The Soul Hustlers

Several years after cutting records, Blenders member Bill Sharpe came across a curious 45 titled “Super Party” by the group the Soul Hustlers, released on Grady’s Linco label. Sharpe was surprised that he had never heard of this local band, and he was shocked to read his own name, “H. Sharpe,” listed as the record’s composer. Once he listened to the 45, he realized he was in fact hearing a song the Blenders had recorded with Grady and possibly cut in the same session as their first two records. The problem was that Grady hadn’t told anyone in the group that he was releasing the song, and he also forgot to tell the Blenders he was renaming them the Soul Hustlers.