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The Bobbettes did amazingly-well for African-Americans, especially since this was a time when a black man (Julius Dixon) and a white woman (Beverly Ross) can get away with writing a song together behind closed doors, but need to pull in a black stooge to play "Ruby" if their Ronald & Ruby act is going to avoid a lynchin'.

Shame to keep the real "Ruby" tucked away. She wrote "Judy's turn to cry", "Candy man" and "Stop laughing at me". Meanwhile, Dixon wrote for James Brown and Kitty Wells and died earlier this year.

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My personal favourites are probably Dale and Grace.

The duo who crooned out "I'm leaving it up to you" split in 1964, whereupon Dale did what's known in the indutry as a "Sam and Dave" (although Grace hadn't shot anyone in the face, and Dale never sang with Lou Reed), and got himself a new Grace. From their official site:

This Dale and Grace also split in early 1990.

The original singing partner of Grace Sattenfield, Jimmy "Dale" Jordan, teamed again with Grace to become "The New Dale and Grace."  In 1994, the duo released a new project, "The New Dale and Grace Album." It is a delightful combination of the old and new, and they are in better voice than ever.

Here's the tracklist of their new album. See if you can guess the concept.

• How Great Thou Art
• I'd Rather Have Jesus
• Learning To Lean
• The Old Rugged Cross
• In God's Hands
• In The Garden
• Prayer Is The Key To Heaven
• Crying In The Chapel
• I Know A Man Who Can
• Through It All
• Until Then
• Wind Beneath My Wings

The New Main Street Singers are alive and, well...

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The competition takes the form of a daily question, for each of which you can win one of the CDs, and be entered in a draw to win all 12. Today's question is of the following crimes

• possession of marijuana
• armed attempted robbery
• taking a minor across state lines
• homemade pornography
• possession of illicit firearms
• poisoning
• videotaping women in his restaurant's restroom
• tax evasion

which has Chuck Berry not been convicted? Answers, with postal address, to acmerock10@lnreview.co.uk, please. Closing date July 17th. Rock (and roll) on!