Song of the Day 3/25: Jay and the Techniques, “Keep the Ball Rollin’ “

Most soul music of the ’60s came out of Detroit, or Memphis, or Chicago. But sometimes it came from the most unlikely places, like Allentown, Pa. That’s where singer Jay Proctor assembled his integrated band the Techniques, who hit the Top 10 with “Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie.” The band might better have been called the Uniques. Not only did its music straddle the line between soul and pop, it was the first integrated group most music fans had seen — African Americans Proctor and second vocalist George Lloyd fronted an otherwise white band that included saxophone and trumpet. “Keep the Ball Rollin’,” the follow-up to “Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie,” made it to No. 14 in 1967.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdbX8yVTppk