Thank you for listening and sharing your enthusiasm about One Record these last six months. It’s been very personally fulfilling but it’s the next six months that are of concern. That’s why I’ve decided I need to suspend production of One Recor

Episode 05 | Gino Washington

Mar 6th, 2020 36m 37s

For most of his fans, Gino Washington’s music is defined by the upbeat and exuberant rock ‘n’ roll classics he cut as a black teenager in Detroit with an all-white band from the suburbs that was even younger than he was. But the real Gino Washi

Episode 04 | The Volumes

Feb 7th, 2020 37m 48s

The Volumes scored a hit with their very first record, “I Love You” in 1962. The teens were barely out of high school and about to embark on a decade-long recording career that would take them from harmony-heavy doo-wop to prim and polished nor

Bonus Episode | Bobbie Smith Update, Pt. 1

Jan 3rd, 2020 6m 36s

The response to our interview with the long lost Bobbie Smith was tremendous, and in this bonus episode we’ll hear from one listener who has an exciting opportunity for the dynamic Dream Girl. Produced by Mike Dutkewych. Mastered by David Jerko

Episode 03 | Gino Parks

Dec 6th, 2019 30m 29s

The list of artists with both Fortune Records and Motown on their discographies is exceptionally short, and of those there is certainly no vocalist as rousing and powerful as Gino Parks. But despite his natural talent, his music career was rela

Episode 02 | Bobbie Smith

Nov 1st, 2019 33m 28s

Before the Marvelettes, the Vandellas, and the Supremes, it was Bobbie Smith & the Dream Girls who were onstage and on rotation in Detroit. The group’s lead voice and star-power belonged to a teenager named Elma Holman, soon known from the 20 G

Episode 01 | Willie Jones

Oct 4th, 2019 25m 40s

On this inaugural episode we interview 83-year-old soul singer Willie Jones about his early years on the Chitlin’ Circuit, his influence on an entire generation of Motown stars, the making of his 1959 record “Fast Choo Choo”, and staying out of