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Barbara Acklin - 80% match to The Artistics

28 February 1944, Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 27 November 1998, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. A vocalist in the style of Dionne Warwick and Brenda Holloway, Acklin first recorded for Special Agent under the name Barbara Allen. In 1966, following a spell as a backing singer, she worked as... Read more

Major Lance - 79% match to The Artistics

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... Read more

Darrell Banks - 75% match to The Artistics

Darrell Eubanks, 1938, Mansfield, Ohio, USA, d. March 1970, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Banks sprang to fame in 1966 with his magnificent debut single, "Open The Door To Your Heart", one of the finest non-Motown releases to emerge from Detroit. A second hit, "Somebody (Somewhere)... Read more

Walter Jackson - 66% match to The Artistics

19 March 1938, Pensacola, Florida, USA, d. 20 June 1983, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Crippled by polio as a child, Jackson spent much of his life on crutches. This disability imbued his work with a greater pathos. Jackson recorded in 1959 as a member of the Velvetones, but his solo... Read more

Maxine Brown - 65% match to The Artistics

27 April 1932, Kingstree, South Carolina, USA. Having sung in two New York gospel groups, the Manhattans and the Royaltones, Brown made her recording debut on Nomar with "All In My Mind". A US Top 20 hit in 1961, this uptown soul ballad was followed by another hit single,... Read more

Tony Clarke - 64% match to The Artistics

New York City, New York, USA, and raised in Detroit, Michigan, USA, d. 1970. Clarke was a songwriter who managed to step briefly to the forefront to record a couple of classic records that developed cult status. His first success in the recording business was writing "Pushover"... Read more

Ted Taylor - 60% match to The Artistics

Austin Taylor, 16 February 1934, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA, d. October 1987. Taylor was a veteran of several spiritual groups including the Mighty Clouds Of Joy and the Santa Monica Soul Seekers. This latter group then crossed over to R&B, where they worked a dual career both... Read more

The Vibrations - 58% match to The Artistics

Formed in Los Angeles, California, USA in 1955 and originally known as the Jayhawks, this quartet comprised Dave Govan (2 August 1940, Los Angeles, California, USA), Carl Fisher (b. 27 December 1939, Quardon, Texas, USA), James Johnson (b. 13 September 1939, Brooklyn, New York,... Read more

Clifford Curry - 57% match to The Artistics

Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. This singer's long career began in high school as a member of the Echoes, after which he joined the Five Pennies, for whom he wrote a 1956 release, "Mr. Moon". Curry was later a member of several groups, including the Hollyhocks (1957) and the Bubba... Read more

Jimmy Lewis - 57% match to The Artistics

19 November 1939, USA, d. 10 September 2004, USA. In his youth Lewis travelled extensively, leading to doubts about his place of birth. Some sources suggest this was Nashville, Tennessee, although Itta Bena, Mississippi, seems more likely. While still young, he settled in Los... Read more