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| Genres: | R&B / Soul |
| Decades Active: | 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s |
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4 April 1939 (1941 is also cited), Winterville, Mississippi, USA, d. 3 September 1994, Decatur, Georgia, USA. A former amateur boxer and a dancer on the Jim Lounsbury record-hop television show, Lance also sang with the Five Gospel Harmonaires and for a brief period with Otis...
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| Genres: | Easy Listening, Holiday & Seasonal, R&B / Soul |
| Decades Active: | 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s |
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Levi Stubbs (6 June 1936, Detroit, Michigan, USA), Renaldo Obie Benson (b. 14 June 1936, Detroit, Michigan, USA, d. 1 July 2005, Detroit, Michigan, USA), Lawrence Payton (b. 2 June 1938, Detroit, Michigan, USA, d. 10 June 1997, USA) and Abdul Duke Fakir...
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| Genres: | R&B / Soul |
| Decades Active: | 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s |
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The Marvelettes career epitomized the haphazard progress endured by many of the leading girl-groups of the early 60s. Despite enjoying several major US hits, they were unable to sustain a consistent line-up, and their constant shifts in personnel made it difficult to...
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| Genres: | Easy Listening, R&B / Soul |
| Decades Active: | 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s |
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Samuel David Moore (12 October 1935, Miami, Florida, USA) and David Prater (b. 9 May 1937, Ocilla, Georgia, USA, d. 9 April 1988). Sam And Dave first performed together in 1961 at Miamis King Of Hearts club. Moore originally sang in his fathers Baptist church before...
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| Genres: | R&B / Soul |
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| Genres: | Holiday & Seasonal, Pop / Rock, R&B / Soul |
| Decades Active: | 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s |
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Of all the R&B vocal groups formed in Detroit, Michigan, USA, in the mid-50s, the Miracles proved to be the most successful. They were founded at the citys Northern High School in 1955 by Smokey Robinson (William Robinson, 19 February 1940, Detroit, Michigan, USA),...
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| Genres: | R&B / Soul |
| Decades Active: | 1960s, 1990s, 2000s |
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21 June 1946, Atascadero, California, USA. Holloway began her recording career with three small Los Angeles labels, Donna, Catch and Minasa, in the early 60s, recording under the aegis of producer Hal Davis. In 1964, Holloway made an impromptu performance at a disc jockeys...
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| Genres: | Pop / Rock, R&B / Soul |
| Decades Active: | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s |
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The Contours formed as an R&B vocal group in Detroit in 1959, featuring lead vocalist Billy Gordon, Billy Hoggs, Joe Billingslea and Sylvester Potts. Hubert Johnson (14 January 1941, d. 11 July 1981) joined the line-up in 1960, and it was his cousin Jackie Wilson who secured...
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| Genres: | R&B / Soul |
| Decades Active: | 1960s, 1990s |
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US-born Johnny Dawson, Cleo Miller and Robert Fleming, later replaced by Norbert McClean, sang together in three Detroit vocal groups in the late 50s, the Sensations, the Five Emeralds and the Downbeats. Under the last of these names, they recorded two singles for Motown Records...
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| Genres: | Easy Listening, Pop / Rock, R&B / Soul |
| Decades Active: | 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s |
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18 March 1941, Prattville, Alabama, USA, d. 19 January 2006, Reston, Virginia, USA. The wicked Pickett was one of the great southern soul singers to emerge during the 60s. Pickett moved to Detroit, Michigan in his early teens. He joined gospel group the Violinaires...
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