Bailey was born on June 17, 1937, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a member of doo-wop groups The Halos, The Cadillacs, and The Crickets (not Buddy Holly's Crickets), and also recorded as a solo artist. He also co-wrote several hits with songwriter Ken Williams; the songs included "Everybody Plays the Fool" by The Main Ingredient, "Sweet Music, Soft Lights And You" by Isaac Hayes & Millie Jackson, "Love, Love, Love", which he released in 1972 and was covered the following year by Donny Hathaway, and "Just Me And You" by Erasmus Hall. He also co-wrote songs with New York singer Vernon Harrell (who had performed with The Coasters). "Soul Shing-A-Ling" and "Seven Days Too Long" by Chuck Wood in 1966, and "Sweet, Sweet Lovin'" by The Platters in 1967 were among songs written by Bailey and Harrell. The pair also co-wrote Harrell's release "Do It To It" in 1969 on Calla Records with J. Robinson. His song "Let Me Prove My Love to You", which was originally performed by The Main Ingredient, was sampled for Alicia Keys' 2003 single "You Don't Know My Name".
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He began his solo career in 1965, releasing records as Jimmy Bailey on Columbia Records. Bailey released a record on Calla Records in 1968 called "Love Won't Wear Off." It was written and produced by Billy Guy of The Coasters. Bailey and Billy Guy had a record company called GuyJim Records.[citation needed]
Bailey co-wrote the song, "Help Me" with Johnny Northern. The production was handled by Robert Banks. It was released on Wand WND 1135 in 1966. It was credited to Al Wilson, but the singer was not the famous Al Wilson.[3][4][5] The song was released on Wand Records in 1966. And Record World mentioned in the September 17, 1966 issue that the label's two newest releases were "Too Much Too Soon" by Shirley & Jesse, and "Help Me" by Al Wilson".[6]
^Record World, September 7, 1966 - Page 31 R & B Beat
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bailey, james, ralph, bailey, june, 1937, september, 1985, american, singer, songwriter, member, cadillacs, from, 1956, 1972, also, recorded, solo, artist, worked, background, vocalist, singers, such, aretha, franklin, roberta, flack, donny, hathaway, melvin, . James Ralph Bailey June 17 1937 September 6 1985 was an American R amp B singer and songwriter 1 A member of The Cadillacs from 1956 to 1972 he also recorded as a solo artist 2 He worked as a background vocalist for singers such as Aretha Franklin Roberta Flack Donny Hathaway Melvin Van Peebles and Jimmy Castor 1 Contents 1 Biography 2 Career 3 Death 4 Discography 5 ReferencesBiography editBailey was born on June 17 1937 in Baltimore Maryland He was a member of doo wop groups The Halos The Cadillacs and The Crickets not Buddy Holly s Crickets and also recorded as a solo artist He also co wrote several hits with songwriter Ken Williams the songs included Everybody Plays the Fool by The Main Ingredient Sweet Music Soft Lights And You by Isaac Hayes amp Millie Jackson Love Love Love which he released in 1972 and was covered the following year by Donny Hathaway and Just Me And You by Erasmus Hall He also co wrote songs with New York singer Vernon Harrell who had performed with The Coasters Soul Shing A Ling and Seven Days Too Long by Chuck Wood in 1966 and Sweet Sweet Lovin by The Platters in 1967 were among songs written by Bailey and Harrell The pair also co wrote Harrell s release Do It To It in 1969 on Calla Records with J Robinson His song Let Me Prove My Love to You which was originally performed by The Main Ingredient was sampled for Alicia Keys 2003 single You Don t Know My Name Career editHe began his solo career in 1965 releasing records as Jimmy Bailey on Columbia Records Bailey released a record on Calla Records in 1968 called Love Won t Wear Off It was written and produced by Billy Guy of The Coasters Bailey and Billy Guy had a record company called GuyJim Records citation needed Bailey co wrote the song Help Me with Johnny Northern The production was handled by Robert Banks It was released on Wand WND 1135 in 1966 It was credited to Al Wilson but the singer was not the famous Al Wilson 3 4 5 The song was released on Wand Records in 1966 And Record World mentioned in the September 17 1966 issue that the label s two newest releases were Too Much Too Soon by Shirley amp Jesse and Help Me by Al Wilson 6 Death editHe died on September 6 1985 in New York City citation needed Discography editJust Me n You MAM 5011 1974 Love and Conversation United Artists 815 1977 References edit a b J R Bailey SoulWalking Retrieved 30 September 2019 Ruhlmann William J R Bailey Biography amp History AllMusic Retrieved 30 September 2019 45Cat Artist Al Wilson New York Soul Express Al Wilson Discography Soulful Detroit Al Wilson Vs Al Wilson Record World September 7 1966 Page 31 R amp B Beat Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title J R Bailey amp oldid 1182599957, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
