Nolla Mainor

Nolla Mainor was originally a dancer from Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA who entered the music business by the mid 1960s when she assembled and managed a trio of local youths known as The Soul Rockers. Taking them, plus an organ player, to a tiny two-track sound studio in Washington, North Carolina, where the group cut two Mainor originals “Reach Down And Get It” b/w “Center Of My Heart” for Charles O. Johnson’s Rocky Mount-based Goldleaf imprint. "Reach Out And Get It" by Nola & The Soul Rockers (even though Nolla wasn't on the recording) Two name changes down the line, from the Soul Rockers to The Boppers to The Tempo's Band, Mainor joined her musicians as bassist, ecouraged by her trustred new boooking agent Ron Long. It was also Long who made contact with John Lewis of the little known Elvitrue Records label out of Wilmington, North Carolina, and the two co-produced a session for Mainor's latest compositions. "This Is A Song" on the top side showcases the vocals of young singer Shirlean Williams while the B-side "Ease It To Me" features innuendo-laden banter between Mainor and her drummer.