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Among the lesser-known songwriting/producing groups of their own time, Rodney G. Massey (b. Jan. 5, 1953) and Lawrence Hanks (b. 1955) fulfilled up as teens; they gradually shaped a a friendly relationship that ultimately led to an innovative union. In the past due ’60s, the duo was tutored by famous …

Chicago singer, composer, and producer Darryl Duncan began playing the body organ at 9 and was an achieved pianist in his young adults. He joined an area band known as Cashmere (not really the Philly device) while in senior high school. He later on remaining Chicago to focus on his …

Younger brother of Jerry Butler, Billy Butler wasn’t almost as well referred to as his sibling, but recorded some okay Chicago soul in the ’60s. Documenting for OKeh under maker Carl Davis, Butler’s middle-’60s singles had been quite just like labelmates Main Lance’s and (much less certainly) Curtis Mayfield’s as …

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 …

Friendly, talented Otis Leavill Cobb was created Feb 8, 1937, in Dewey Rose, GA. The Cobb family members relocated to Chicago 2 yrs later and resolved in the Londale region within the Westside. Leavill experienced four brothers and two sisters. His dad pastored the First Chapel of Deliverance on South …

The senseless loss of life of young pianist Johnny Ace while indulging in a round of Russian roulette backstage at Houston’s City Auditorium on Christmas Day of 1954 will overshadow his relatively brief but illustrious recording career on Duke Information. That is clearly a pity, for Ace’s mild, plaintive vocal …

Though given birth to in Morganton, NC, vocalist, composer, and producer Johnny Bristol began his career in Detroit and was a longtime force at Motown from 1961 to 1973. Bristol teamed with Jackey Beavers performing duets for Gwen Gordy’s Tri-Phi label in Detroit through the early ’60s. They slice the …

Delivered Darrell Eubanks in Mansfield, OH, (1938), the gospel-voiced spirit singer stepped away as Darrell Banking institutions through the east aspect of Buffalo, NY, where he lived since a toddler. He sang in cathedral prior to going secular and wailing at regional watering openings. He befriended Doc Murphy, a dental …

Vocalist L.J. Reynolds hovered around the advantage of stardom within the ’80s, but by no means made the main single or recording he had a need to explode like a single artist. Reynolds experienced the right singles in the first ’60s, when he was documenting for Tri-Spin as Larry “Chubby” …

Vocalist Thelma Houston is most beneficial known on her behalf number 1 pop basic disco cover of “Don’t Keep IN THIS MANNER.” Originally popular for Harold Melvin & the Blue Records offering Teddy Pendergrass, the Gamble & Huff/Cary Gilbert music soars with the gospel music-honed vocals from the Leland, Mississippi, …