Movin' And A Groovin/? (Jaber 7110) as The Soul Continentials
- Lover Come Back/Gee You're A Pretty Thing (Jaber 7111) Orange Label
- Lover Come Back/I Hate To See A Man Cry (Jaber 7111) Blue Label
- Hold On/Hey Girl (I Can't Stand To See You Cry) (Jaber 7114)
- Lover Come Back/Someday We'll Be Together (SS7 1502)
- Hold On/Hey Girl (SS7 2649)
- We're Not Too Young To Fall In Love/When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (Mainstream 713)
- Trying To Get You Back Girl/Same (Dade 2041)
The Black Aces of Soul & The Eyes Of Ebony (Grand Rapids Mystery Group)
- Let's Get On Down/Resolution (Black World 1253)
The Camaros (Battle Creek girl group)
- We're Not Too Young/Lover Come Back (Dar Cha 1151)
Wade Flemons (from Battle Creek, recorded primarily in Chicago)
- I'll Come Running/Ain't That Loving You Baby (Vee Jay 368)
- I Came Running (Back From The Party)/That Time Of Year (Vee Jay 533)
- Watch Over Her/When It Rains It Pours (Vee Jay 578)
- That Other Place/I Knew You When (Vee Jay 614)
- Jeanette/What A Price To Pay (Ramsel 1001)
- Two Of A Kind/I Knew You'd Be Mine (Ramsel 1002)
The IV Royals (Grand Rapids)
- One Girl/Random Soul (Tahia 2110) B-side shown as by Steve McKay & The Randoms
The Lyrics (Allegan, Mi. label but don't know where the group is from)
- Keep It Closer To Your Heart/You'll Always Belong To Me (JWJ 22925)
The People's Choice (Grand Rapids soul group)
- Hot Wire/Ease The Pain (Grand Land 414)
- Hot Wire/Ease The Pain (Palmer 5009)
- Savin' My Lovin' For You/Easy To Be True (Palmer 5020)
- Savin' My Lovin' For You/Savin' My Lovin' For You (inst) (Palmer 5031)
- Lost And Found/Keep On Holdin' On (Philips 40615)
- Just Look What You've Done/Keep On Holdin' On (Philips 40653)
They issued other 45's in the 70's on Phil-A-Of Soul, but I don't have that info.
The Velvelettes (Kalamazoo girls who recorded for Motown!)
- Searching For My Man/For As Long As You Want Me (Teek 4828) shown as Dot & The Velvelettes
- There He Goes/That's The Reason Why (IPG 1002)
- Needle In A Haystack/Should I Tell Him (VIP 25007)
- He Was Really Saying Something/Throw A Farewell Kiss (VIP 25013)
- Lonely Lonely Girl Am I/I'm The Exception To The Rule (VIP 25017)
- A Bird In The Hand (Is Worth Two In The Bush)/Since You've Been Loving Me (VIP 25030)
- These Things Will Keep Me Loving You/Since You've Been Loving Me (Soul 35025)