Tommy Tate - I Can't Do Enough For You Baby / Hold On - Pre Order for 1st March

"I Can't Do Enough For You Baby" is one of those rare songs that is loved across the board by aficionados of crossover, modern, and deep soul. Unreleased when recorded, it was left to Malaco, Japan to release it on their "Hold On" LP in 1979. The LP also included the previously unreleased, stunning deep soul title track which now appears for the first time on a vinyl 7". Both songs are absolute must haves for lovers of great soul music.
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Tommy Tate was born in 1945 in Homestead, Florida and after his first foray into music in a church choir, he launched his secular recording career in Jackson, Mississippi, working mostly with Tom Whitsett and his Imperial Showband in the latter half of the 1960's. After a short stint with The Nightingales, he signed with KoKo in 1971 and had six impressive singles released followed by records on Sundance, Juana and Urgent Records.

"I Can't Do Enough For You Baby" is a mellow and slow to mid-tempo that sounds almost inspirational, while "Hold On" is a beautiful waltz-time ballad which James Carr released on Atlantic in 1971. Both of these songs were cut as demos, probably in 1969, after Tommy and Carson Whitsett had signed a deal to become staff writers for Malaco Records.

Tommy was a magnificent singer and songwriter, who never got the credit he deserved mainly because of poor business choices and unfortunate incidents throughout his career. However he was a beautiful person, gentle and humble.

HEIKKI SUASOLO

Take a listen to both sides....