Shelby Sumpter Singleton, Jr., a veteran of the music business, left Smash/Mercury and started his ownSSS International label in 1966, using his initials for the label name. His first hit was Mickey Murray's"Shout Bamalama" [SSS International 715], which reached #11 on the soul charts and #54 on the popcharts in the fall of 1967. This was followed the next year by several more soul hits by Peggy Scott & JoJo Benson. "Lover's Holiday" [SSS International 736] reached #8 on the soul charts and #31 pop in thespring of 1968, followed by "Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries" [SSS International 748, 10/68, #8 R&B, #27pop], "Soulshake" [SSS International 761, 2/69, #13 R&B, # 37 pop], and "I Want To Love You Baby"[SSS International 769, 5/69, #24 R&B, #81 pop]. In 1968, Singleton signed Johnny Adams, a soul singer with a remarkable voice. Adams had had aminor hit for the New Orleans-based Ric label in 1962 ("A Losing Battle" [Ric 986, 6/62, #27 R&B]), buthad been having trouble getting on the national charts since. A New Orleans native, Adams had startedout as a gospel singer, but eventually brought his voice and soaring falsetto to secular music, first withRic and then with Wardell Quezergue's Watch label. It was for Watch that he recorded a country song,"Release Me," but it had little success until he signed with Singleton and reissued it on the SSSInternational label [SSS International 750]. This time, it reached #34 R&B and #82 pop when issued atthe end of 1968. For a followup, he tried another country song, "Reconsider Me" [SSS International770], with Shelby Singleton producing and Adams going through an amazing vocal workout whichreached #8 R&B and #28 pop. It proved to be Adams' biggest hit. Two more minor hits followed, afterwhich Adams left the label, only to fall into relative national obscurity again. At home in New Orleans, heperformed for years at clubs until his death in 1998 in Baton Rouge.Singleton's sister label, Plantation, was scoring country hits during this time like Jeanne C. Riley's"Harper Valley P.T.A." [Plantation 3, 8/68, #1 C&W, #1 pop]. After the hits by Mickey Murray, Scott &Benson, and Johnny Adams, SSS International cooled down. A series of albums by saxophonist SilAdams, early albums by David Allan Coe, a few various artist albums, and some miscellaneousschmaltz kept the label afloat but out of the national charts. At the end SSS International was reduced toputting out live albums by artists who had passed their primes, with Singleton spending more timemining the Sun label for reissues after his purchase of that label in the early 1970s.No one could accuse Singleton of not having any new ideas. On the back of the early SSS Internationalalbums (as well as on his other labels at the time), was a "lifetime guarantee" offer. Albums would bereplaced if broken or any other vague reason, for the price of postage and handling of one dollar. Wehave no idea how this worked out, or how many offers he got.Shelby Singleton died in 2009. Early singles (far left) were beige with a blue "globe" oval (the International part) across the center hole,and a simple logo different from the more familiar later logo. Promotional singles had an all-white labelwith black print (near left). Singles starting in 1968 (far left) had a complex design of orange, purple, blue, and yellow, with blackprint and the SSS logo at the top in white. Promotional singles (near left) had a white label with blackprint.. The SSS International label throughout the SSS-1 series (far left) was similar to the later 45 label. Promotional labels (near left) were usually the same label with a promotional overprint, but some promolabels, especially early numbers, were white with black print. We would appreciate any additions or corrections to this discography. Just send them to us via e-mail. Both Sides Now Publications is an informationweb page. We are not a catalog, nor can we provide the records listed below. We have no associationwith SSS International Records. Should you be interested in acquiring albums listed in thisdiscography (which are all out of print), we suggest you see our Frequently Asked Questions page and follow theinstructions found there. This story and discography are copyright 2009 by MikeCallahan.
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