The Winstons

A Washington, D.C.-structured soul act led by Richard Spencer, the Winstons agreed upon to Curtom in early 1968 and lasted there for just one one, the rousing “Require a Replacement.” That they had a sound which was somewhat like the Impressions, but had been unfortunate enough to get agreed upon with Curtom prior to the label acquired national distribution, as well as the one hardly ever got the play it will have. Per year after departing Curtom, they strike for the Metromedia label with an enormous one known as “Color Him Dad,” which became a high Ten R&B and pop strike, just missing number 1 in the R&B list and in addition gained a Grammy for Greatest R&B Song. It had been both an excellent tribute amount and outstanding business lead vocal from Richard Spencer, alongside Ray Maritano, Quincy Mattison, Phil Tolotta, Sonny Peckrol, and G.C. Coleman. (Mattison and Coleman had been veterans of Otis Redding’s music group.) The Winstons ultimately toured because the back-up music group for the Impressions, but hardly ever again produced any noise in the graphs. Coleman’s drum break in “Amen, Sibling,” the B-side of “Color Him Dad,” became perhaps one of the most often sampled bits of music in hip-hop and many styles of digital dance music. Several variations of the group documented and performed over the next several years.