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Sterling Records, Ace Distribution, Box 64, Boston MA 02101


-- Singles --

184: Jerry Dixon & The Jewels with Lew Tobin's Orch. -- My Best Wishes (John Shannon-William Downey-Lew Tobin) / Jerry Dixon with Lew Tobin's Orch. -- Gambler's Blues (Juanita Gismondi-Lew Tobin) (same recordings as Cape 104, although slightly different credits)
207: Joe Hall, Lew Tobin's Orchestra -- Walking And Talking (Thelma Coffey & Lew Tobin) / My Inflation Bug (William George Lloyd & Lew Tobin)
209: Vocal by Joe Hall, w / Lew Tobin's Orchestra -- Cobra Blues / Kansas, Kansas (both wr. Macie Miller & Lew Tobin)
217: Vocal by Joe Hall, Lew Tobin's Orchestra -- A Church On The Hill Top (Marjorie Witt & Lew Tobin) / Darling It Was A Dream (James W. Wyche & Lew Tobin)
221: Joe Hall -- Calypso Blues / A Delightful Time For Two (1961)
231: Vocal: Shelley Stuart; Lew Tobin's Orchestra -- I'm Still Waiting Willie Boy (Gloria M. Dennis & Lew Tobin) / Vocal: Joe Hall; Lew Tobin's Orchestra -- There's A Feeling In My Heart (Billie McCall & Lew Tobin)
244: Vocal: Joe Hall; Lew Tobin's Orchestra -- Gentleman, He-Man, Gentleman Moon (Martha D. Fletcher & Lew Tobin) / Would It Be Wrong? (A.J. Simonian & Lew Tobin)
254: Joe Hall -- A Saviour Is Born (R. Kelley-Lew Tobin) / Ernestine (Manuel Flores)
256: Lew Tobin's Orchestra (Vocal: Norman Burns) -- The Forester's Poem (John E. Clemens, Sr. & Lew Tobin) / Our Fall-Out Shelter (Wayne & Nellie Carnes & Lew Tobin)
270: Lew Tobin's Orchestra, vocal Norm Burns -- Darling, Don't Put Your Hand On Me (John O'Conner & Lew Tobin) / You Can't Take Your Picture From My Heart (Cyrus F. Manspeaker & Lew Tobin)
278: Lew Tobin's Orchestra, vocal: Joe Hall -- Song Of The Buoy Tender (Alexander P. Lapacz & Lew Tobin) / Those Songs Of Long Ago (Charles W. Nelson and Leo & Hector Richard)
291: Joe Hall, Lew Tobin's Orchestra -- You Knew (Harvey O. Peatross & Lew Tobin) / Christmas Forever (Fred Glassen)
301: Lew Tobin's Orchestra & Singers (Vocal: Norman Burns) -- She Took The Ring From Her Finger / If I Had Believed In You (both wr. Peter Kregas & Lew Tobin)
324: Lew Tobin's Orchestra, Vocal: Norman Burns -- The Pill Slinging Nurse / Saucy Little Sadie (Wesley O. Galloway & Lew Tobin)
331: Lew Tobin's Orchestra, Vocal: Norman Burns -- A Little Kiss (Arthur Nilsson & Lew Tobin) / Without You (Eudora V. Savage & Lew Tobin)
343: Lew Tobin's Orchestra, Vocal: Norman Burns -- The Stars Are Shining (Mary Lou Blondheim & Lew Tobin) / Reality (Allan T. Puissant & Lew Tobin)
344: Lew Tobin's Orchestra & Singers, Vocal: Norman Burns -- I'll Always Love You Forever (James Hinton & Lew Tobin) / B-L Degree (Francis A. Foster & Lew Tobin)
352: Norman Burns, Lew Tobin's Orchestra -- Island Of Love / From Heaven (both wr. Louis A. Ronoff & Lew Tobin) (handwritten on label: "3-28-66")
361: vocal, Norman Burns, Lew Tobin's Orchestra -- Angel (Nick Citrone, Jr. & Lew Tobin) / Moonlight Lament (Polly Reaver & Lew Tobin)
363: Norman Burns -- Laura, Don't Cry (John Joseph Marco & Lew Tobin) / Where Does The Shadow Go (Ruth Hanson & Lew Tobin)
376: vocal: Norman Burns, Lew Tobin's Orchestra -- I Didn't Know (Mrs. L.A. Shealy & Lew Tobin) / Poor Little, Poor Little Me (Carl A. Wicklund & Lew Tobin)
395: Norman Burns -- Under The Moonlit Sky (Nehamiah Taylor & Lew Tobin) / I'm Sorry I Broke Your Heart (Wesley C. Kelson & Lew Tobin)
398: Norman Burns -- Lonesome City (James M. Henry & Glen B. Dunning) / I'm The Guy You Left Behind (Elijah Cole, Jr.)
404: Norman Burns -- Stay Where You Are (Nehemiah Taylor & Lew Tobin) / Blue Atoms (Vivian W. Page)
419: Norman Burns & Singers -- Happy Birthday, Lord Jesus / The Birthday Song (both wr. Hattie Moon & Lew Tobin)
420: vocal, Norman Burns -- I Tried To Love You (Elijah Banks & Lew Tobin) / Night's Memories (Horace Bellinger, Jr. & Lew Tobin)
433: vocal, Norman Burns -- The Little Girl Of Memory Lane (Donald Mason-Marlene Matthews-Lew Tobin) / Checker's Blues (Raymond Eavenson, Jr.-Lew Tobin)
443: Norm Burns -- Are You Thankful? (Sylvester Alexander & Lew Tobin) / You've Gotta Be Some Doll (Willie Palmer & Lew Tobin)
446: Norm Burns & Singers -- Human Breakdown Of Absurdity (Ove Lid & Lew Tobin) / Wow We Wow (John Ferguson & Lew Tobin)
452: Norm Burns & Singers -- Air, Land And Sea / Our Father (both wr. Ivanhoe A. Williams) (both arr. by Lew Tobin)
454: no artist named -- A Lot Of Woman / Rolling Stone (both wr. Billy Mitchell)
458: Norm Burns -- Last Night (Fred Chupp & Lew Tobin) / Shelley Stuart -- The Third Time It Happened (Doris Fischer)
459: Norm Burns -- A Helping Hand / Married (both wr. Chester Meyer & Lew Tobin)
461: Norm Burns -- Always Alone (Al Dennis) / Darling, You Make Me Angry (Linford Haughton)
464: Norm Burns -- Little By Little (Beulah Norton & Lew Tobin) / Come With Me Now (Rupert Forbes & Lew Tobin)
466: Norm Burns -- The Girl In The Other World (Samuel Edwards, Jr. and Lew Tobin) / I'm A Prisoner (Francis M. Mutale and Lew Tobin)
467: Vocal: Norm Burns -- Our Thanksgiving Blessings Are Great (Shirley & Lew Tobin) / God Is Dead -- Says The World (Judith Ann Kahn & Lew Tobin)
469: Vocal: Norm Burns -- Baby, Set Your Date On Time (Guss Tolar Carney & Lew Tobin) / Got No Tears To Spare (Joseph DeGiorgio & Lew Tobin)
473: Norm Burns -- Look To The Stars (Harry Jakoncic & Lew Tobin) / I Want To Share Things With You (Janie Morton)
474: Norm Burns -- From Day To Day / All Alone (both wr. Morris Weinfield)
477: Norm Burns -- Lily! Oh White Lily! (Erika G. Haley & Lew Tobin) / Locked Hearts (Robert E. Zierer & Lew Tobin)
483: Norm Burns & Singers -- Hawaiian Dreams (Clayton W. Scott) / Back To Your Side (John Boon & Lew Tobin)
498: Norm Burns -- How Lovely (Viola M. Geist & Lew Tobin) / Oh My Chrisie (Frank Jakubowsky) (handwritten on label: "11-2-70")
499: Norm Burns -- Living Rose (Meria Petteway-Lew Tobin) / Song Of The West Virginia Miners (George Lucas-Lew Tobin)
508: Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- The Lost Prayer (Vincent O'Neil & Lew Tobin) / Heads I Lose (Joe W. Musick & Lew Tobin)
509: Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- Forget Me Not (Joe W. Musick and Lew Tobin) / Norm Burns & Singers -- Ring Out The Bells (Marion Martin and Anna Martin)
512: Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- Tears In My Eyes (Cornelius W. Garner) / A Song Never Written (Dixie Shoffner & Lew Tobin)
515: Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- Jiver's Street (Walter Brown, Jr. & Lew Tobin) / A Fool Can Easily See (C. Smith Grimble & Lew Tobin)
535: Norm Burns & The Satellites -- Love Me, Love Me, Love (Julien G. Wilson & Lew Tobin) / Oh! The Precious Blood (Harriet Hall Williams) (handwritten on label: "8-16-71")
537: Victor & The Trophies -- The Melody Of Love (Robert Glover) / Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- Shanghai Blues (Floyd E. Bowan, Jr.)
543: Norm Burns & The Satellites -- It's Happened Once Again (Roy A.C. Grady) / Hey! Hey! Lover (Julien G. Wilson & Lew Tobin)
546: Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- The Key To Happiness (Contance Desmond & Lew Tobin) / For You And Me (Antonio Sicilliano)
550: Norm Burns -- Red Hot Mama
556: Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- John F. Kennedy Was Called Away / John F. Kennedy's Election Race (both wr. Bennie F. Quick & Lew Tobin) (©1972)
563: Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- Crying In My Heart / Drinking My Troubles All Down (both wr. Edward Sturgill & Lew Tobin)
564: Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- Democracy (Edward Sturgill & Lew Tobin) / My Lovely, Lovely Valentine (Ruth Ekey & Lew Tobin)
565: Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- Let's Beat The Clock (Martin Willcott & Lew Tobin) / Shelley Stuart, Norm Burns & The Satellites -- Give Me Another Chance (Dennis Haynes & Lew Tobin)
570: Norm Burns & The Satellites -- They Call Me The Clown (Francis Fidler, Jr. & Lew Tobin) / It Wouldn't Last Long (Robert J. Wilson & Lew Tobin)
572: Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- Farewell To You, My Darling (Ann Smith & Lew Tobin) / What Can I Do? (Theresa C. Camara & Lew Tobin)
574: Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- Come Back, My Darling (Rollin L. Levy & Lew Tobin) / The Wonders Of God's Love (Pauline Valentine & Lew Tobin)
579: Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- Love Me Now When I Can Know / Whirl, Whirl, Whirl (both wr. Flora M. Sanders & Lew Tobin)
587: Norm Burns & The Satellites -- Melancholy Me (Ivar T. Wedin) / High Brow Baby (Ray F. White & Lew Tobin) (©1972)
591: Shelley Stuart & The Five Stars -- Vampire Husband (Bernadette Barnett & Lew Tobin) / A Dead End (Dora Mitchell & Lew Tobin)
594: Norm Burns & The Satellites --Vote McGovern / How Much I Miss You (both wr. Aurelio E. Mata & Lew Tobin)
595: Billy Boye & The Robinson Bros. -- If Not For Your Love / Misery Is My Middle Name (both wr. Jim Bryan & Lew Tobin) (©1972)
602: Shelley Stuart & The Satellites -- You Will Reap What You Sow / Shelley Stuart & The Five Stars -- Little Black Shoes (both wr. Elsie M. Fladebo & Lew Tobin)
606: Shelley Stuart & The Satellites -- Autumn Love / The Gypsy (both wr. Ida Rice Rogers & Lew Tobin)
609: Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- Today Street (Mary Anita Sherriff & Lew Tobin) / Bring Us Together Again (Lawrence Anderson) (©1973)
610: Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- We Will Conquer / Shelley Stuart & The Five Stars -- I'm Just A Gypsy Girl (both wr. Helen Robertson) (©1972)
620: Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- Gonna Keep You Warm (David R. Joseph & Lew Tobin; arr.: R. Baker) / I Ain't Got No Nothing (A. Russell Henderson, Sr. & Lew Tobin)
624: Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- Love Is Like A Spinning Top (Danny Brennan) / The Chase Is On (Joe Beatty & Lew Tobin)
635: Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- Let That Little Girl Dance (Henry Davies & Lew Tobin) / Shelley Stuart & The Five Stars -- A Ride On Santa Claus' Sleigh (Elmer C. Park) (date stamp: "Oct 11 1973")
643: Norm Burns & The Satellites -- Sweet Edna (Henry Marquis & Lew Tobin) / Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- Twinkle Toes (Lloyd Otterbein)
648: Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- With That Friendship In Your Smile (Durward E. Andrews & Lew Tobin) / Country Church (Marelena Stevenson & Lew Tobin) (©1974)
651: Shelley Stuart & The Five Stars -- Mommy's Little Girl (Mary E. Penny & Lew Tobin) / Mama Loves Santa Claus (Ethel L. Jackson & Lew Tobin) (©1974)
663: Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- Tighten Up On The Reins (Leona Davis & Lew Tobin) / Hurray! Hurray! For E.R.A. (Robert J. Drummond & Lew Tobin) (©1974)
666: Norm Burns & The Five Stars -- Oo Wow Oo Wow Oo We (Larry Watson & Lew Tobin) / Shelley Stuart & The Five Stars -- Hello There, Johnny Rivers (Francis L. Jirovetz & Lew Tobin)
672: Gil Reed & The Five Stars -- Sweet Freedom Lovers Day (Robert Drummond & Lew Tobin) / Blind Love, Sweet Love (Edwin L. Shaw & Lew Tobin) (©1974)
674: Gil Reed & The Five Stars -- Waiting For Your Love (Bruna Valiant & Lew Tobin) (©1974 Bruna Bouda) / Love Is A Wonderful Feelin' (Reuben D. Coley & Lew Tobin) (©1974 Reuben D. Coley)
679: Gary Roberts & The Five Stars -- Minni-Ha-Cha (Donnie Smith & Lew Tobin) / Oh Dear Daddy, Take My Hand And Hold It Tight (Durward E. Andrews & Lew Tobin) (©1974)
681: Gary Roberts & The 5 Stars -- You Made Me A Prisoner Of Love
682: Gary Roberts & The Satellites -- A Girl That Goes To Church (George Eurcho & Lew Tobin) / A Christmas Plea (Hope Stride & Lew Tobin) (both sides ©1974 Hope Stride)
683: Gary Roberts & The Satellites -- It Was Written In The Stars I Would Fall In Love With You (Frank Fearny & Lew Tobin) / Shelley Stuart -- Let's Be Old Friends (Celestina Wellington & Lew Tobin) (©1974)
685: Shelley Stuart -- There's No More Tears To Fall (Celestina Wellington & Lew Tobin) / Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight? (Imre Thaney) (©1974)
686: Gary Roberts -- Welcome! Welcome! Dear Bicentennial Year! (Robert Drummond & Lew Tobin) / Sleepless Nights (Eric Frett & Lew Tobin) (©1974)
689: Gary Roberts & The Satellites -- Do You Know The Difference Between Big Wood And Brush (Louise I. Oliver) / Gary Roberts -- Your First Love (Leon G. Townsend, Sr. & Lew Tobin)
690: Gary Roberts & The Satellites -- You Need Time (Hunter Williams & Lew Tobin) / Shelley Stuart -- My Love Is Gone (A. Garfield & L. Tobin)
691: Gary Roberts -- River-Boat Men (Erwin Kanter & Lew Tobin) / Mufti, The Reindeer In A Snowdrift (Cornelia E. Brown & Lew Tobin)
692: Norman Burns -- Little Cabin In The Yukon (Adah Manning Young & Aaron A. Clark) / Just Give Me A Home In The Mountain (Thelma C. Cannon)
693: Gary Roberts & The Satellites -- My Wondering Mind (William Henry Wilford) / I Knew Some Day I'd Meet Someone Like You (William Henry Wilford-Lew Tobin)
711: Gary Roberts -- Time Can Tell (T. Sobie & Lew Tobin) / Never Mind (Elizabeth Barsimantov)
717: Gary Roberts -- It's Hard To Say Goodbye (Jack Neiburg & Lew Tobin) / Shelley Stuart -- Pilot From Paradise (Elyse Rosse)
718: Gary Roberts & The Satellites -- This Lonesome Traveller (Bob Goldman-Lew Tobin) / Mountains And Rivers (Michael J. Filburnt-Lew Tobin)
720: Gary Roberts -- Armageddon (Eva Nisewonger & Lew Tobin) / We Need Our Love (Samuel Aghoghoubia)
723: Gary Roberts -- Keep Those Hopes Up (Mary McBride & Lew Tobin) / Then Would You Love Me (Ronan J. Belter & Lew Tobin)
724: Gary Roberts -- A Rose For Mona (Jean-Ernst Dupont & Lew Tobin) / Gary Roberts & The Satellites -- I Don't Understand (James A. Horning)
725: Gary Roberts & The Satellites -- When The Day Comes (James Singletary & Lew Tobin) / Baby, I've Been Crying (James Singletary)
729: Gary Roberts & The Satellites -- The Old Good Book (Frank J. McFurk, Jr. & Lew Tobin) / You're Not Who I Had In Mind (Odis Williams & Lew Tobin)
736: Gary Roberts -- What I Am, You Know (Ernest Pittman & Lew Tobin) / Gary Roberts & The Satellites -- Heartache Again (Sadie Stenstrom & Lew Tobin)
747: Mel Moore & The Starlets -- Thank God For America (Fred M. Lassonde & Lew Tobin) / Matt Gibson -- This Fool (Ann Hepting & Lew Tobin)
756: Mel Moore -- Black Hair And Satin Dresses (Dale Anthony) / White Horse (Mary Strickland & Lew Tobin)
762: Gary Roberts -- It's Because I Love Just You (William Epperson & Lew Tobin) / Brotherhood (Ione W. Sheffield & Lew Tobin)
766: Mel Moore -- Baby Sweet (Astor C. Hero & Lew Tobin) / You Belong To Me (Melvin C. Schlieff & Lew Tobin)
769: Mel Moore & The Starlets -- Brown Eyes (Richard J. Lane & Lew Tobin) / Mel Moore -- A Fool's Plea (Thomas D. Welch & Lew Tobin)
779: Mel Moore & The Starlets -- One Giant Step / I Need You (both wr. James R. Ramsey & Lew Tobin)
785: Mel Moore -- Good-Bye Home (Precelia Lopez & Lew Tobin) / Mel Moore & The Sparklers -- In My Life I Had A Dream To Come True (Billy Molden & Lew Tobin)
801: Mel Moore -- Massachusetts Forever (Donald C. McLean & Richard W. Stowers) / My Heavenly Home (Hattie B. Barnett)
802: Mel Moore & The Sparklers -- The Power Of Love (Larry D. Parker & Lew Tobin) / Mel Moore -- Speed (Ernie Lee Held & Lew Tobin)
806: Marc Shaw & The Sparklers -- I'm Floating In The Clear Blue Sky / Girl, You Came On Strong (both wr. Julien G. Wilson & Lew Tobin)
809: Marc Shaw -- Highway Of Life (Alice M. Smith) / America's Song (Blanche Neal Shipley & Lew Tobin)
825: Mel Moore -- Regaining Your Happiness (Kathleena Manigo) / Doing Nothing, Nothing To Do (Abraham Goetz)
831: Mel Moore And The Sparklers -- You Are Now A Part Of Me And I'm A Part Of You (Homer Countryman) / Mel Moore -- Dawn (Alan L. Jarvis)
832: Mel Moore -- Mother, I Love Your Daughter (Albert Wallace) / Madder Than A Hornet (Witold Anthony Sabal)
842: Mel Moore -- Don't Step On My Heart (Thomas Muffo) / My Aunt Bessie (Ben Payne)
857: Mel Moore -- My Woman (Armando Vazquez) / Mel Moore & Image -- Take It All Easy (Gutmundur Reynisson)
859: Donna Gayle -- Because We Have Love / Mel Moore: You'll Let ... (dealer comment: "This sucks, as usual"; B-side title incomplete)
861: Mel Moore -- How Gently Falls The Rain (Irene Petrauskas) / Camaro (Daniel D. Doherty) (©1978)
869: Mel Moore -- Rescue / Sunshine (both wr. Ayompe John Nzo) (©1979; arr. Richard Gardner; both sides are reggae)
871: Mel Moore -- The Day You Left Me
900: Mel Moore -- I Think Of You (Jerrel Thomas) / Donna Gayle -- Why Do You Wanna Leave Me? (Delmina Kennedy)
901: Mel Moore & Image -- Nuclear Blast (Billy E. Holloway) (©1981) / Mel Moore -- Shopping For Love (Theodore Robinson) (©1980)
906: Mel Moore -- Good Luck Flight / She Is A Raging Calm (both wr. Charles Ritmeta) (©1979)
916: Mel Moore -- Not Any More (Elton Morton) / Mel Moore & Image -- I'm Out For A Million (K. Boson) (1981)
926: Mel Moore -- Day Dreamer (Luigi D'Alleva) (©1981) / The Wonderful Eyes (Pranas Maciulis)
929: Mel Moore -- Christmas Magic (Alberta Cox) / It's Red, White And Green Time Again (Joanne Petrevitch) (©1981)
934: Donna Gayle -- Dream Boy (Minnie L. Davis) (©1977) / Mel Moore & Image -- Linda Boy (Robert Lang) (©1982)
945: Donna Gayle -- Lonely And Blue (Nina Brown) / Mel Moore -- Tears On The Rose (Mary Kovach) (arr. Richard Gardner)
951: Mel Moore -- Say Girl (Chip Holmes) (©1982) / Baby Let Me Love You (Seza Derbentli)
952: Mel Moore -- More Precious Than Gold / Will Not Look Back (both wr. Bozena Hraska)
956: Mel Moore -- The Electric Chair (Joe Wright) / Love Love, Alone (Barbara Barr) (©1981)
957: Mel Moore -- I Can't Pretend Anymore (Louise Jones) / Happiness Doesn't Live Here Anymore (Francis Earl Williams) (©1983)
964: Mel Moore -- A Prayer For John Lennon (Jack Cummings) (©1983) / Mel Moore & Image -- Hope (Bobby Dunn) (©1982)
970: Mel Moore -- Love / A Christmas Message (both wr. Frank L. Sofo) (©1983)
974: Mel Moore -- In Glory Dedicated To Ella Grasso (Ella Hall) / A Letter To God (Sarah L. Melton) (©1984)
989: Mel Moore & Image -- I Can't Forget The Love / I Am Begging You
998: Mel Moore -- Two And Twenty (Joanne Petrevitch) / Billy McBride -- Out In The World (Billy McBride) (A-side is stereo; B-side mono)
number unknown: Gary Roberts & The Satellites -- I Am Smart To Love You (George Eurcho) (1979)


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