Frank Monday & Steppers on M.T.F.

Stepping (direct link) wr. Kenneth EllisM.T.F.Record No 201 BMonroe, Michigan(label listed at RCS without a location) Same track as by J.C. Sawyer on DIXIE. (as "Goin' Steppin'")“Stepping” by Frank Monday & The Steppers is one of the rarest 45s featured in the “Michigan Box”. The song was released on the M.T.F. label in Monroe, Michigan, in 1958 and only 4 copies are known to exist. That accounts for its high market value of $2,000. [ https://michiganrockandrolllegends.com/index.php/blog/308-the-michigan-box-pt-2 ]The side A ("Lonely Echoes") holds an interesting piece of information : the song was composed by Forrest (Speedy) Combs. Searching his name at the BMI website, we discover that he wrote or co-wrote eight songs, as Speedy Rogers, six in association with Bill Sterling or with Charles Rufus Schoffner and 2 songs that he written alone : "Lonely Echoes" and " Road To Yamanaka". Today, the copyright for "Lonely Echoes, "Steppin" and "Goin' Steppin'" are all managed by Fort…