Bobby McClure (April 21, 1942 – November 13, 1992) was an American soul singer.
Soul singer Bobby McClure was born in Chicago, IL. By the time of his second birthday, his family had relocated to St. Louis, and by the age of nine, McClure had begun singing in church. His fine tenor voice quickly caught the attention of others, as he sang with
several of the area's
best-known gospel groups, including the Soul Stirrers, which Sam Cooke was
singing lead with at the time.
It wasn't long though until McClure tried his hand at
singing other musical styles, including R&B and doo wop, honing his talents
with such outfits as Bobby and the Vocals, drummer Big Daddy Jenkins' band, and
singing in renowned bandleader Oliver Sain's outfit. McClure also took a pair
of up-and-coming artists under his wing, Little Milton and Fontella Bass, who
would both go on to successful music careers (McClure and Bass would eventually
record a duet together in 1965, "Don't Mess Up a Good Thing," which
was a U.S. Top 40 hit).
During the '60s, McClure had relocated back to Chicago,
where he worked with both Otis Clay and Little Milton, before moving to St.
Louis, where he duetted with Shirley Brown. "Peak of Love" was a soul
hit, that barely scraped the pop charts in late 1966.He also recorded a few
singles for the Memphis-based Hi label.
Although McClure would record a few singles during the '80s, for the most part, he turned his back on music, working as a corrections officer in an Illinois penitentiary. But he couldn't stay out of music for long, as he moved to Los Angeles to play with others and record. But McClure's career was cut short on November 13, 1992, in Los Angeles, California, when he died at the age of 50 from a stroke following a brain aneurysm.
Bobby McClure may not necessarily be considered one of soul
music's greats, however, there's no denying his great contributions to soul
music as both a recording artist and a mentor.
(Edited mainly from AllMusic bio by Greg Prato)
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For “ Bobby McClure - Lost Without Your Love” go here:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/2tcdcno4inf98a8/Bobby_McClure-1965-80.rar/file
01. Bobby McClure - 1965 - Don't Mess Up A Good Thing [w.Fontella Bass]
02. Bobby McClure - 1965 - Baby What You Want Me To Do
03. Bobby McClure - 1965 - You'll Miss Me (When I'm Gone)
04. Bobby McClure - 1965 - Don't Jump [w Fontella Bass]
05. Bobby McClure - 196X - You'll Miss Me (Unissued)
06. Bobby McClure - 196X - Nobody's Fool (Unissued)
07. Bobby McClure - 1966 - I'm Not Ashamed -
08. Bobby McClure - 1966 - I'll Be True To You
09. Bobby McClure - 1966 - Peak Of Love
10. Bobby McClure - 1966 - You Got Me Baby
11. Bobby McClure - 1967 - Baby You Don't Love Me
12. Bobby McClure - 1967 - Don't Get Your Signals
13. Bobby McClure - 1970 - Love's Coming Down On Me
14. Bobby McClure - 1970 - Lost Without Your Love
15. Bobby McClure - 1970 - Never Let You Get Away
16. Bobby McClure - 1970 - Have A Little Mercy
17. Bobby McClure - 197X - Back In Your Arms (Unissued)
18. Bobby McClure - 197X - Love's Mystery (Unissued)
19. Bobby McClure - 1975 - I Got A Good Woman
20. Bobby McClure - 1975 - Begging You Baby
21. Bobby McClure - 1976 - Was It Something I Said
22. Bobby McClure - 1976 - Love Trap
23. Bobby McClure - 1977 - Doing It Rite On Time
24. Bobby McClure - 1977 - She's Miss Wonderful
25. Bobby McClure - 1977 - I Ain't Gonna Turn You Loose
26. Bobby McClure - 1977 - Hard Luck
27. Bobby McClure - 1978 - To Get What You Got
28. Bobby McClure - 1978 - High Heel Shoes
29. Bobby McClure - 1980 - Sitting In The Park
30. Bobby McClure - 1980 - Sitting With Sain
Lost Without Your Love gathers the complete solo recordings of Bobby McClure, between 1965 and 1980. McClure's mid-late 60s singles for Checker, his early to mid 70s one-offs with Klondike, Cedric and Vanessa Records, the late 70s Hi Records singles and several unissued cuts. All files chronicled, cleanly tagged and MP3 @ 320kbs. Thanks to Groovy Gumbo blog and original uploaders.
For “Bobby McClure – The Cherry LP” (1989) go here;
https://www.upload.ee/files/9855928/Bobby_McClure_-_The_Cherry_LP.rar.html
1) Today You Started Leaving Him (And Loving Me) 4:03
2) Cherry Pie 3:55
3) When The Flavor's Gone 3:45
4) I Can't Get Enough 4:59
5) Do Do Do Doop 4:17
6) I Need A Job 4:28
7) Please Don't Put Me Out The Band 4:15
8) I Write Another Love Song 3:43
9) I Brought It Back 3:30
10) Younger Man Blues 6:21
Soul singer Bobby McClure has been credited with two gold singles, “Don’t Mess Up A Good Thing” on Chess Records with Fontella Bass and “Peak Of Love“; but never an album until he met up with legendary soul producer Jerry Williams Jr. (aka Swamp Dogg). Williams wrote, produced and played keyboards on the sessions that gave birth to one of the greatest soul blues albums of the 1980’s.
A big thank you to “Funk My Soul” blog for original link.
Many thanks
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