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Kelly Garrett - THIS HEART IS HAUNTED - (United Recording) (1964)

NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED - (Ava 156) Born in Chester, Pennsylvania in 1944 as Ellen Boulton, she and her family would move to New Mexico in 1946. At the age of 16, she studied for a year at the College Conservatory of Music and then left for Los Angeles, where she changed her name to Kelly Garrett on the advice of her agent. Singing in clubs at night and working as a bank teller by day, within a year, she had scored a record contract with Ava Records in 1963 where two singles were issued. Both singles were produced by brothers, Gene, and Billy Page through their Overture Productions moniker, where the songs were written by Billy and Gene provided the arrangements. The first disc was 'Tommy Makes Girls Cry' b/w 'Baby, It Hurts' from August of that year and in March 1964, the second disc, 'This Heart Is Haunted' b/w 'I Don't Think He's Coming'. The A-side of the second disc is presented here and what an A-side it is. Recorded at United Recoding in Hollywood in January 1964, it is a huge, orchestrated piece of musical drama performed by an ensemble of L.A.'s 'Wrecking Crew' that even incorporates the fantastic musical element of the banging of a gong. The production was stellar, but unfortunately, Ava Records was in financial trouble and was slowly circling the drain. Virtually no promotion to speak of was given to the record, and it sank quickly without a trace. In less than a year, Ava was bankrupt and out of business. Kelly wasted no time in moving over to Tutti Camaratta's Palomar Records along with the Gene and Billy Page for her first single on the label in March 1965, "Save Me From Myself' b/w 'The Boy On The Drums'. Fortunately, she had begun appearing on television, most notably on the teen music programs, 'Shindig!' and 'Shivaree' where she was able to perform her debut Palomar single. Although slickly produced and arranged, it didn't sell many records and failed to chart. Kelly's follow-up single for the label didn't appear until one year later in March 1966. Produced and arranged by Tutti Camaratta, 'A Toy In The Hands Of A Child' b/w 'The Answer To A Young Girl's Prayer' was a coupling of some very unusually complex structured pop music. That disc didn't make any waves either but certainly showed off Kelley's powerful vocal skills. A two-year gap passed before she signed with Mercury Records, where two singles were issued on its subsidiary label, Smash Records. The first disc from November 1968, 'Love Is The Only Answer' b/w 'Knowing When To Leave', was not a big hit despite her performing it on various television programs. It wasn't until years later when original copies were played in Northern Soul dance venues throughout the United Kingdom that it was given its rightful appreciation and brought to pricey collectability status. Kelly continued to record throughout the 1970s for the Wizard and RCA labels as well as acting. In the 1990s, she began giving voice lessons, which she continued to do from her North Hollywood home for about ten years. She returned to New Mexico and in 2009 was diagnosed with throat and tongue cancer, which she would ultimately succumb to in 2013 at the age of 69.