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John W. Patterson

I was created in Apr 21, 1955 in Washington, D.C., USA. I was raised in probably, the cheapest middle-class, blue-collar echelon that suburban Maryland provided. Sadly, music lessons had been unthinkable. So my innovative energies were portrayed in artwork and writing after that and continue unabated even today. But at …

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The Rainbows

Among Washington, D.C.’s pioneering vocal organizations, the Rainbows documented three singles entitled after women’s titles: “Mary Lee,” “Shirley,” and “Minnie.” “Mary Lee” premiered on Morgan “Bobby” Robinson’s Reddish Robin label in 1955; the Rainbows on that record contains lead vocalist Ronald “Posie” Kilometers, John Berry, along with other unfamiliar members …

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