JRS: I never realised that ! ….What can you remember about the Imperial Wonders ?
LR: Avon Wells, he was the brother of one of the guys in the Bell Telefunk group. He was the baby of the family, everybody in his family had deep voices, even his sister. But these guys approached Bob Davis and he wanted to produce them for this label, Day-Wood. And I don't know if he had a second label, him and this juvenile court judge were involved with it and they recorded most of their acts at Boddies Recording. But I had gotten to be good friends with Arnie Rosenburg at Agency (Recording) on 24th and Payne, so I suggested if they wanted to get a different and better sound and go to 16 track instead of 8, lets go to Agency Recording. Their track "Zip-A-Dee Do Dah" (A side was "Just A Dream") was recorded and released in 1969. I was paid $300 to produce that.
JRS: How did you hook up with them ?
LR: Bob Davis brought them to me. Incidently, they had a sister group, the Ebonettes. Cynthia Woodward (Cindy of Bobby & Cindy on Shaker Records), Sharon Shanks, Debra Chapman and one other.