{"product_id":"sharpees-take-me-to-your-leader-darkness-of-the-night","title":"Sharpees: Take Me to Your Leader \/ Darkness of the Night - 7-INCH SINGLE","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eTake Me to Your Leader \/ Darkness of the Night\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eSharpees\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eSecret Stash\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003e7-INCH SINGLE\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e853580005183\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eSoul\/R \u0026amp; B\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2014-09-02\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         The Sharpees \"Take Me To Your Leader\" b\/w \"Darkness Of The Night\" is the second in a series of 45s released in conjunction with The One-derful! Collection, a forthcoming series of six compilations marking the first in-depth look at brothers George and Ernie Leaner's Chicago based One-derful! Label group: Mar-V-Lus, M-Pac!, Halo, Midas, and Toddlin' Town, and One-derful!. While transferring the Leaner family's 250 master tapes, these unreleased tracks from The Sharpees stood up and demanded to be released. This pair of previously unreleased soul sides includes a relentlessly driving dance number and a stunning ballad full of beautiful vocal harmonies. The Sharpees, led by guitarist Benny Sharp, were one of St. Louis' most noteworthy R\u0026amp;B groups, with multiple members spending time performing and recording with Ike \u0026amp; Tina Turner. In 1965, they followed fellow St. Louis acts The Five Du-Tones and Alvin Cash north to Chicago and signed with One-derful! Records. Releasing songs like \"Do the 45\" and \"Tired of Being Lonely,\" they cracked the R\u0026amp;B charts and established a name in the US and overseas. These two unreleased tracks were recorded nearly a year after the group's first session at One-derful!. To respect these remarkable recordings and the label that produced them, we have faithfully replicated the One-derful! Label to make sure this record not only sounds, but also looks the way it would have, had it been released in 1967. This is just a sampling of the many great forthcoming tracks from the One-derful! Collection, so stay tuned!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Take Me to Your Leader \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Darkness of the Night\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sharpees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32305539153991,"sku":"26995250","price":9.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/2776272.jpg?v=1747757262","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/sharpees-take-me-to-your-leader-darkness-of-the-night","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}