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b. Stephen Jameson, 1949, London, Britain. This singer-songwriter’s 1st success was included with the duo Truth, who experienced a UK Best 40 hit having a cover from the Beatles ‘Woman’ on Pye in 1966. He documented single for Pye and its own subsidiary Dawn in the first 70s, under his …

The first ’70s saw the brief flowering of the motion whereby soul, funk, rock, psychedelia, as well as some jazz and Latin music combined right into a fresh subgenre. That subgenre hasn’t really been called, nevertheless, you can hear these admixtures in the music of the time by Sly & …

The countless Majestics groups and discographies get confused; there is the group from Miami, FL, that documented “Cave Man Rock and roll” on Marlin Information and others using the name. The Miami group’s recordings tend to be lumped using the Majestics from Detroit, MI, but there is no connection. And …

Walter “Simtec” Simmons and Wylie Dixon, an explosive Sam & Dave-ish work, had a couple of soul strikes in the past due ’60s and early ’70s while Simtec & Wylie. Though thrilling live, the duo under no circumstances hit the graphs as large as Gene Chandler’s additional duo finding, Mel …

The Del Rios, among Memphis, TN’s pioneering vocal groups, were only available in the ’50s. Different men arrived in and out, but one continuous was William Bell. They performed on displays with Phineas Newborn, a Memphis jazz story, and discovered regular work in clubs. The original Del Rios solitary fallen …

The Players recorded two beautiful ballads that stay static in your heart, however the singers on the two spirit hits produced live duplication from the audio impossible. These were a studio room creation that obtained in 1966 using the heartfelt “He’ll Become Back again,” a floating ballad in regards to …

This energetic group from Detroit includes a recording career that spreads at least nine different labels. Beset by workers adjustments, the Precisions slipped singles on Strand, Golden Crest, Crazy, Highland, and Debra Information from 1960 to 1963. They attained some local play by emulating Nolan Strong’s falsetto on two D-Town …

While it began with Chicago, the C.O.D.’s exploded on spirit radio in 1965 using the infectious “Michael the Enthusiast” on Kellmac Information. The Mad Lads as well as the Jackson Five, amongst others, redid the boastful tune; J5 slice the listen in the past due ’60s, but Motown iced it. …

Hard-singing soul/blues vocalist Johnny Williams’ biggest strike was “Sluggish Movement, Pt.1,” a 1972 TOP R&B solitary for Gamble & Huff’s Philadelphia International Information. He also documented edges for Epic and Chicago Spirit maker Carl Davis’ Dakar subsidiary, Bashie. Created Johnny Lee Williams on January 15, 1942, in Tyler, AL, he …

Booker T. and Priscilla was the duo of key pad participant Booker T. Jones (b.1944 12 11) of the group Booker T. as well as the MG’s and his wife, vocalist Priscilla Coolidge. They produced several albums collectively in the first ’70s.