Little Anthony and The Imperials:

Best of:(1966)

When I hear the band name, Little Anthony and The Imperials, the first thing I think of is the etherial voice of "Little" Anthony Gourdine, and that on the song, Goin' Out Of My Head, he actually seems like he's singing from outside of his head. 

I picked this record up in Carbondale, CO at an antique store while I was on tour with singer/songwriter Ronny Elliott. Now, this record is more of Ronny's time than mine. I mean, he remembers it being brand new, I just remember it from the oldies station as a child. That said, as we got in the car, and he was looking through the records I had just purchased, he says, "I never really cared for Little Anthony. I always thought his stuff was too slow." It's true, these are slower more dramatic tunes that fall on the Baroque Pop side of R&B, but there are elements of that that have always interested me.