Effective period / Period of releases: 1962

Vocalist Lenny Miles, born in Forth Worth, Texas on December 22, 1934, is one of those One-Hit Wonders who, once you hear his Sam Cooke-quality vocals, you just know would have gone on to greater things had cancer not claimed him in 1962 at age 27.

The hit was Don’t Believe Him, Donna, written by Luther Dixon who also arranged and conducted the orchestra backing, and in March 1961 it peaked at # 28 R&B and just missed the Billboard Pop Hot 100 Top 40 when it stalled at # 41 as Scepter 1212 b/w Invisible, also penned by Dixon. In fact, Luther wrote/co-wrote all 4 sides of Lenny’s two releases at Scepter, the other being In Between Tears b/w I Know Love as Scepter 1218, released in April. Strangely, the uptempo In Between Tears stalled at # 84 Hot 100 in May 1961 and made no impact at all on the R &B listings.

Even so, the giant RCA Victor saw (and heard) enough to realize his potential with the right material and promotion and brought him on board in 1962, cutting at least 6 sides at his first studio session. starting with the powerful Living Dream, produced by Ray Ellis and backed by his orchestra and chorus. That was paired with Donna’s Gone as RCA Victor 47-8011 and released in March. Sadly, he lost his battle with cancer even as the song began to get some attention and in the end it did not chart nationally.

RCA Victor then released the other 4 sides he had cut on their Groove subsidiary, changing the spelling of his first name to “Lennie” - starting with the pairing of Hercules b/w Stay With Me (Groove 58-0001) in July, and I Wouldn’t Be Here b/w Mind Your Own Biz (Groove 58-0010) in August
(extracted from Amazon Reviewer - George O'Leary - comments section)