(L to R) Kim Lewis, Barbara Sullivan and Shirley Sullivan
The Sweethearts (3) (New York)
aka Barbara J. & The Silver Slippers aka The Lovables
Personnel :
Barbara Sullivan
Shirley Sullivan
Kim Lewis
Discography :
Barbara J. & The Silver Slippers
1961 - Laughing At Me / Love Is The Thing (Lescay 3001)
The Sweethearts (3)
1962 - In Between Kisses / (He's My) Superman (Brunswick 55237)
1963 - What Did I Do? (What Did I Say?) / He's A Yankee (Brunswick 55240)
1963 - What Will Mother Say / Everybody I Know (Brunswick 55255)
1964 - Have You Ever Fell In Love / No No (I Won't Break My Lover's Heart) (Brunswick 55265)
The Lovables
1967 - We Got A Need For Each Other / You Can’t Dress Up A Broken Heart (Toot 600)
1967 - Just Beyond My Fingertips / Anyman (Toot 604)
1967 - You’re The Cause Of It / Beautiful Idea (Toot 605)
1968 - Take Me For A Little While / You Know That I Love You (Toot 608)
Biography :
Barbara
J. & The Silver Slippers were Barbara Sullivan, her younger sister
Shirley and Kim Lewis. Barbara were originally from Augusta, GA, but
moved to New York when she was two. As the Sullivans they sang in
church, including Shirley Sullivan and four brothers. Kim Lewis, a close
friend of the Sullivan sisters sang in her church's choir, and spent a
year singing with the The Gospel Twilights, who included her sister and
cousin. In junior high school she sang with The Ronettes for two years
before the group became famous. In 1961 Barbera, Shirley and Kim
cut 'Laughing At Me' / 'Love Is The Thing' on Lescay 3001 as Barbara J
& The Silver Slippers.
The Lovables (1967)
Now renamed The Sweethearts in 1963 they turned up on Brunswick 55237
for 'In Between Kisses' b/w 'Superman' and followed up with the Barbara
Sullivan /William Leo McCorkle penned song 'What Did I Do (What Did I
Say) ' b /w ' He's a Yankee' on Brunswick 55240. The follow up released
in December 1963 on Brunswick 55255 is 'Everybody I Know' b/w 'What
Will Mother Say' and their fourth and final Brunswick release from 1964
is 'Have You Ever Fell In Love' b/w 'No, No, I Won't Break Your Heart'.
In 1967, as the Loveables, the girls cut four singles on Toot Records.
Shirley went on to marry Cuba Gooding Sr (singer from The Main
Ingredient) and their son is Cuba Gooding Jr (The actor).
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Songs :
Barbara J. & The Silver Slippers
Love Is The Thing / Laughing At Me
The Sweethearts (3)
In Between Kisses (He's My) Superman He's A Yankee
What Did I Do? (What Did I Say?) Everybody I Know Have You Ever Fell In Love
No No (I Won't Break My Lover's Heart) What Will Mother Say