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Chancellor of Soul, Mike Boone's 'Show Facts' highlightes the history of legendary artists and their music.

This edition features two legendary group, the Heartbeats and Shep & The Limelites. Both were formed though the mastermind of lead singer, James 'Shep' Sheppard from
Queens, NY.

The Heartbeats were Shep's buddies from high school who formed the group in 1955.

They signed with a local label, Apt Records, a subsidary of ABC-Paramount, where they recorded a few sides for the company but was not promoted properly, so they left.
The Heartbeats were brought to Hull Records,located in the legendary Brill Building in New York, by William Miller, who was employed at the label.

Miller introduced them to Hull Records owner, Bea Caslin,
who was impressed by their vocals, signed them on the spot. The Heartbeats charted with 'A Thousand Miles Away'
although the disc jockeys promoted the A side 'Oh Baby Don't', the listeners thought differently and its B side,
'A Thousand Miles Away' became the hit side.

Shep was a very moody and egotistical person. He began
to question his royalty payments to Bea Caslin,. Later, Caslin sold the Heartbeats' contract and master recordings to George Goldner's Gee/ Rama labels, for
national distribution.

Released on Rama Records ' AThousand Miles Away'
hit No. 5 on Billboard's R&B charts in the winter of 1957.
The Heartbeats disbanded in 1959 when the group grew tired of Shep's unpredictable moods.

In 1960, Sheppard formed 'Shep & The Limelites' with two
members of the Videos, Clarence Bassett and Charles
Baskerville, who recorded the 1958 classic hit 'Trickle
Trickle' on Casino Records.

Shep along with Bassett and Baskerville composed an
answer song to 'A Thousand Miles Away' 'Daddy's Home'.
Daddy was a street term coined by the ladies describing
their boyfriends, lovers and husbands as a sweet talker.

Resigned by Sheppard's former label Hull Records,
'Daddy's Home' zoomed straight to the No. 4 position on
Billboard's R&B Singles and No. 2 Pop in spring of 1961.

The Limelites charted one more top ten single on the R&B
charts with beautiful, mystical 'Our Anniversary' in 1962.

The Limelites stayed for the next few years until Shep's
egotistical moods began to surface once again. They
disbanded in 1965.

On January 24, 1970 Shep Sheppard was a victim of a
robbery and was murdered on the Long Island Expressway. He was 35 years old.

Limelites member, James Baskerville died of emphysema
at the age of 68 on January 25, 2005.