Jeannie Reynolds

Vocalist Jeannie Reynolds, most widely known for “The Fruits Music,” was the sister of L.J. Reynolds from the Dramatics. Though “The Fruits Song” is definitely her signature music, her highest-charting solitary was the snappy “The Phone’s Been Jumping ALL DAY LONG” on Casablanca Information, which visited amount ten R&B on Billboard in summer months 1975. Her just various other R&B charting one was its follow-up, “Place Some Lovin’ on Me.” Using its “successful” cover, the singer’s LP Cherries, Bananas and Various other Fine Stuff on Casablanca was released in June 1976. A unitary in the LP, “The Fruits Song,” compiled by Lawrence Payton from the Four Tops and Fred Bridges, became an enormous disco strike, a post-release collectible, and a steppers regular. Another Casablanca LP, One Desire, was made by Don Davis (Johnnie Taylor, the Dramatics, Marilyn McCoo, and Billy Davis, Jr.). Tragically, Jeannie Reynolds had taken her two children’s lives before committing suicide in 1980.