60's Girl Group Vanettes ~ He's My Guy

Rare Sixties Girl Group Vanettes He's My Guy. ( VAM Records - 4079-2 ) Written by Van McCoy. The lead singer of this group is Kendra Spotswood, along with Van McCoy. Van and Kendra also recorded together as The Pacettes, Jack And Jill, The Fantastic Vantastics, The Vonettes and Andy Alston & Alice Presley. I love their "Just As You Are" as Jack & Jill and "Gee What A Boy" as The Fantastic Vantastics. Kendra did a solo single "Stickin' With My Baby" under her real name and others as Kenni Woods and also Sandi Sheldon. "Back With My Baby" / "Do You Really Love Me" and "That Guy Is Mine" by Kenni Woods & "Baby You're Mine" by Sandi Sheldon are amongst my faves of hers. They originally named The Vonettes "Vanettes" but the record company messed up and put Vonettes by mistake on the label of "Touch My Heart". In 1964 Kendra filled in for Beverly Lee of The Shirelles and performed with them on tour for around two years, but she didn't record with them because she was still under contract with Phillips Records at that time. This song is best known by Irma Thomas from 1964. Irma is one of my fave female Soul singers and her voice is faultless. But I really like the backing on this version, especially the intro and outro. Also I kinda prefer the backing singers here being more prominent. It turns out this is the first song Kendra ever sang for Van. She was 18 and he moved into the house next door to her, one day she was sitting at his piano as he was writing this and he asked her to sing it for him. So "He's My Guy" actually started off Kendra's singing career. I'm sure her and Van ended up being an item. I don't know when this was actually recorded, but I think it was unreleased until 1979, when it appeared on the album Dedicated To The Memory Of Van McCoy Volume 2. Thank you very much to Casper for requesting this song. The verses on this tune have always reminded me of the "Oh My Love" part of Unchained Melody. There's more info on Kendra here at http://www.spectropop.com/SandiSheldon/