Paul Kyser

Kyser is responsible for singer Retta Young meeting her future husband Al Goodman, who would be notable for his involvement with the groups Moments, and Ray, Goodman & Brown.[1]

According to the May 8, 1971 issue of Billboard, one of Kyser's and Vetri's recent projects at the time was a production for Colossus Records with the group Devotion.[2]

His composition, "Body and Soul (That's the Way It's Got to Be)" recorded by Soul Generation got to no. 27 on the R&B chart.[3][4]

He wrote and produced the song "Invitation To The World" for Jimmy Briscoe & The Little Beavers which was released in 1977. It was one of two disco singles that Billboard recommended in its October 8 edition that year.[5] In 1979, he produced "Into The Milky Way" for the same group. He co-wrote the song with Leon Stuckey.[6]

Leon Stuckey was credited co-composer on many recordings that Kyser wrote and produced. Their co-compositions included, "Oh What A Pity" and "Comin' On Strong".[7] They co wrote "Ain't Nothing New Under The Sun" and "True Love (Is Worth More Than Gold)" for Jimmy Briscoe And The Beavers. Both songs appeared as B sides for singles released on the Wanderick label.[8] They also co-wrote both sides of the Breeze single, "Just In The Nick Of Time" bw "Everybody Loves Music".[9] As a sole composer, Stuckey's work includes "If I Could Have You" bw "Anybody Else But You" for The J.C.B.[10]

The pair's composition, "Hypertension"[11] was released on All Platinum 6146 308 in the UK.[12] Making its debut in the Record Mirror UK disco chart on August 9, 1975, "Hypertension" got to no. 10, spending a total of four weeks in the chart.[13] In the US, it made it into the Cash Box R&B chart, peaking at no. 94 on August 30,[14][15] spending a total of four weeks in the chart.[16][17][18] It also made the Billboard Soul chart.[19]

In the early 1970s he founded the Silver Dollar Records label with Tom Vetri as his vice-president. The first act to have a release on the label was Nu-Sound Express with "Ain't It Good Enough" bw "I've Been Trying".[20] The label would eventually become defunct but came back to life with its reformation in 1980 by Kyser & Vetri, with its new location at 1650 Broadway, New York City 10019.[21]

He set up the New Jersey-based Pi Kappa which released singles from 1973 to 1976 by Jimmy Briscoe and The Little Beavers, Calender, Storm and the Super Disco Band.[22][23]

He set up the Wanderick label as a subsidiary of TK Records. This was used to release recordings by Jimmy Briscoe And The Beavers. It operated from 1977 until 1978.[24][25]

• Paul Kyser at Soul Sauce

Paul Kyser also Produced and wrote That's The Way It's Got To Be(Body And Soul) By the Soul Generation on his label Ebony Sounds Records. Paul Kyser Also Produced Terry Tates song Babies Having Babies also Eleanor's song Sneak Preview of Trumpet records.</ref></ref>