THE GROOVE
You Are The One I Love
(Shelley Pinz - Paul Leka)
Australia 1968
#30 Melbourne #3 Brisbane

November 1968 single on Columbia label.

Soul-oriented band formed in Melbourne in 1967. The Groove was something of a supergroup, its members having worked with The Clefs (Tweed Harris), Max Merritt & the Meteors (Peter Williams), The Librettos and The Playboys (Rod Stone), Black Pearls and Running Jumping Standing Still (Jamie Byrne), and Steve & the Board (Geoff Bridgford).

See also Soothe Me, Simon Says and What Is Soul.

Further reading: For a thorough account of The Groove, see Paul Culnane's article at Milesago which draws on the recollections of Groove guitarist Rod Stone; Wikepedia entry on The Groove.
HARLEM JONNS RESHUFFLE
You Are The One I Love
(Shelley Pinz - Paul Leka)
UK 1968

Single on Fontana, produced by Irving Martin.

Harlem Johns Reshuffle was active around the western Lancashire area in the late 60s and released two singles and an album. Most of the band had been in TNT & The Dynamites.

'Harlem Jonns' was lead singer Stuart Widdall who now fronts Manchester's Soul Brothers Band.

Reference: Harlem Jonns Reshuffle page at Manchester Beat.
Further reading: Irving Martin Productions page by Martin Roberts. The Soul Brothers Band website.
Thanks to Rod Stone of The Groove for the version alert.
ADAM'S APPLES
You Are The One I Love
(Shelley Pinz - Paul Leka)
USA 1968
Original version

Listen: Adams Apples - You Are The One I Love.mp3

March 1968 single on Brunswick label, where a number of soul artists were recording at this time with Carl Davis as A&R man and producer, including Jackie Wilson ([Your Love Keeps Lifting Me] Higher And Higher).

This one, however, was produced by co-writer Paul Leka and Mike Jacobs, "with orchestra arranged and conducted by Paul Leka".

More recently, You Are The One I Love and another Adam's Apples single, Don't Take It Out On This World, have been anthologised under the Northern Soul umbrella.

The songwriters Shelley Pinz (born Rochelle Pinz, aka Shelly) and Paul Leka also wrote The Lemon Pipers' hits Green Tambourine and Rice Is Nice, and Shelley Pinz co-wrote The Strangers' Happy Without You.

Shelley Pinz (1944-2004) was introduced to songwriting, and to her collaborator Paul Leka, while she was still a student poet at Queens College. She held a masters degree in social work from Adelphi University, and practised (as Rochelle Pinz) as a psychotherapist specialising in the use of poetry, music and art. In the late 90s she published Courage To Think, a book of poetry and lyrics.

Reference: Brunswick history and album discography at Both Sides Now.
Further reading: Shelley Pinz at PopArchives: The Blog. More on Shelley Pinz the psychotherapist and poet at HVTC Music. Shelley Pinz tells of her early career as a songwriter, and the writing of Green Tambourine, at StocksandNews.com (archived page).
Thanks to Davie Gordon, Rod Stone and mp3z2cd, also to Ellen for further background on Shelley Pinz.

Later versions:

THE LEADERS
You Are The One I Love
(Shelley Pinz - Paul Leka)
USA 1968
Later version

Slightly later than The Strangers' version: December 1968 single on Blue Rock label, #4060, B-side of It's Funny How Fast You Forget Me.

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