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1. Jackie Moore
Precious, Precious
(Dave Crawford-Jackie Moore)
Atlantic 45-2681
Miami was a recording destination as
the decade turned, much of the action
taking place at Criteria Studios. The sun-
baked city was loaded with female soul
singers, but when Jackie Moore entered
Criteria on April 23, 1970 to cut
Precious, Precious
for producer Dave
Crawford with house rhythm section
Cold Grits (guitarist Jimmy O’Rourke,
bassist Harold ‘Hog’ Cowart, drummer
Ron Ziegler, and organist Billy Carter)
augmented by guitarist Cornell Dupree
and the Memphis Horns (trumpeter
Wayne Jackson and saxist Andrew
Love), she was the equal of any.
Moore wasn’t a studio neophyte.
Born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1946,
she had the benefit of her cousin
Crawford’s guidance early on.
Moore moved to Philadelphia in
1968 and made her debut 45 for
producer Jimmy Bishop, program
director at WDAS, the city’s top R&B
station. Bishop didn’t issue it on his
own Arctic label, handing
Dear John
to Bert Berns’ Shout label. Shout
tried again with Jackie’s
Call On Me
,
while her
Loser Again
ended up on
Florence Greenberg’s Scepter logo.
