Opportunity
The Jewels
1964
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Requested recording or edition is represented by this sourced catalog destination. The screenshot is metadata evidence; the supplied audio, exact mix, edit, pressing and master have not been independently verified. Version scope: Original 1964 single recording family, presented as a remastered single version on the 2005 anthology; no claim of remaster first-release chronology.
Release: 1964
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The Jewels - National Capital Doo Wop Club
Read Washington, D.C. group history, Roosevelt High School, named members, Opportunity as its 1964 national hit and James Brown Revue association. Conflicting formation-year metadata elsewhere is not repeated.
Opportunity (Single Version) - The Jewels - Apple Music
Read exact track and performer within One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds, Lost & Found (Remastered), September 27, 2005. This is later compilation/remaster evidence, not a 2005 original release.
Inspiration and background
Researched recording background
Opportunity became a national hit for the Washington, D.C. vocal group the Jewels in 1964. Their history traces the singers through earlier names and local recording work before this breakthrough. The screenshot identifies a remastered single version from One Kiss Can Lead to Another, the 2005 anthology; that later package is kept separate from the song's original release year.
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Sources for this information
The Jewels - National Capital Doo Wop Club
Read Washington, D.C. group history, Roosevelt High School, named members, Opportunity as its 1964 national hit and James Brown Revue association. Conflicting formation-year metadata elsewhere is not repeated. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Opportunity (Single Version) - The Jewels - Apple Music
Read exact track and performer within One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds, Lost & Found (Remastered), September 27, 2005. This is later compilation/remaster evidence, not a 2005 original release. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Other appearances and versions
Original 1964 single recording family, presented as a remastered single version on the 2005 anthology; no claim of remaster first-release chronology.
Requested recording or edition is represented by this sourced catalog destination. The screenshot is metadata evidence; the supplied audio, exact mix, edit, pressing and master have not been independently verified. Version scope: Original 1964 single recording family, presented as a remastered single version on the 2005 anthology; no claim of remaster first-release chronology.
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The Jewels - National Capital Doo Wop Club
Read Washington, D.C. group history, Roosevelt High School, named members, Opportunity as its 1964 national hit and James Brown Revue association. Conflicting formation-year metadata elsewhere is not repeated.
Opportunity (Single Version) - The Jewels - Apple Music
Read exact track and performer within One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds, Lost & Found (Remastered), September 27, 2005. This is later compilation/remaster evidence, not a 2005 original release.
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