Lenny Williams

"Choosing You" was first issued in the U.S. by ABC Records as a two-sided, stereo/mono, same-song promotional 12" in 1977, DM-8, both sides having identical running times of 6:13. It was then issued as a commercial 12" by ABC shortly thereafter as DM-11, exactly as its French cousin is pictured above with "Please Don't Tempt Me" as the B side.

ABC Records was a fairly short-lived 12" dance/soul label, entering the MCA family in late 1977/early 1978. Its first 24 12" issues were all reasonably minor numbers squeezed out of what primarily was a soul-oriented catalog leading up to the middle 1970s.

Early promos were stated as such on the generic, sunburst label; later promos had the industry-standard white label. Near-death 12" releases included titles by Levon Helm, Arlyn Gale, Steve Bishop, Wilton Felder and Poco. Not what one would categorize as magic at that particular period of disco/dance history.

ABC is however embedded in memory as a provider of well-balanced soul LPs in the mid-1970s, artists including The Dramatics, Lakeside, Street Corner Symphony, The Hitchhikers, The Floaters, post-PIR Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Shotgun, post-Motown Four Tops, Pointer Sisters and Denise LaSalle, some of whom including Lenny Williams moved with the label to MCA.