Description Hi On offer is this very rare Northern Soul 7" single from Sherlie Matthews on red vinyl. A Side - Sugar Baby (written by Sherlie Matthews) B Side - Sugar Baby (Instrumental by Sherlies Band) Year -1966 Label - Mirwood - MW 5551 RED VINYL Vinyl Condition - VG+ Label Condition - EX. No writing, stains or marks. Clean labels on both sides. Sleeve Condition - Supplied in plain white, used sleeve. Both sides play perfectly with no skips, jumps or pops. There is some minor background noise in the quieter parts. Perfectly acceptable audio quality. This is a very hard to find Northern Soul killer. Sherlie Matthews started performing as a soloist in church at the age of two. Then at age four, she began harmonizing. She sang alto parts in vocal duets with her two-year-old sister. Her grandmother, who was an accomplished musician/composer, recognized her musical talents and was her first piano/voice teacher and mentor. She provided piano accompaniment for Sherlie and her sister for many years at various local venues, tea parties, weddings, church services, concerts, etc. From her early nurturing Sherlie continued to develop her natural abilities, which includes a five octave vocal range for all phases of the performing arts, through school, college, community and professional workshops. At the age of 10 years she began setting bible verses to music to help children learn Bible texts. After earning a BA in Pre-Social Welfare from UCLA, she earned her living for several years as a medical social worker before embarking on a successful career in the music industry, reflected by her substantial resume. Mirwood Employing her as both a lyricist and composer, she created many of the 1960s and 1970s hits for Mirwood Records' artists, including Jackie Lee, The Olympics, Bobby Garrett The Mirettes, The Belles. Motown Frank Wilson, a personal friend, who was a producer/writer with Motown, enhanced her professional career when he introduced her to that record company in December 1964. Soon thereafter, she was signed as a singer/songwriter/producer. She performed with Diana Ross and Lionel Richie and The Commodores on-stage and wrote and produced recordings for: The Jackson 5, The Supremes[ Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye, Martha & The Vandellas,The Four Tops, The Celebration, Stacie Johnson, and The Blackberries, a trio that she formed with fellow backing vocalists, Venetta Fields and Clydie King. She also collaborated with the songwriter and producer, Deke Richards on many of the above projects, which included the co-production of The Jackson Five singing two songs from the musical, Pippin: namely, "Corner of the Sky" and "Skywriter". Records are played and visually graded, using the Record Collector's Grading System. Please familiarise yourself with this system before you bid. I endeavour to accurately grade my vinyl records and usually under grade. I use a Technics SL1210 with a Shure M44G Cartridge. I have been collecting vinyl records for over 40 years, and am starting to sell some of the ones that havent been played for many years. Low start price - no reserve. All records sent in professional record mailer via My Hermes courier service (Tracked). RETURNS ACCEPTED WITH FULL REFUND ON RETURN OF RECORD IN SAME CONDITION AS RECEIVED (MINUS RETURN POSTAGE COST) - NO PARTIAL REFUNDS GIVEN FOR ANY REASON. BID WITH CONFIDENCE Posted with eBay Mobile