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45 - Single Release (Year - 1957) Side A - LITTLE DARLIN'
Side B - SWEETHEART PLEASE DON'T GO
A former Band name used by Maurice Williams was "The
Gladiolas". "The Gladiolas" recorded a song in Nashville on the Excello label, which
Williams had written titled Little Darlin' it quickly made the top 40
list and stayed on top for 11 weeks.
The Canadian group "The Diamonds" recorded a cover of their
version of Little Darlin', it made it to the top of the charts.
Little Darlin' was classified as one of the top selling records in the 50's.
Maurice did not mind that the Canadian group went to number one with his
song, after all Maurice was the writer.
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A Matter of
Interpretation "Little Darling" by the
Gladiolas was released by Excello in January of 1957 and was a hit on
the R&B charts, rising to number 11 in a four-week run in the early
spring of that year. It had a more muted presence on the pop charts,
lingering there for 11 weeks but never getting higher than number 41."
What happened next is a matter of interpretation. In some historians'
eyes, the Gladiolas' version of the song was undercut by a competing
rendition, recorded for Mercury by a white Canadian group called the
Diamonds, which rose to number one on the pop charts and sold more than
a million copies, even becoming a definitive "doo wop"-type single...."
Article by Bruce Eder & Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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