So, the eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed a sequence to this year's Advent-ure posts. Any of you that have will have predicted today's post would be from an artist or group beginning with the letter G.
Yes there is a sequence, and it's a simple one – I'm running through the letters of the alphabet A to … er .. X (the 24th is going to be challenging!). I am finding this simple rule concentrates the mind wonderfully and makes it much easier to choose which record to feature, and when the posts come thick and fast you need to make quick decisions.
The Gs in the singles boxes are not that extensive, and I have posted many of them already, so it was quickly narrowed down to one of three artists – Don Gardner, Barbara George, or Roosevelt Grier.
“Rosey” Grier won out when I started reading up on his life. I suggested the artist in yesterday's post - Louise Freeman - maybe a Georgia native, well Roosevelt Grier was definitely born in Georgia, and he is still alive, age 88 years and counting; and it is fair to say his life has been full and varied. His singing career resulted in 23 singles and 2 albums, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. From pro American footballer to prominent bodyguard, to needlepointer and more. Read his Wikipedia entry, it's fascinating. At 6' 5" Rosey may be a larger than life character, but it's difficult to believe he could be larger than his own life!
This was his first 45, released at the beginning of 1960 on the A label – that label name ensuring it would have been listed first on any new issue distribution lists!
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