Dry Your Eyes !!

As was the custom of the day, Brenda & the Tabulations' debut album

was overstuffed with familiar cover versions, which were done respect-

ably; actually, the sultry, drawn-out reading of "Summertime" is really

good, as is the calypso-ish take of the Marvelettes' "Forever." There are

also a few more originals by the Brenda Payton-Maurice Coates team

responsible for "Dry Your Eyes," including the low-charting single "Just

Once in a Lifetime"; this has a similar marriage of doo wop-type vocals

with the lush orchestration for which Philadelphia soul was famous.

The album had yet two more small soul hits in "Stay Together Young

Lovers" and Smokey Robinson's "Who's Loving You?" -Allmusic.com

This is yet another album which I scored this week,

while on the hunt in Montrose, Houston, TX.

Brenda & The Tabulations

1967