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&#13;
Bob Friedman: there were two recordings on the Aladdin label that I had that you sang with groups. “My Silent Love” was one.&#13;
Charles Brown: yeah, right.&#13;
BF: And then there was another, there was another one with a group, I think it was called “The Syncopators”   something along those lines. Do you remember who were those groups? Who those people were? &#13;
CB: You know what, they chose them from some church. I aint never know them. Cause we did it that night. “My Silent Love”  and that’s the only one they put out, we did one more.&#13;
BF: yeah &#13;
CB: cause that was the only one that they put out.&#13;
BF: They just brought a backup group from the church. Where did, where, like would they have gotten them from L.A. where Aladdin was? &#13;
CB: Yeah, it was, it was in L.A. you see cause I didn’t have any control. Maxwell Davis was the A&amp;R man so he decided with this “Let’s Walk”  and “Everybody’s Got Trouble” and “My Silent Love.”&#13;
BF: Yeah, yeah &#13;
CB: Yeah &#13;
BF: Yeah,  In the in the Living Blues article that you did in 1976, which I’m going to give you a copy of, uh this has great information, you did a wonderful interview, I figured well maybe you might have forgotten a few things and you might want to refresh your memory. &#13;
CB: Well the truth is already, already there&#13;
BF: Yeah the truth is there but you may want it back just to see again&#13;
CB: yeah &#13;
BF:  Um you make mention that you came to Birmingham in nineteen forty-nine and there was a white disc jockey from a radio station that got you into the you say the Birmingham Theater and uh I have the article from when you were at the Birmingham, at the Boutwell here.</text>
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