Bobby Hutton Piece of The Action

• 1. Lend A Hand
• 2. I Love The Way You Make Me Feel
• 3. Lead Me On
• 4. It's All Been Said Before
• 5. There Ain't No Man
• 6. Then I Found You
• 7. Until I See You Again
• 8. Can't Stop Talking
• 9. Can't Get Enough Of Your Love
• 10. A Part Of Me

Bobby Hutton is from Detroit, Michigan and began his career after winning a talent show at the 20 Grand nightclub. In 1971 he performed on the very first nationally aired Soul Train TV programme. He cites Jackie Wilson as his biggest influence. He began writing under his real name Harold Hutton, then Billy Davis at Chess Records persuaded the change to Bobby Hutton. He had decided not to pursue a career at Motown, and after one single for Checker, then another at Blue Rock (a subsidiary of Mercury) he moved to the Philips label for the huge Northern Soul favourite, “Come See What’s Left Of Me” which was first played at the Stafford All-Nighters back in1985, covered up as Casanova Brown. Talents that produced and arranged for Bobby during those Blue Rock/Philips sessions include Donny Hathaway and Joshie Jo Armstead, and in fact it was with Jo that Bobby co-wrote that Northern Soul classic.