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One of the most flamboyant person in the award-winning, multi-platinum contemporary R&B trio TLC, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes is a singer and rapper who died tragically in 2002 at age 30. As well as the chart-topping TLC strikes “Creep,” “Waterfalls,” “No Scrubs,” and “Unpretty,” she released a single record, Supernova …

Given birth to and raised in Philadelphia, Marc Nelson may be the kid of Phyllis Nelson, best-known for the dance strike “I LOVE You.” He was among the first associates of Boyz II Guys while still students at Philadelphia’s renowned SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL of Performing Arts. After obtaining a solo …

Drummer and co-frontman for the initial all-live, all-the-time hip-hop music group the Root base, Questlove (Ahmir Thompson) was also planning and producing Root base tracks off their 1993 saving debut. Apart from the music group, he made an appearance on or created monitors for D’Angelo, Erykah Badu, Common, Fiona Apple, …

Vocalist/keyboardist Frank Brunson formed People’s Choice in Philadelphia in the first ’70s. Drummer/percussionist David Thompson, vocalists Valerie Dark brown and Marc Reed, guitarists Darnell Jordan and Johnnie Hightower, keyboardists Clifton Gamble and Expenses Rodgers, and bassist/vocalist Stanley Thomas had been in the initial lineup. Regardless of the vocalists, the group’s …

Most widely known for saving the strike theme to Spirit Teach, MFSB were the pre-eminent instrumental clothing of Philadelphia spirit, backing many Kenny Gamble/Leon Huff productions even though saving regularly independently through the entire ’70s. The group’s name stood for Mom Father Sister Sibling, and ahead of their formation in …

The music of Joey DeFrancesco — a significant force within the revival from the Hammond B-3 organ being a jazz instrument, and a trumpeter and vocalist — runs the gamut from soul-jazz and bluesy grooves ? la Jimmy Smith to hard bop towards the more complex modal design of Coltrane …

R&B trio Initial Choice — Rochelle Fleming, Joyce Jones, and Annette Visitor — were originally referred to as the Debonettes and performed around Philadelphia. Radio DJ Georgie Woods released the group to Philly spirit guitarist/songwriter/maker Norman Harris, who created Initial Choice’s debut solitary, “This is actually the Home Where Love …

Quick Funk burst in the ’70s disco picture using the million-selling one “I ACQUIRED My Mind COMPOSED (YOU MAY GET It Lady)” as well as the platinum recording Quick Funk. The Trenton, NJ, music group started out using the primary lineup of bassist Raymond Earl, drummer Scotty Miller, and guitarist …