(Week of 1/12/02 - 1/18/02)

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SPOTLIGHT ON THE CARDINALS ON ATLANTIC LABEL PART 3!

Above Left: Trade magazine ad for "Wheel Of Fortune" from February 1952. "ATLANTIC'S Fastest Breaking Hit Ever!" Lead singer, Ernie Lee Warren, is shown at bottom.

Above Right: Trade magazine ad for "New Releases on Atlantic" from June 1955, including "Come Back My Love".

Click HERE for a short article about The Cardinals by J.C. Marion.

For a longer, comprehensive, article on The Cardinals, see Todd Baptista's book "Group Harmony: Echoes Of The Rhythm and Blues Era". Click HERE for information to obtain this excellent work.

Above Left: Atlantic 958 released in 1952. This is the third of twelve the group had issued on the Atlantic label (1951-57). "The Wheel Of Fortune" was a #1 hit for Kay Starr on the pop charts in 1952. Just one of several hit compositions by Bennie Benjamin and George Weiss.

Above Right: Atlantic 1067 released in 1955. Their eighth release on Atlantic. It is a cover of The Wren's record on Rama (written by Bobby Mansfield, The Wrens lead singer).

Listen to this week's selections:

A) Click on an option below to listen to Streaming Windows Media Player.

"The Wheel Of Fortune" - The Cardinals - Atlantic 958 - 1952
"Come Back My Love" - The Cardinals - Atlantic 1067 - 1955
"BOTH SONGS" NOT FUNCTIONAL!

B) Click on an option below to listen to Downloading Windows Media Player.

"The Wheel Of Fortune" - The Cardinals - Atlantic 958 - 1952 (file size=438KB)
"Come Back My Love" - The Cardinals - Atlantic 1067 - 1955 (file size=379KB)

FOR PART ONE OF THIS 'CARDINALS' SPOTLIGHT, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

FOR PART TWO OF THIS 'CARDINALS' SPOTLIGHT, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

Above: Trade magazine ad for Atlantic Records from March 1952.

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