Congress was a subsidiary of Dave Kapp's Kapp Records. There were two phases to the Congress
story. From 1963-1967, Congress featured artists such as Shirley Ellis and Linda Scott. In 1967, Dave
Kapp sold his labels, including Congress, to MCA.
Starting in 1969 and lasting for about a year, MCA revitalized the Congress label and issued 23 singles
by such acts as the Flying Machine and Elton John. This second phase of Congress Records was
apparently for singles only. The Flying Machine album ended up on the Janus label and Elton John's
albums on MCA's Uni Record subsidiary. In fact, Elton John's second single on Congress, "Border
Song"/"Bad Side of the Moon", was initially issued as Congress 6022 in 1970 (the final Congress single
release). About that time, MCA decided to consolidate Congress into it's other labels and discontinued
it, moving the Elton John single to Uni 55246. This was Elton John's first chart record in the US.
The first Congress label was red with white print.
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Number - Title - Artist - [Release Date] (Chart) Contents
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CGL 3001/CGS 3001 - Linda - Linda Scott [1962] I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder/Sit
Right Down And Write Myself A Letter/Never In A Million Years/I'll Walk Alone/Yessiree/The Lovliest
Night Of The Year//Goody Goody/To Each His Own/The Things I Love/Through The Summer/Why Do
Fools Fall In Love/Yours
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CGL 3002/CGS 3002 - Shirley Ellis in Action - Shirley Ellis [1964] Such A Night/Bring
It On Home To Me/The Nitty Gritty/C.C. Rider/Takin' Care Of Business/Don't Let Go//Stagger
Lee/Stardust/Shy One/Kansas City/Get Out/(That's) What The Nitty Gritty Is
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CGL 3003/CGS 3003 - The Name Game - Shirley Ellis [1965] The Name Game/Don't
Let Go/Kansas City/Shy One/Stardust/The Nitty Gritty//Such A Night/C.C. Rider/I Will Never
Forget/Stagger Lee/Whisper To Me Wind/Bring It On Home To Me
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RELATED ALBUMS:
Note: These albums contained singles released on the Congress label circa 1969-70. Apparently, this
later incarnation of the Congress label did not release albums under its own imprint.
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Janus JLS-3007 - The Flying Machine - Flying Machine [1969] This was a British group
that formerly was called Pinkerton's Assorted Colours. It had no relation to the American group that
included James Taylor. Smile A Little Smile For Me [Congress 6000]/Marie Take A Chance/Waiting On
The Shores Of Nowhere/That Same Old Feeling/There She Goes [Congress 6012]//Baby Make It Soon
[Congress 6012]/Broken Hearted Me, Evil Hearted You/A Thing Called Love/My Baby's Coming
Home/Send My Baby Home Again
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Uni 73090 - Elton John - Elton John [1970] Originally, "Border Song" was issued on
Congress 6022, then reissued on Uni 55246 in 1970. Your Song/I Need You To Turn To/Take Me To
The Pilot/No Shoe Strings On Louise/First Episode At Hienton//Sixty Years On/Border Song/The
Greatest Discovery/The Cage/The King Must Die
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RELATED COMPACT DISCS:
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Taragon TARCD-1005 - The Very Best of Shirley Ellis: Original Congress Master Recordings -
Shirley Ellis [1995] The Nitty Gritty (S)/(That's) What The Nitty Gritty Is (S)/Shy One (S)/Bring It
On Home To Me (S)/The Name Game (S)/Whisper To The Wind (S)/The Clapping Song (Clap Pat Clap
Slap) (S)/The Puzzle Song (A Puzzle In Song)(S)/I Told You So (S, with countoff)/Ever See A Diver Kiss
His Wife (While The Bubbles Bounce Out Above The Water?) (S)
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Connoisseur Collection (UK) VSOP-CD 440 - The Complete Congress Recordings - Shirley
Ellis [2001] The Nitty Gritty (M, live)/Give Me A List (M)/That's What The Nitty Gritty Is (M, live)/Get
Out (M, live)/Shy One (S)/Takin' Care Of Business (M, live)/Such A Night (M, live)/Bring It On Home To
Me (M, live)/The Name Game (M, live)/Whisper To Me Wind (S)/The Clapping Song (M)/This Is Beautiful
(M)/The Puzzle Song (M)/I See It I Like It I Want It (M)/I Will Never Forget (M)/I Told You So (S)/One
Sour
Note (M)/You Better Be Good World (M)/Stardust (M, live)/Ever See A Diver Kiss His Wife While The
Bubbles Bounce About Above The Water [with Lincoln Chase] (S)/Don't Let Go (M, live)/Kansas City (M,
live)/C.C. Rider (M, live)/Stagger Lee (M, live)
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Congress Album Discography