The Goodees (Kay Evans, Sandra Jackson and Judy Williams) were an American
pop music
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girl group
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who enjoyed brief popularity in the late 1960s. Formed in
Memphis, Tennessee
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, the group is best known for the minor hit "Condition Red", a teen
melodrama
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that bore a striking resemblance to the
Shangri-Las
The Shangri-Las were an American girl group of the 1960s, consisting of Mary Weiss, her sister Elizabeth "Betty" Weiss and twin sisters Marguerite "Marge" Ganser and Mary Ann Ganser. Between 1964 and 1966 several hit pop songs of theirs docu ...
hit "
Leader of the Pack
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".
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Rob Bowman - 2011
Of these, all but two—the Goodees' “Condition Red” (Hip 8005) and Southwest F.O.B.'s “Smell of Incense” (Hip 9002)—were abject failures. The Goodees were a Memphis-based ensemble whose sound harkened back to the early 1960s girl ...]
The three girls became friends while attending Memphis' Messick High School. Interested in music, they started singing at school assemblies and local events. Their “break” came in 1967 when they won a local talent contest. The winning prize included an audition with
Stax Records
Stax Records is an American record company, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the label changed its name to Stax Records in September 1961. It also shared its operations with sister label Volt Records.
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. Stax signed the trio to its newly formed
HIP
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subsidiary.
Goodee Sandra Jackson more recently worked at SoulsVille USA, an on-line
museum
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that chronicles the history of Memphis
rhythm and blues
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.
The band's song, "Condition Red", was their only hit, peaking at #46 on the Billboard charts. "Condition Red" can be found on girl-group compilations such as Rhino's ''One Kiss Can Lead to Another'' and the first volume of the ''Where the Girls Are'' CD series. Their song "Jilted" can be found on volume six of the ''Where the Girls Are'' series.
Discography
In December 2010, Ace Records UK issued a CD compilation, ''Condition Red! The Complete Goodees''. The album contains the entire ''Candy Coated Goodees'' LP, four non-LP singles and B-sides, and seven never-before released tracks.
;Compilation Track listing:
# Condition Red
# Sad Song For Harry
# A Little Bit Of You
# Double Shot
# Worst that Could Happen
# Girl Crazy
# Jilted
# Didn't Know Love Was So Good
# My Boyfriend's Back
# Promises
# He's A Rebel
# For A Little While (non-LP single)
# Would You, Could You (non-LP b-side)
# Love Is Here (non-LP biside)
# Goodies (non-LP b-side)
# Angry Eyes (previously unreleased)
# Love Me Love (previously unreleased)
# Show Me How (previously unreleased)
# Last Of The Good Guys (previously unreleased)
# Didn't Know Love Was So Good (Alternate Version, previously unreleased)
# Have You Ever Hurt The One You Love (previously unreleased)
# Love Pill (previously unreleased)
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American pop music groups
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Musical groups established in 1967