Tag Archives: Al Goodman

The latest soul group in Jackson, MS and the encompassing areas in the mid-’60s was unquestionably the Carvettes. The Temptations from the South had been manned by Al Goodman (baritone-bass), Charles Haynes (1st & 2nd tenor), Albert Dark brown (falsetto, 1st tenor), Tommy Harden (lead), and Walter Catchings (lead, 1st …

The Vipers was the last group Al Goodman sung and recorded with before joining Sylvia & Joe Robinson’s All Platinum category of brands. A indigenous of Jackson, MS, Goodman sung along with his hometown Carvettes before getting in NY. Developing in Harlem, NY, the quartet contains Goodman, Ray Echo, Terow …

Perhaps one of the most consistent R&B aggregations from the ’70s, the Occasions enjoyed a string of main hits through the entire 10 years. The Hackensack, NJ, trio released themselves as well as the Stang label with “Not really externally” in 1968, and topped the R&B graphs in 1970 using …