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Perhaps one of the most consistent R&B aggregations from the ’70s, the Occasions enjoyed a string of main hits through the entire 10 years. The Hackensack, NJ, trio released themselves as well as the Stang label with “Not really externally” in 1968, and topped the R&B graphs in 1970 using …

A Philadelphia songwriting, creation, and executing duo who have been prominent at Philadelphia International through the ’70s, Gene McFadden and John Whitehead also scored lots one R&B hit as vocalists. Their one “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Today” was number 1 R&B in 1979 and peaked at amount 13 pop. Both …

NEW YORK scored the very first time out with “I’m Doing Good Now,” etc the top the group might have seemed like only a bunch of men who met up, had popular, and disbanded. People John Dark brown and Claude Johnson got illustrious histories in music. Dark brown sang using …

Detroit vocalist Philippe Wynne began like a gospel vocalist before attaining superstardom because the business lead vocalist for the Spinners in the first ’70s. His silky, however poignant and intensely soulful leads produced the Spinners as fascinating and consistently effective as any ensemble through the 10 years. Wynne experienced previously …

A LA vocal trio, the Hues Company loved two big hits within the mid-’70s, notably “Rock and roll the Vessel” in 1974 for RCA. Although it was light-weight, mainly pop function, it did consider The Hues Company to number 2 around the R&B graphs and have them their lone pop …

A Philadelphia group whose audio and tunes were more pop than spirit, Jay & the Methods earned some factors for the playful, joyous “Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie,” that was their lone Top 10 R&B and pop hit in 1967 on Smash. They got factors in a few circles to be …

Eddie Holman’s 1970 number 2 smash “HI Lonely Woman,” using its creamy falsetto vocals and lush Philly spirit arrangement, is among the most well-remembered one-shot spirit hits. In fact, Holman have been recording because the early ’60s, rating some small strikes with “This CAN NOT BE Accurate” (1965) and “Am …

Spirit singer G.C. Cameron is really a veteran greater than 30 years within the music business and continues to be ticking. In 2000, he came back towards the group he still left in 1971 for the solo profession, the Spinners, to complete for an ill John Edwards. Cameron is normally …

Simple and melodious spirit group Enchantment shaped in 1967 in Pershing SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in Detroit. Emanuel “E.J.” Johnson, Joe Thomas, Dave Banking institutions, Ed “Mickey” Clanton, and Bobby Green acquired their first documenting contract by earning first place inside a 1969 skill competition sponsored by regional radio train station …

This Washington, D.C., quintet authorized with Motown in the first ’70s and discovered limited success around the spirit charts. Though much less vocally dynamic because the Temptations or the Four Tops, these were superb showmen with dynamic and inventive choreography. These were also exclusive for the reason that they sported …