Shep & The Limelites

Shep and the Limelites was an American doo-wop trio of the early 1960s, composed of James "Shep" Sheppard (September 24, 1935 – January 24, 1970), Clarence Bassett (March 13, 1936 – January 25, 2005) and Charles Baskerville (July 6, 1936 – January 18, 1995). They are best known for their 1961 hit recording, "Daddy's Home", co-written by Sheppard.
Sheppard and Bassett, both from Queens, New York, and Baskerville, originally from Virginia, organized a group in Queens in 1960. This was billed initially as Shane Sheppard And The Limelites, but quickly became Shep and the Limelites. All three had previous experience in other groups: Shep with The Heartbeats (notable for "A Thousand Miles Away"); Bassett with The Five Sharps and then, with Baskerville, in The Videos ("Trickle, Trickle" - later covered by The Manhattan Transfer).
Shep & The Limelites' recording sessions for Hull Records started in August 1960. They recorded the original version of "Daddys Home" on February 1, 1961. "Daddy's Home" reached no. 2 on the Billboard popular music chart in May, and was covered by P. J. Proby (1970) Jermaine Jackson (1972), Toots and the Maytals (Funky Kingston 1973), Junior English, and Cliff Richard (1981). Later songs were not as successful as "Daddy's Home", but still sold well; among these were "What Did Daddy Do", "Ready For Your Love" and "Our Anniversary".
==Links to Peel==
Peel was a fan of their American hit single, Daddy's Home, which he quite often play on his programmes. He selected the track as one of Peel's 77 All Time Favourite Records List, published on the Disc & Music Echo in 1972, as well as on his 40th birthday programme, as one of the songs that he would like to hear at his birthday party. The track was also chosen by Peel as one of the songs for his Peelenium 1961.
==Shows Played==
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*Radio Luxembourg Tracklistings 3: Daddy’s Home (LP - Various: Oldies But Goodies Vol.5) Original Sound
;1979
*30 August 1979: 'Daddy's Home (7 inch)' (Pye)
;1987
*30 November 1987: Daddy's Home (v/a CD - Cruisin' 1961) Design
;1999
*13 October 1999: 'Daddy's Home (7 inch)' (Pye) (Peelenium 1961)
;2000
*01 June 2000 (Radio Eins): Daddy's Home (7" - Daddy's Home / This I Know) Hull 
;2001
*22 March 2001: 'Daddy's Home (Compilation CD-Golden Age Of American Rock'N'Roll Volume 9)' (Ace)
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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