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France Joli - 100% match to Carol Douglas

26 January 1963, Dorion, Quebec, Canada. Joli was only 16-years-old when she recorded the song that would become her first and only chart hit, ‘Come To Me’. She had been a singer, dancer and actress from a small child, and had a full-time performing career before she reached her teens. She was discovered by Canadian singer Tony Green, who wrote ‘Come To Me Read more

Tavares - 69% match to Carol Douglas

This US group was formed in 1964 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. The line-up comprised five brothers, Ralph (10 December 1948), Antone ‘Chubby’, Feliciano ‘Butch’, Arthur ‘Pooch’ and Perry Lee ‘Tiny’ Tavares. Originally known as Chubby And The Turnpikes, the group assumed its family’s surname in 1969. Although they lacked a di Read more

Silver Convention - 64% match to Carol Douglas

This studio group was created by Munich-based producers Silvester Levay and Michael Kunze. After scoring a UK hit in 1975 with ‘Save Me’, they went on to reach number 1 in the USA with ‘Fly, Robin, Fly’. The international fame persuaded the duo to audition some female singers to adopt the Silver Convention name and the lucky trio were Linda Thompson (ex-Les Read more

Vicki Sue Robinson - 64% match to Carol Douglas

Andrea True Connection - 59% match to Carol Douglas

The Salsoul Orchestra - 59% match to Carol Douglas

Viola Wills - 57% match to Carol Douglas

Los Angeles, California, USA. This soul-songstress only entered the music business after having her sixth child. She was discovered by Barry White, who initially used her as a session vocalist, and in 1965 signed her to Bronco Records where he was A&R head. A handful of singles for the label failed to click as did a release on A Bem Soul in 1969. The next break came when Read more

First Choice - 55% match to Carol Douglas

Part of the Philadelphia sound of the mid-70s, this female vocal group’s biggest success was ‘Armed And Extremely Dangerous’. Rochelle Fleming (11 February 1950, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA), Joyce Jones (b. 30 July 1949) and Annette Guest (b. 19 November 1954, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA) were originally known as the Debronettes. Local DJ Georgie Woods int Read more

Sylvester - 54% match to Carol Douglas

Sylvester James, 6 September 1947, Los Angeles, California, USA, d. 12 June 1988. Having moved to San Francisco in 1967, James joined the Cockettes, an androgynous theatrical group with whom he made his debut on New Year’s Eve 1970. He subsequently pursed a career as ‘Ruby Blue’ before putting together the Hot Band with James Q. Smith (guitar), Bobby Blood (tr Read more

A Taste Of Honey - 53% match to Carol Douglas

Gloria Gaynor - 53% match to Carol Douglas

Gloria Fowles, 7 September 1949, Newark, New Jersey, USA. The ‘Queen Of The Discotheques’ spent several years struggling on the east coast circuit prior to finding success. A 1965 single, produced by Johnny Nash, preceded her spell as a member of the Soul Satisfiers. Gaynor was discovered singing in a Manhattan nightclub by her future manager, Jay Ellis. He teamed Read more

Linda Clifford - 52% match to Carol Douglas

c.1944, Brooklyn, New York, USA. Clifford was singing professionally at the age of seven and appeared on television variety programmes in 1950-51. At the age of 17 she had won the Miss New York State beauty pageant and by the mid-60s was singing in nightclubs, performing show music, jazz, standards and R&B material. In 1974 Clifford recorded a single, ‘A Long, Long Read more

The Trammps - 52% match to Carol Douglas

Cheryl Lynn - 50% match to Carol Douglas

Cheryl Lynn Smith, 11 March 1957, Los Angeles, California, USA. The full-throated Lynn became a hit-maker at the height of disco’s popularity, singing dance tunes that retained the gospel vocal approach of classic soul. Lynn grew up in the church where her mother was a minister of music. Her break into the music business came in 1976 after she won as a contestant on the Read more

Tina Charles - 50% match to Carol Douglas