Shep & The Limelites

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Daddy's Home 02:52 Tools
Daddy's Home (Outtake) 02:58 Tools
Our Anniversary 02:36 Tools
Ready For Your Love 02:46 Tools
Remember Baby 02:38 Tools
Easy to Remember 02:41 Tools
This I Know (LP Version) 02:41 Tools
Three Steps From The Altar 02:21 Tools
Stick By Me (And I'll Stick By You) 02:18 Tools
Daddy's Home (Single Version) 02:47 Tools
Oh What A Feeling 02:57 Tools
Our Anniversary (Single Version) 02:18 Tools
This I Know 02:32 Tools
Ready For Your Love (LP Version) 02:18 Tools
You'll Be Sorry 02:04 Tools
What Did Daddy Do 02:42 Tools
Who Told The Sandman 02:42 Tools
Daddy's Home (LP Version) 02:53 Tools
Gee Baby, What About You 02:25 Tools
Steal Away (With Your Baby) (LP Version) 02:53 Tools
Everything Is Gonna Be Alright 02:08 Tools
For You My Love 02:26 Tools
Two Loving Hearts 02:31 Tools
One Week From Today 02:36 Tools
Teach Me How To Twist 01:52 Tools
Oh What A Feeling (LP Version) 02:26 Tools
I'm So Lonely 02:19 Tools
It's All Over Now 02:34 Tools
I'm A Hurting Inside (LP Version) 02:34 Tools
Why, Why Won't You Believe Me (Version 2) 02:34 Tools
In Case I Forget 02:25 Tools
Daddy's Home - Single Version 02:34 Tools
I'm All Alone 03:57 Tools
Too Young To Wed 02:24 Tools
Our Anniversary (Outtake) 02:39 Tools
Party for Two 02:46 Tools
Party For Two (Version 1) 02:39 Tools
I'm a Hurting Inside 02:46 Tools
I Am All Alone 02:42 Tools
Why, Why Won't You Believe Me 03:02 Tools
This I Know (Outtake) 02:57 Tools
Before the Next Teardrop Falls 02:45 Tools
Party For Two (Version 2) 02:37 Tools
Two Loving Hearts (LP Version) 02:37 Tools
The Monkey 02:45 Tools
Why, Why Won't You Believe Me (Version 1) 02:37 Tools
Steal Away (With Your Baby) 02:30 Tools
Three Steps From The Alter 02:17 Tools
You Better Believe 02:37 Tools
Don't Let Our Love Slip By (Demo Version) 03:41 Tools
I'm Hurting Inside 02:51 Tools
What Did Daddy Do? (Outtake) 02:57 Tools
Monkey 02:38 Tools
Three Steps From The Alter (LP Version) 02:57 Tools
Teach Me How To Twist (LP Version) 01:52 Tools
Daddy's Home - LP Version 02:45 Tools
Why Did You Fall? 02:31 Tools
Makes No Difference (What You Are) (Demo Version) 03:11 Tools
Take This Advice From Your Daddy (Demo Version) 02:54 Tools
Easy To Remember (LP Version) 03:11 Tools
You Better Believe (LP Version) 03:11 Tools
Why Did You Fall For Me? (LP Version) 03:11 Tools
I Am All Alone (LP Version) 02:42 Tools
In Case I Forget (LP Version) 03:11 Tools
Remember Baby (LP Version) 02:42 Tools
Ready For Love 02:54 Tools
Everything Is Gonna Be Alright (LP Version) 02:42 Tools
I'm So Lonely (LP Version) 02:42 Tools
Who Told The Sandman? 02:33 Tools
What Did Daddy Do? 02:41 Tools
It's All Over Now (LP Version) 02:42 Tools
For You My Love (LP Version) 03:19 Tools
Why Did You Fall For Me? 03:19 Tools
I'm So Lonely (What Can I Do) 02:41 Tools
I'm A-Hurting Inside 02:49 Tools
Why Did You Fall for Me 03:19 Tools
Who Told The Sandman (LP Version) 03:19 Tools
A Thousand Miles Away 02:54 Tools
Steal Away With Your Baby 02:33 Tools
Monkey (LP Version) 02:41 Tools
Gee Baby, What About You (LP Version) 02:41 Tools
Makes No Difference 02:33 Tools
Take This Advice From Your Daddy 02:33 Tools
Gee Baby What About You 02:53 Tools
Easy To Remember (When You Want To Forget) 02:54 Tools
Stick By Me and I'll Stick By You 02:33 Tools
One Week From Today (LP Version) 02:33 Tools
You'll Be Sorry (LP Version) 02:33 Tools
Too Young To Wed (LP Version) 02:33 Tools
Our Aniversary 02:53 Tools
You're a Thousand Miles Away 02:33 Tools
I'm So Lonley (What Can I Do) 02:23 Tools
Stick By Me (And I'll Stick By You) (LP Version) 02:33 Tools
Daddy´s Home 02:53 Tools
Why, Why Won't You Believe Me? (Version 1) 03:01 Tools
Everything Is Going To Be Alright 02:53 Tools
Don'T Let Your Love Slip By 02:54 Tools
Three Steps From The Altar - 2006 Remastered LP Version 02:53 Tools
Daddy's Home, 1961 Hull 45 record. 03:00 Tools
Oh, What A Feeling 02:54 Tools
Our Anniversary - 2006 Remastered LP Version 02:23 Tools
What Did Daddy Do - 2006 Remastered LP Version 02:23 Tools
Daddy's Home (1961) 02:54 Tools
Daddy's Home (Shep & The Limelites) 02:54 Tools
Daddy's Home - 2006 Remastered LP Version 02:54 Tools
Ready For Your Love - 2006 Remastered LP Version 02:54 Tools
Daddy's Home [LP Version] 02:54 Tools
Daddy's Home (Remastered) 02:54 Tools
Why Why Won'T You Believe Me 03:00 Tools
stick by me 02:54 Tools
Daddy`s Home 02:24 Tools
Daddy’s Home 02:24 Tools
Why, Why Won't You Believe Me (Version 2) 03:00 Tools
Makes No Difference (What You Are) 02:54 Tools
I Am All Alone - LP Version 02:54 Tools
Sometimes I Wonder 02:54 Tools
Don't Let Our Love Slip By 04:02 Tools
Teach Me Teach Me How To Twist 04:02 Tools
Take This Advise From Your Daddy 03:00 Tools
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Shep and the Limelites was an American doo-wop group of the early 1960s, composed of James "Shep" Sheppard (September 24, 1935 – January 24, 1970), Clarence Bassett (March 13, 1936 – January 25, 2005) and Charles Baskerville (July 6, 1936 – January 18, 1995). They are best known for their 1961 hit recording, "Daddy's Home", co-written by Sheppard. Sheppard and Bassett, both from Queens County, New York, and Baskerville, originally from Virginia, organized a group in Queens in 1960. This was billed initially as Shane Sheppard And The Limelites, but quickly became Shep and the Limelites. All three had previous experience in other groups: Shep with The Heartbeats (notable for "A Thousand Miles Away"); Bassett with The Five Sharps and then, with Baskerville, in The Videos. Shep & The Limelites' recording sessions for Hull Records started in August 1960. They recorded the original version of "Daddys Home" on February 1, 1961. "Daddy's Home" reached no. 2 on the Billboard popular music chart in May, and was covered by P J Proby (1970) Jermaine Jackson (1972), Toots and the Maytals (Funky Kingston 1973), Junior English, and Cliff Richard (1981). Later songs were not as successful as "Daddy's Home", but still sold well; among these were "What Did Daddy Do", "Ready For Your Love" and "Our Anniversary". Kahl Music, publisher of "A Thousand Miles Away", an earlier song written by Sheppard, sued Keel Music, publisher of "Daddy's Home", for copyright violation. Keel eventually lost, and this resulted in the end of the Limelites and Hull Records in 1966. Bassett joined The Flamingos and Baskerville joined The Players and then The Drifters. Sheppard re-formed the Limelites in the late 1960s, but was murdered on January 24, 1970. He died in his car on the Long Island Expressway as a result of injuries sustained in a robbery. Baskerville died, at age 58 on January 18, 1995 in New York. Bassett died on January 25, 2005, at age 68 from the complications of emphysema, at his home in Richmond, Virginia. James Sheppard's legacy includes the composing of rock 'n' roll's first song cycle. Writing songs for both the Heartbeats and Shep and the Limelites, he tells the story of going home to his girl, with twists along the way, getting married, and celebrating their anniversary. The songs that told this story were "A Thousand Miles Away", "500 Miles to Go", both with the Heartbeats; and then "Daddy's Home", "Three Steps from the Altar," "Our Anniversary", and "What Did Daddy Do?" for Shep and the Limelites. Discography Singles "Too Young to Wed" / "Two Lovin' Hearts" Apt 25039 1960 "I'm So Lonely" / "One Week from Today" Apt 25046 1961 "Daddy's Home" / "This I Know" Hull 45-H-740 Mar 1961 "Ready for Your Love" / "You'll Be Sorry" Hull 45-H-742 May 1961 [7] charted at #42 "Three Steps From The Alter"/"Oh, What a Feeling" Hull 45-H-747 1961 "Our Anniversary" / "Who Told the Sandman" Hull 45-H-748 Feb 1962 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.