I Wish You A World Of Happiness, by The KBCS / Shirley Turner

I Wish You A World Of Happiness

by The KBCS / Shirley Turner

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Shufflin' nice modern interpretation of one of my fav Northern Soul sounds Favorite track: I Wish You A World Of Happiness.

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A – The KBCS - I Wish You A World Of Happiness feat. Nora Becker
B – Shirley Turner – I Wish You A World Of Happiness

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1.	The KBCS - I Wish You A World Of Happiness feat. Nora Becker 04:19	info	buy track
2.	The KBCS - I Wish You A World Of Happiness (Instrumental) 04:19	info	buy track
3.	Shirley Turner - I Wish You A World Of Happiness 02:44	info	buy track

about

Sonar Kollektiv are very proud to present a sweet slice of
obscure Philly soul with deep connections to our very own
Berlin family. Shirley Turner’s 1965 recording of I Wish You A
World Of Happiness has long been a crate digger’s delight and
now receives a very special reissue, alongside a rather stunning
cover version from Hamburg based quartet, The KBCS, featuring
the vocal talents of Nora Becker.

Philadelphia in the early 1960s, and Virtue Records (headed up
by musician and music producer Frank Virtue) had become
prolific in releasing soulful underground hits like The Horse by
Cliff Nobles & Co. and Boogaloo Down Broadway by Fantastic
Johnny C. as well as producing a number of somewhat less
popular, more low-fi soul and garage records that were slept on
at the time but have remained highly sought after records to
this day.

One of those records was I Wish You A World Of Happiness,
which started life as a popular 60s instrumental cut Bird Walkin’
by Emanon’s Orchestra. The song was written by Weldon A.
McDougal III and Johnny Stiles, with lyrics by Eddie Holman, of
Hey There Lonely Girl fame. Virtue had been looking for
someone to record a vocal version of the tune for some time, and
having had a rough demo recorded by an uncredited
singer, somehow said demo found itself in the hands of
seventeen year old gospel vocalist Shirley Turner. The young,
aspiring soul singer learned the lyrics from the dubplate by
heart, and on the night she turned eighteen, went into Virtue
Studios to record her version of the song. Several takes were
laid down and three dub plates produced all on the same night,
one of which was taken home by the eighteen year old hopeful,
where it remained for years to come.

The recording was largely forgotten about as Shirley grew
up and had a family, that is until her son started playing
with the dubplate as a child. Shirley‘s son is Sonar Kollektiv’s
very own Hollis P. Monroe - now a producer, composer and
DJ as well as being responsible for the late 90s hit,
I’m Lonely. Hollis took an interest in the record from an early
age with the dubplate being one of the first records he
learned to scratch with!

Some years later, and with the help of the internet, Hollis’
continued interest in his mother’s recording led him to a
number of specialist soul blogs and in particular to UK based
DJ Andy Rix who posted about a dubplate he had found
which sounded very familiar! The 45 was widely credited as
featuring vocalist Ann Robinson, but Hollis was soon able
to set the record straight which enabled him to tell the true
story behind this fascinating recording.

Some fifteen years later, and taken directly from Shirley’s
personal dubplate, Sonar Kollektiv were finally able to
restore and remaster this rare take from that session. Not
only that, we commissioned Hamburg four-piece The KBCS
to deliver their own interpretation of this timeless piece of
music. The result is a sophisticated, balladic reworking that
respects the original but gives it a very different twist that
should please lovers of modern and two-step soul alike.

credits

released November 24, 2023

Artwork by Typeholics
Product management by Oliver Glage

(P) & (C) 2023 Sonar Kollektiv. SK454/illicity. LC01200. GEMA. Made in the EU. All rights reserved.
www.sonarkollektiv.com

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The KBCS Hamburg, Germany

The KBCS represent the coming together of four very uniquely gifted, but very complementary, musicians from Hamburg, Germany.
It’s a natural evolution from being sidemen and session musicians to taking centre stage together and allowing themselves to be more experimental with their output.This is music from the heart; a document of their coming together; and music that needs to be heard live! ... more

shows

May 3

Alte Stallhalle

Rottweil, Germany
Sep 28

Krawinkel-saal Bergneustadt

Bergneustadt, Germany

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