The Masqueraders / The Gentlemen Four - Do You Love Me Baby / You Can't Keep A Good Man Down (7" Single)

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The Masquerade had already recorded sides for La Beat, Soultown and Tower before signing to Wand. The five-piece group initially modelled themselves on popular acts of the day, which inspired their name. They even scored an interview at Motown, but were told that they already had The Temptations!

Do You Love Me Baby was the group'€™s second single on Wand 1172 in February 1968, but unfortunately it failed to gain any momentum at the time. They were dropped by the label and signed to Larry Utall'€™s Bell Records who took them to #7 in the R&B charts with I Ain'€™t Got Nobody Else later that year. It was Do You Love Me Baby, however, which proved a hit with UK soul fans, and remains a dancefloor favourite 50 years on.

- 7"