Gene Allison has been played on NTS in shows including House Call, featured first on 25 July 2021. Songs played include Why Did You Have To Go and If I Ever Needed Your Love (I Need It Now).

Gene Allison (born Versle Eugene Allison, Pegram, Tennessee, August 29, 1934 - d. Nashville, Tennessee, February 8, 2004) was an American R&B singer.

Allison grew up in `ville, singing in the church choir with his brother Leevert. As a teen, Allison was offered a chance to sing with The Fairfield Four and, later, The Skylarks. Producer Ted Jarrett signed Allison to Calvert Records to record secular music; soon…