09 Larry Darnell - Do You Love Me?

9 Larry Darnell– Do You Love Me
Written By – Green / Biggs / Toombs
Written-By – Biggs*
2:32

Larry Darnell, vocals; (1156) probably Wallace Davenport, trumpet; Frank Campbell, baritone sax; Lee Allen, tenor sax; Paul Gayten, piano; Jack Scott, guitar; George Pryor, bass; Robert Green, drums. New Orleans, 1949
(1412 and 1414) Mary Lou Greene, vocal on 1414. NY, 1950

LARRY DARNELL
Born in Columbus, Ohio, the late Darnell was a member of the Brown Skinned Models, a singing and dancing troupe that was performing in New Orleans in 1949. Spotted by Frank Painia, the owner of the Dew Drop Inn, Darnell was installed as a regular attraction at the club on La Salle Street. Painia recommended Darnell to Paul Gayten who was looking for a replacement for Roy Brown as Syd Nathan now owned Brown’s De Luxe contract.
Regal would have great success with Darnell as the silky smooth vocalist
placed four songs in the R&B charts between November 1949 and November 1950, including "For You My Love" which made it to number one. A solid follow up to was "Pack Your Rags And Go, " a New York recording with Gayten’s band, which Cashbox listed as a regional best seller in Kansas City, Miami, and Charlotte, North Carolina. "Why Did You Say Goodbye" was one side of Darnell's last Regal release in 1951.