Eldridge Holmes (1942 – November 13, 1998) was a
New Orleans
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singer who recorded throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s, primarily with producer
Allen Toussaint
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. First recorded by Toussaint in a traditional New Orleans
R&B style on ''Poor Me'', Holmes progressed to soul and funk, occasionally achieving release on national labels, but never cracking the R&B charts. He seems to have stopped recording by the mid-70s.
A native of
Violet, Louisiana
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, according to the
Funky 16 Corners
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web site, Holmes died in November 1998 after working variously as a bus driver, nursing assistant, asbestos worker and mechanic.
Singles discography
*"Poor Me" c/w "
CC Rider" (Alon 9004)
*"The Sooner You Realize" c/w "Begging For Your Love" (Alon 9010)
*"I've Got To Keep On Trying" c/w "Lover of the Land" (Alon 9013)
*"Popcorn Pop, Pop" c/w "Be My Baby" (Alon 9016)
*"Emperor Jones" c/w "A Time For Everything" (Alon 9022)
*"Gone Gone Gone" c/w "Worried Over You" (Jet Set 765)
*"Hump Back" c/w "I Like What You Do" (Jet Set 1006)
*"Without A Word" c/w "Until The End" (Sansu 469)
*"Beverly" c/w "Wait For Me Baby" (Sansu 477)
*"Beverly" c/w "Wait For Me Baby" (Pama 746)
*"Where is Love" c/w "Now That I've Lost You" (Deesu 320)
*"Where is Love" c/w "Now That I've Lost You" (Decca 32416)
*"
Working in a Coal Mine
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Lee Do ...
" c/w "A Love Problem" (Decca 32488)
*"The Book" c/w "No Substitute" (Deesu 300)
*"
If I Were A Carpenter" c/w "No Substitute" (Deesu 303)
*"Lovely Woman" c/w "
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" (Deesu 305)
*"Pop Popcorn Children" c/w "Cheating Woman" (Atco 6701)
*"Love Affair" c/w "Selfish Woman" (Brown Sugar 101)
*"Let's Go Steady" c/w "An Open Letter to My Love" (Kansu 100)
Notes and references
''Pop Popcorn Children! The Funk and Soul Mastery of Eldridge Holmes''
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1942 births
American soul singers
1998 deaths
20th-century American singers