From:   "Dik de Heer" 
Date:  Fri Aug 16, 2002  1:17 am
Subject:  Born To Be With You : Barbara George
 
BARBARA GEORGE

Born 16 August 1942, New Orleans, Louisiana

George's "I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)" topped the R&B charts
in early 1962, went to # 3 on the pop charts and has proven a popular
cover item ever since. Discovered by Jesse Hill of "Ooh Poo Pah Doo"
fame, Barbara had never been in the studio before she brought her
self-penned song (based on "Just A Closer Walk With Thee") to Harold
Battiste's fledgling A.F.O. label. Benefiting from her pleasing, unpolished
vocal and a melodic cornet solo by Melvin Lastie, the catchy tune caught
fire and was picked up for distribution by Juggy Murray at Sue Records.
Barbara's follow-up, "You Talk About Love" and the flip, "Whip O Will"
were two good chunks of New Orleans R&B, and climbed to # 46 in the
spring of 1962. George was unable to follow her hits with any other
significant records, and by the end of the '60s she had retired from
music, save for a brief return in the early '80s, with a few 45s issued
on the Hep' Me label.
The A.F.O. label was formed in New Orleans by Harold Battiste in 1961.
The name A.F.O. stands for All For One. The label was intended to be a
co-operative of the session musicians that were playing on most of the
records being recorded in New Orleans. The first two releases on the
label were "She Put The Hurt On Me" by Prince La La (# 28 R&B) and
"I Know". When Juggy Murray signed Barbara George away from A.F.O.
to his own Sue label, A.F.O. lost its biggest star and the label declined.

CD: I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) - Collectables. Reissue of the
1962 LP, 12 tracks.