Gino or Geno Parks (born Gene Purifoy, 26 June 1933) is an American R&B sin… Read Full Bio ↴Gino or Geno Parks (born Gene Purifoy, 26 June 1933) is an American R&B singer who recorded for several labels, including Tamla, in the 1950s and 1960s.
Parks was born in Fairfield, Alabama, and in his teens sang with several gospel groups including the Harmony Four, the Five Spirituals, and the Evangelistic Gospel Choir. He attended Miles College in Birmingham, before moving to Detroit in late 1954.
He soon met singer and songwriter Andre Williams, joining Williams in his group the Five Dollars, and then Williams' New Group, who had a no.9 R&B hit single in 1956 with "Bacon Fat". He and Williams then performed as a duo, and recorded for Fortune Records. In 1960, Parks signed for Berry Gordy's Motown Records, and was first credited on "Blibberin' Blabberin' Blues", an answer record to the Coasters' "Yakety Yak", in 1961. This was followed by "That's No Lie", released on the Tamla label, and then "For This I Thank You"/"Fire" in 1962. He then moved to Golden World Records, also in Detroit, releasing "Talkin' About My Baby"/"My Sophisticated Lady" in 1966. The following year he recorded "Nerves of Steel", produced by Raynoma and Eddie Singleton for the Crazy Horse label, and also recorded with Frances Nero as a duo.
Parks left the music business in 1968, and worked for the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, initially in Detroit and later in Atlanta, Georgia. In the meantime, his records became popular among the UK's northern soul followers. After his retirement, Parks returned to occasional performance. He appeared at the 24th Blues Estafette festival in the Netherlands in 2003, and at the Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans in 2013.
Parks was born in Fairfield, Alabama, and in his teens sang with several gospel groups including the Harmony Four, the Five Spirituals, and the Evangelistic Gospel Choir. He attended Miles College in Birmingham, before moving to Detroit in late 1954.
He soon met singer and songwriter Andre Williams, joining Williams in his group the Five Dollars, and then Williams' New Group, who had a no.9 R&B hit single in 1956 with "Bacon Fat". He and Williams then performed as a duo, and recorded for Fortune Records. In 1960, Parks signed for Berry Gordy's Motown Records, and was first credited on "Blibberin' Blabberin' Blues", an answer record to the Coasters' "Yakety Yak", in 1961. This was followed by "That's No Lie", released on the Tamla label, and then "For This I Thank You"/"Fire" in 1962. He then moved to Golden World Records, also in Detroit, releasing "Talkin' About My Baby"/"My Sophisticated Lady" in 1966. The following year he recorded "Nerves of Steel", produced by Raynoma and Eddie Singleton for the Crazy Horse label, and also recorded with Frances Nero as a duo.
Parks left the music business in 1968, and worked for the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, initially in Detroit and later in Atlanta, Georgia. In the meantime, his records became popular among the UK's northern soul followers. After his retirement, Parks returned to occasional performance. He appeared at the 24th Blues Estafette festival in the Netherlands in 2003, and at the Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans in 2013.
For This I Thank You )
Gino Parks Lyrics
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Your Precious Love Everyday, there's something new honey, to keep me loving you…
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@kk34545
Whoa-ho-hey-heya-heya-hey-yeah
I remember when I (when I)
Was down (was down)
You picked, me up
And made me realize
I'd been another woman's fool
Yeaaah for this I thank you babe
For lending me a helping hand
For this I thank you babe
For helping me to understand
You made my love (my love), worth a-giving (my love)
And my life worth living
What more can you do?
Heey-hey-hey, what more can you do?
I found joy (found joy)
In you (in you)
Satisfaction in a what you do
And that ain't all babe
I even found a peace of mind
Yeaaah for this I thank you babe
For mending my broken heart
For this I thank you babe
For giving me a brand new start
You made my love, worth a-giving
And my life worth living
What more can you do
Heey-hey-hey, what more can you do?
@Soulie3123
One of my faves 😊
@burntcoffee1
happily today I became a member of the Gino Parks owners club.. great tune!!!
@tyroneepps3018
Gino parks 4-ever !
@lendrury2771
Badass jam great driving melody and raw soulful vocals
@bennyclark4622
MOTOWN SO GOOD SO AHEAD OF ITS TIME
@pepinvincent1318
Very nice song.... thanks for sharing this....
@mikemeehan96
Man this swings nice one daddio 😎
@Vioreda
Splendid!
@123gogary
Got some kick in it
@BuckheadsFinest
"Gino Parks" lives here in Atlanta. Great guy. He lost all of his old wax in a fire and has not much of his old music himself. Anybody that has any, you know what to do.