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Artist: Rod Bernard
Author: Bernard Jolivette/J.D. Miller
Label: Jin
Year: 1958
Recorded in J.D. Miller's studio for Floyd Soileau's Jin label, who couldn't handle proper distribution and contacted Chess (Argo). Leonard Chess didn't like too much "sin" and "sinner" in the lyrics of the original backing track and ordered for a new one. So there's two Rod Bernard versions. The one on Argo ('59) became a hit.
Covers:
Guitar Gable [oldest recording (februari '57), but J.D. Miller wasn't convinced, until he witnessed Rod Bernard's cover riding the charts; finally released early '59 on Excello; vocal by King Karl (real name: Bernard Jolivette, coauthor)]
Tav Falco [as This Could Go On Forever]
John Broven needs a whole chapter for this song in his book South To Louisiana. Was banned for a while for the line "If it's a sin to really love you, Then a sinner I will be".
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)