The Blue Beats made one single with two fine sides on Shane Records 100 out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The top side is “Bad Girl” with a snarling female vocal accompanied by a band and male chorus. The flip “Am I the One” is also good.

Paul Cappell wrote both songs, published by San-Dee Music ASCAP. The only other listing for San-De Music I can find is probably an unrelated company with a registration, “Lucky Baby” by Alan Lee & Mildred Phillips from 1964.

Shane Records had an address of 511 North Broad Street in Philadelphia. The release date may be as late as 1969. I’m not familiar with the TBB-1 / TBB-2 code on the labels.

“Bad Girl” seems to be a cover of a 1968 single by Connie Little with B.G. Ramblers “Bad Girl” / “Don’t Mess with Cupid” on Rambo IV Records of Secor Road in Toledo, Ohio. According to Buckeye Beat, the B.G. Ramblers members included Billy Price, Bob Koons, John Ahlfors, Jerry Ahlfors and Peter Mousoulias.

Although that release is firmly in a soul style, Connie Little (real name Connie Mierzwiak) had recorded earlier singles as Connie Little and the Cashmeres and Connie and the Cytations with a gruff child voice that could match this Blue Beats single.

Buckeye Beat has an entry for her, noting that she had a group called “Connie and the Blu-Beats who sprayed their hair blue and who may have had a member named Paul Cappelletty”.

Could this be Connie Little singing on the Blue Beats single? It’s definitely the same song, though the song writing credits have been changed from Mierzwiak-Mousoulias on the Connie Little single to Paul Cappell on the Blue Beats. Connie Little and several of the B.G. Ramblers have passed away, so we’ll probably never know.