Ted Ford - Pretty Girls Everywhere

American soul singer, and artist. Born: 21 January 1948 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA. Died: 23 September 2019 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA (aged 71). Ted Ford is the recordings stage name of Horace Henry Ellis. A hero of Ford's was Joe Tex, and it was while opening for Tex at a Montgomery, Alabama club that he was talent spotted by Charles Cassandra "Buddy" Spears, who became his manger. Both names feature on For's first 45 for Gaye in the mid 1960s. Although "Hold On To The Key" is the track dancers want, the slow bluesy deep of "You Dont Love Me" is arguably superior. One of the very best sides released on the cult Atlanta label, Ford's voice is suitably downbeat over subdued horns and a chanting girl chorus. It's local Georgia success brought about interest from Atlantic via their field man Joe Galkin, but Buddy Spears passed on the offer. Ford's cuts for SS7, recorded at Chips Momans AGP studios, were equally as good, with the tricksy and superbly arranged "Pretty Girls Everywhere

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