The Versalettes

The Versalettes were a thrilling Chicago female band of the mid-’60s whose records by no means amounted to anything. Developing at Marshall SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in 1961, Theresa Legg, Kathleen Spates, Vera Rugolis, and Viola Floyd constructed a reputation performing talent displays and community features. Staff at Cortland/Witch Information caught wind from the Versalettes’ hype and authorized them in 1963, while these were still in senior high school. Donald Jenkins caused them and imprinted his doo wop audio on the recordings, which, supposedly, they hated. In the urging of their supervisor, Bobby Mason, they added Helen Greenfield before trimming their first solitary, “Shining Shield” b/w “REAL LOVE Is definitely a Treasure,” in 1963 on Expenses Erman’s Witch label; the Blenders (“Daughter”) documented the B-side a 12 months earlier. Disk jockeys Lucky Cordell and Plant Kent offered it perfunctory hometown spins; because of this favour, the Versalettes do free of charge record hops to them. For this same period, Erman released “The Fisherman” b/w “No one nevertheless, you” on his Cortland imprint and acknowledged it towards the Trinkets, who had been actually the Versalettes. Once again, sales were practically nonexistent. Another one, “Don Juan around,” a dated doo wop, floundered aswell; the Witch recordings hardly ever captured the group’s fact. The tune was a remedy to “Don Juan,” that was documented by Donald Jenkins and Ronnie Solid as the Starr Brothers. Cortland also released the song with the Ideals in the B-side of “Gorilla.” Jenkins (Delighters) got them prepared to record, but Bob Catron, the A&R guy, got the creation credits. Cortland/Witch ended making information in 1964, and the initial Versalettes took the chance to axe Greenfield, whom they regarded a wayward outsider in any case. After graduating from senior high school in 1965, they continuing the city gigs but didn’t record once again for awhile. Your final one surfaced in 1968 on Okeh Information. The nondescript edges “So Happy Your Like Don’t Transformation” b/w “Like Made to Purchase” didn’t possess an opportunity. The group hardly ever even understood Okeh released the one before ’90s because no one bothered to inform them; Okeh acknowledged it to the tiny Foxes. Costs Erman is certainly reclusive about his Cortland/Witch recordings, which explains why they aren’t discovered put together on any albums, cassettes, or discs.