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The Spirit Notes formed in Cleveland, OH and were led by William Bell (aka Costs Spoon), never to be confused using the William Bell of “YOU DO NOT Miss Your Drinking water” fame. Their lineup contains Bell, Walter Dannison, Leroy Elie, and John Berry. The quartet documented several singles which …

A female spirit singer through the 60s, Jean Wells issued a lone single album during her profession, titled Spirit on Soul.

Spirit singer Kim Tolliver was created in Lebanon, TN, but her formative years occurred in Cleveland, OH’s Hough region. She constructed a status wowing local pub customers with dramatic interpretations of blues and spirit tracks, and gigged for a long time before documenting her first solitary. The sluggish torching “In …

Most widely known for his initial rendition of “Cry Baby,” later on a significant item in Janis Joplin’s repertoire, Garnet Mimms’ pleading, gospel-derived strength made him among the first true soul performers. His legacy continues to be criminally underappreciated, since for reasons uknown he never obtained another strike on the …

A vocalist valued among listeners of deep spirit and traditional gospel as well, Winfield Parker came up as a saxophonist in Maryland/D.C.-region groups like the Veejays and Sammy Fitzhugh & the Moroccans. Ahead of launching a single profession, he also performed behind Small Richard and led a music group known …

It’s hard to assume Malik Pendleton, a gifted vocalist and studio participant, was once a convict offering 11 months inside a North Carolina jail for illegal road activities. However, this NJ indigenous got his work collectively and pursued his accurate phoning in music–songwriting. Pendleton can be a four-year songwriting veteran …

Although his songs were included in the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Elvis Presley, country-soul pioneer Arthur Alexander continues to be largely unknown to the overall listening audience — however, his music may be the stuff of genius, a poignant and deeply intimate body of focus on par with the …

Aretha Franklin is among the giants of spirit music, and even of American pop all together. More than every other performer, she epitomized spirit at its most gospel-charged. Her amazing run of past due-’60s strikes with Atlantic Information — “Respect,” “I Hardly ever Loved a guy,” “String of Fools,” “Baby …

A Chicano spirit group, the Royal Jesters formed in San Antonio, Tx in 1958. The initial lineup presented Louis Escalante, Henry Hernandez, Oscar Lawson, and Mike Pedraza, most of whom fulfilled at Sidney Lanier SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL within their hometown’s western side. Across many years, the group’s lineup experienced numerous …

Oscar Toney, Jr. documented some soulful edges for Bell Information in the later ’60s which will permanently etch him into spirit music fans’ thoughts. The emotive vocalist blessed May 26, 1939, in Selma, AL, grew up in Columbus, GA. He sung gospel in cathedral and senior high school with an …