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Johnny & Jackey

Johnny Bristol and Robert “Jackey” Beavers enjoyed a five-record profession in Gwen Gordy and Billy “Roquel” Davis’ (aka Tyran Carlo) Anna Information and Gwen and Harvey Fuqua’s Tri-Phi label. Bristol, from Morgantown, NC, fulfilled Beavers, from Cartersville, GA, when the environment Force moved him to Fort Custer in Fight Creek, …

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Johnny Bristol

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 …

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