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C. L. BLAST

BIOGRAPHY

C L Blast's real name is Clarence Lewis and he's been recording since the 1954 (Red Robin 136) as Clarence "Junior" Lewis/Little Junior Lewis and Junior Lewis.   He was associated with Red Robin's owner Bobby Robinson in NYC until the early '60s and also recorded (3 singles) for Robinson's Fury
label.   He did production and writing work - his name appears on songs like Lee Dorsey's "Ya Ya", Elmore James "The Sky Is Crying", Buster Brown's "Fannie Mae";.Don Gardner/Dee Dee Ford's "I Need Your Lovin'", Gladys Knight's "You Broke Your Promise" and the (fantastic) "Valerie" by Jackie &
The Starlites among many others.   After working with Bobby Robinson he recorded for Columbia, Atco, Scepter and MGM before going to Stax, Hip (Stax subsidiary) and Clintone.

BLUE STAX DISCOGRAPHY

Singles

Stax 129 : I'm Glad To Do It / Double Up
Hip 108 : I'm Glad To Do It / Double Up

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