1962 - A Little Tear (Was Falling From My Eyes) / The Things I Do For You (Fire 512)
The Angelos
1963 - Lonely Hours / Just Like Taking Candy From A Baby (Vee Jay 531)
1964 - Bad Motorcycle (Wooden Wooden) / Backfield In Motion (Tollie 9003)
Discography :
Linda Martell (born Thelma Bynem) was born in Leesville, South
Carolina the daughter of pastor Clarence Bynem. Singing began for Linda
in Leesville's (S. C.) St. Mark's Baptist Church, where Linda, her
sister and three brothers sang in the choir. When Linda turned 16, her
voice seemed a natural for rhythm and blues and she began singing around
her home state with her sister, a cousin and her brothers who formed a
band.
Linda Martell
In
1961, the girls, Linda, her sister and her cousin formed a vocal trio
called the Anglos. The Anglos cut "A Little Tear" b/w "The Things I Do
For You" on Bobby Robinson's Fire Records (1962, as Linda Martell &
the Anglos). The group also recorded two singles for Vee-Jay records and
Vee-Jay’s subsidiary Tollie Records as The Angelos with "Lonely Hours"
written by Linda and "Backfield In Motion" by her brother Elzie - both
produced by Ray Stevens
The family group enjoyed a modest success for eight years. They sang
behind the Drifters and recorded behind Jimmy Hughes. They really
divided when her cousin got married. In 1969, she joined Shelby
Singleton's Plantation Records. Linda Martell was a chocolate-brown
beauty from South Carolina who had a hit song, "Color Him Father," on
the country radio.
Songs :
Linda Martell & The Anglos (1)
A Little Tear The Things I Do For You
The Angelos
Lonely Hours Just Like Taking Candy From A Baby
Bad Motorcycle (Wooden Wooden) Backfield In Motion
