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Vocalist/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Michael Lovesmith is among the music industry’s most underrated abilities. He co-wrote two tracks with Barry Light, “Whatever WE’D WE’D” and “NOT Wish to know” for White’s 1994 multi-platinum record The Icon Can be Love (amount 20 pop, fall 1994). Other people who possess documented Lovesmith’s tracks will be …

A ’90s vocal group from Cleveland, the Rude Guys are building some headway on both pop and Urban Modern fronts. Larry Marcus, Melvin Sephus, and brothers Edward Lee Banking institutions and Joe Small III were uncovered by Levert, who helped have them agreed upon to Atlantic. Their 1990 LP, Rude …

Guitarist/songwriter/maker Ray Parker Jr. experienced strikes mainly because Raydio (the million-selling “Jack port and Jill,” “You Can’t Switch That”), Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio (“Two Locations at exactly the same time,” “A FEMALE Needs Like [Just AS IF YOU Perform]”), and Ray Parker Jr. (the main R&B and pop platinum …

A Baltimore group that scored a high 20 R&B solitary in 1977, then by no means repeated the feat while saving for Columbia and ARC until 1979. Lead vocalist Al McKinney, Larry Jacobs, Gary Grainger, Charles C. Williams, Kevin Barnes, George Grey, Irving Madison, and Jacob R. Sheffer comprised the …

A Michigan funk music group with slight rock and roll leanings, Set for the entire world parlayed Melvin Riley’s whining vocals plus some trendy creation into a set of number 1 R&B hits within the mid-’80s for MCA. Riley, Gordon Strozier, Gregory Potts, Willie Triplett, John Eaton, and Gerald Valentine …

Meli’sa Morgan’s single profession got off to an excellent begin in 1985, seeing that her cover of Prince’s “Carry out Me personally Baby” topped the R&B graphs. She documented for Capitol from 1985 to 1987, and liked two more TOP R&B singles with “WOULD YOU Still Like Me?” and “WHEN …

Merging a Philadelphia spirit sound with a solid appreciation of Marvin Gaye, Maze offering Frankie Beverly was among the very best R&B acts from the late ’70s and ’80s. The unique Maze and its own charismatic lead vocalist, founder, maker, and songwriter Beverly didn’t possess many pop strikes, but they …

First formed because the Lopez Sisters (Carmen, Lillian, and Louise) in 1968, Carmen dropped away and Tony Reynolds (a Manilla native) joined to create Odyssey. After shows in NY clubs, they strike it big in 1977 using the smooth disco slashes “Local New Yorker” and “Easy Arrive, Easy Proceed.” Their …

Memphis vocalist Randy Dark brown had a deep, frequently entrancing voice and captivating delivery, though he never enjoyed major success or consistent hits. The sibling of William Dark brown, a member from the Three Lads, he documented for Parachute and Chocolates Town in the past due ’70s and early ’80s, …

Produced by Tony Churchill and music-industry veteran Harvey Fuqua, New Beginning was originally called the Nite-Liters. Because the Nite-Liters, they appreciated chart actions with three R&B strikes: “K-Jee,” “Afro-Strut,” and “Draw Together.” From the three, “K-Jee” was probably the most effective, peaking at amount 17 throughout a 13-week operate. The …