Hey! And who's here to give us a warm welcome to the year of 2008? Well it's the fabbest duo to come out of the spangle paradise that was the 70's, Chee Chee and Peppy! - wow that's like 36 years ago! (Man, need to stop watching Countdown....)
Anyway! Just who were Chee Chee and Peppy??? Well after some snooping or the SoufulDetriot forums - here's some background infomation and musings!
Chee Chee (Keith Boilling) was born in 1957 in Frankfort, PA while Peppy (Dorothy Moore) entered into the world in Morristown, PA in 1959. The jury's out on whether they were brother or sister (which would make them a MUCHO cooler Same Difference), but they both got together in 1971 (14 and 12 years old respectively) to eventually record two full albums and few singles to add to the bargain! Apparently they named themselves after their pet dogs, which they reported when they appeared on an recording of the Soul Time music show!
You may have heard "I Know I'm In Love", their most successful single, and hopefully like me admit that it is the upmost A-mazing slice of Bubblegum soul! And so I eventually managed to seek out their first self-titled LP from 1972, for a resonable amount as well - and love it I did! Released on Buddah records, it was masterminded by notable producer Jesse James, with him making up the vast majority of the songwriting credits. Also included are covers of Mocking Bird and This Magic Moment. Of note is the included version of I Know I'm In Love seems to be a slightly different version to the released single, as Chee Chee's voice is a tad deeper (naturally I guess considering it was recorded a year later!) and runs for a slightly shorter frame of time.
After "I Know..." the hits dried up but eventually the two came back to release another album and single on the Branding Iron label, both called Super You.
Anyway! Just who were Chee Chee and Peppy??? Well after some snooping or the SoufulDetriot forums - here's some background infomation and musings!
Chee Chee (Keith Boilling) was born in 1957 in Frankfort, PA while Peppy (Dorothy Moore) entered into the world in Morristown, PA in 1959. The jury's out on whether they were brother or sister (which would make them a MUCHO cooler Same Difference), but they both got together in 1971 (14 and 12 years old respectively) to eventually record two full albums and few singles to add to the bargain! Apparently they named themselves after their pet dogs, which they reported when they appeared on an recording of the Soul Time music show!
You may have heard "I Know I'm In Love", their most successful single, and hopefully like me admit that it is the upmost A-mazing slice of Bubblegum soul! And so I eventually managed to seek out their first self-titled LP from 1972, for a resonable amount as well - and love it I did! Released on Buddah records, it was masterminded by notable producer Jesse James, with him making up the vast majority of the songwriting credits. Also included are covers of Mocking Bird and This Magic Moment. Of note is the included version of I Know I'm In Love seems to be a slightly different version to the released single, as Chee Chee's voice is a tad deeper (naturally I guess considering it was recorded a year later!) and runs for a slightly shorter frame of time.
After "I Know..." the hit
Ok ok, now here's the place where you can lap up and listen to this gooey-soul masterpiece!!!
Enjoy!!!
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9 comments:
Cool afros,have you heard of this new series of CD's out and about?
They're called Bubblegum Motherfucker,and there's 16 or 18 volumes in this series. I think they are boots,but they are pretty cool sounding obscure stuff.
Thanks-cool site.
There are actually over 45 volumes. It's a little frightening in scope.
WOW CHE CHEE PEPPY I WAS NINE YEARS OLD WHEN THIS SONG CAME OUT.I HAVE THE ORIGINAL SINGLE ON A 45 R.P.M IT CAN NOT BE PLAYED ANY MORE BECAUSE I WORE THE GROOVES OUT.FOR YEARS I COULD NOT FIND THIS SONG ANY WHERE UNTIL I GOT MY COMPUTER.I ALWAYS WONDERD WHAT BECAME OF THEM.THAT WAS A VERY BIG HIT FOR THEM.LAMONT M PEARSON
Awesome posting! Thanks for it. I was just setting out to research Chee Chee and Peppy and you already did all the work for me. I look forward to exploring this blog in more depth soon.
thx for the listen , here by way of 4Brothers Beats, and Soulbrotha as you prolly know
thx again for the cheance to hear this , can't wait!
dammit now I want some ICE CREAM!!
Thanks for this!
Hi CinnamonK. I stumbled across your blog as I was looking for information to post my copy of this album on my blog 4BrothersBeats2.0. You had all the information I was looking for so I used it for my post too. I gave you full credit for the info. Please come and check us out.
BTW, I LOVE your blog!
SB
http://fourbrothersbeats.blogspot.com/
I'm also here thanks to the mighty Four Brothers Beats... Soulbrotha says that your rip has a sweeter sound while his is more on the spicy side. I'm anxious to check them both out. BTW, I really dug the hit track. I'm going to definitely share it with my wife (we just got married last Friday).
Thanks for the share, and Feel free to visit my blog Fufu Stew if you'd like.
Peace and blessings,
Vincent the Soul Chef
I just published a song sampling this Chee Chee & Peppy song:
http://musicselections.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/children-of-the-corn-american-dream-ilmagormx/
cheers
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