Aired on Treasure Island Oldies – Oct 05, 2025

Around 1970 there was a bit of a stir regarding a Chicago R&B/soul girl group composed of Barbara Livsey, her sister Gwen Livsey, and Doris Lindsey who released “There It Goes Again” on the Arden label, a song that made it to #91 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #16 on the R&B charts.

Sadly, it was to be their only release to make it and it was short-lived at that (3 weeks on the pop charts). It’s too bad no one flipped the record over and played the B-side. The outcome may have been different.

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“There It Goes Again” was written by Eugene Record, the lead singer of the Chi-Lites, a soul group that graced the Billboard Hot 100 twenty-three times from 1969 – 1975.

The Eugene Record composition had strong local success in Chicago which later led to Arden Records arranging for national distribution. That suggests that the label was reactive: local momentum pushed them to attempt wider release.

And that is not uncommon, as smaller labels, like Arden, did not have robust promotional budgets. Hence, they focused on the A-side. Compounding this was the fact that Top 40 radio was well entrenched in the marketplace and deejays did not have the flexibility of playing songs they thought were hits or flipping records over and getting the reactions of their listeners to the B-side. They had to stick to their program lists.

So, it’s fair to say that the flipside of “There It Goes Again” by Barbara & The Uniques did not have much chance of gaining traction via the air waves.

Our creator of Moments In Time, Tom Locke, points out that there has been a significant “finding of lost treasurers” from the 60s and 70s over the last decade thanks to collectors and music fans flipping records over and introducing the B-sides to others via social media.

In fact that’s how Tom found the Barbara & The Uniques’ B-side. He had a willingness to play it rather than say, “What’s The Use,” this week’s Tom Locke moment in time and another first time play on Treasure Island Oldies.

YouTube listing of the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al6Z2j8sVzc

This “Moments In Time” story is yet another example of a “golden oldie” or forgotten favorite that earned its place in the evolution of Rock & Roll.