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Can You Believe It? You Are My Love At Last

It's true I just got the flip side to 'What Will I Do'. I was thinking that I was looking for a 1962 recording but if Neil says he and Jack recorded 'What Will I Do' in 1960 and this is the flip side it must be from 1960.

This is the quote from Neil that is posted with my YouTube video of 'What Will I Do'
Jack Packer and I were seniors together at Lincoln High School. Jack was a trained singer and we hit it off - he could sing a harmony line above
me on the songs I wrote. To me, that was as close to the Everly
Brothers as you could possibly get, so we formed a duo that lasted for a
year or two. We rehearsed in my basement and we got a recording
contract with a label called Duel Records. Duel was a subsidiary of a
company whose label read Shell Records and Gulf Records. Our records are
a gas. What Will I Do? is an attempt at an up-tempo Everly
Brothers-type of song. Its not particularly original, but it does show
one of the big influences that I was trying to follow.

From Duel single
Recorded 1960

I wish I could tell you more of this story and what else I got. I say I got but I have a friend to thank. Anyway it will have to wait, it's been a long day. 'You Are My Love At Last' I hope you will look forward to hearing it.

Smiles,
janettsue

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Melony Binder Comment by Melony Binder on July 24, 2010 at 11:30pm
Wow - does have an Everly Brothers sound. Thanks for posting. By the way, I went to Lincoln High School too, but about twelve years after Neil.
Melissa B Comment by Melissa B on July 24, 2010 at 9:45pm
Wow! What a find! I'm pretty sure I've never heard the flip side.

I believe this is the video to "What Will I Do" you are referring to. I'm not sure it's on SC, so I'll post it here.

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