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Jessie Hill

Ideal remembered for the basic “Ooh Poo Pah Doo,” New Orleans R&B tale Jessie Hill was created in the Crescent City’s Ninth Ward region on Dec 9, 1932. Elevated alongside famous brands Eddie Bo, Oliver Morgan, and Prince La La, it had been almost unavoidable that he’d pursue a profession …

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Dee Dee Sharp

Dee Dee Clear hit the largest with her 1st record for the Cameo/Parkway label, a blessing that pigeonholed the Philly songstress like a teenybopper forever to become identified with her number 1 smash from 1962, “Mashed Potatoes Period.” Surviving in Philadelphia, the house of Dick Clark’s American Bandstand helped her …

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The Enchanters

The Enchanters were the music group led by soul vocalist Garnet Mimms in the mid-’60s. Mims disbanded his earlier group the Gainors in 1961 and teamed with Charles Boyer, Sam Bell and Zola Pearnell. But Mimms’ maker Jerry Ragovoy would occasionally use the Lovely Inspirations to back again Mimms as …

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Margie Joseph

Frequently in comparison to Aretha Franklin, singer Margie Joseph earned neither the fame nor the critical success lavished upon the Queen of Soul, yet some excellent records for Atlantic through the 1970s even so won her an area within the pantheon of soul cult favorites. Margaret Marie Joseph was created …

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The Showmen

The Showmen were among the R&B groups to bridge the gap between doo wop and soul in the first ’60s, developing a buoyant, energetic fusion of harmonies and propulsive R&B beats. The group just had one strike, “IT’LL Stand,” which charted both in 1961 and in 1964, but their lead …

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Millie Jackson

Millie Jackson’s initial taste of performing before an target audience occurred one night time in the famed nightclub Smalls Heaven. Seated in the target audience with close friends, Jackson heckled the girl onstage and, when dared to accomplish better, she stepped as much as belt Ben E. King’s “Don’t Play …

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Mary Ann Redmond

Had singer Mary Ann Redmond started saving within the ‘60s or ‘70s rather than the ‘90s, it’s quite feasible that she’d have been down of all time among the main spirit stars of the infant Boomer period. A gritty, tough, big-voiced belter whose major influences range between Ike & Tina …

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Vivian Reed

Vivian Reed a.k.a. “Ms. Bubblin’ Dark brown Sugar,” hardly ever produced the splash within the record sector that she do being a Broadway celebrity. The talented NY native may be the little girl of Lucille, as well as the past due Clyde Reed. She starred in Bubbling Dark brown Glucose …

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Lou Ann Barton

Although she doesn’t tour nearly just as much as she most likely could, Austin-based vocalist Lou Ann Barton is among the finest purveyors of uncooked, unadulterated roadhouse blues from the feminine gender that you will ever hear. Like Delbert McClinton, she can belt out a lyric in order that she …

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Barbara Lynn

Vocalist/guitarist Barbara Lynn was a uncommon item during her heyday. Not merely was she a lady instrumentalist (among the very first going to the graphs), but she also performed left-handed — quite nicely at that — and also wrote a few of her have materials. Lynn’s music frequently straddled the …

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