DeWight (Spider) Turner

DeWight (Spider) Turner
and the Sterophonics
The Bell Hops Band

Cha-Tok 1001

11767 – You’re Alone

11768 – Happy Story
Produced by Charles Stokes

This is Spyder Turner. The producer, Charles Stokes, was his manager.

According to Soulful Kinda Music, The Stereophonics were Charlette (lead vocals), Marlene, Connie Stokes, Jobe Stokes (not sure of the spelling), Michael Stokes (vocals and keyboards) and The Bell Hops Band: Charles "Chicken Charlie" Herndon (lead guitar), Howard Thompson (rhythm guitar), Rudy Thomas (saxophone), Fred Shockley (trumpet), Zachery Slater (bongos), Albert "Doc" Holiday (congas) and Curtis Sharp (drums).

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You’re Alone

Note : For Cha-Tok 1002 and related labels see my previous post.

Cha-Tok 1002 - The Sterophonics

Cha-Tok 1002
The Sterophonics
11769 - Run On Little Girl
11770 - I Want To Shout


Detroit label. One of the labels managed by Ron Holmes and Charles Stokes from their Master Recording Studio, a very small studio located at 8325 on Joy Rd. near Grand River.
Other labels were : Mas-Tok, Master, Mas-Ter, Mag and (possibly) Mag-Oll.
Years: 1963-1966

Here is a (probably incomplete) discography of these labels :

Master 1020- Combinations : About You/Pretty boy (produced by Andy Martin)
Master 1030- Tridettes : So Strange/I know what you’re doing (prod. by Eli Fountain)
Master 3001/2- 4 Hollidays : Deep Down I My Heart / He Can’t Love You - 2/1964
Mag-Oll :- Ollie Lafayette & Ladies of Harmony:One Way To Heaven/Lord You Brought Me Out
Cha-Tok 1001 - - Dwight (Spider) Turner : You're Alone/Happy Story
Cha-Tok 1002 - The Sterophonics - Run On Little Girl - I Want To Shout 64
Mas-Ter 65-1 - Spider Turner - Calling Girls - Part.2. - 65
Mas-Tok 65-3 - The Ster-Phonics - Don't Leave Me - You Know I Love You 65
Mas-Ter 65-5 - Don Heart : Soul In The Back Yard - Bring Back The Love
Mas-Ter 66 - The Channels - Yo Yo/ same (instr)
Mag 4061 - Margaret Glover : This Will Never Do/Before We Part
Mag 4063/4064 - The Chanels : Dance Your Troubles Away/Four Walls (And A Radio)

The first four records listed were pressed by Stereo Sound in Chicago. Others pressings details are unknown except for Mag 4063/4, which is a Rite pressing :


Acknowlegments : Soulful Detroit website, a mine of information