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Rhino 39 - 92% match to The Controllers

Eugene Wilde - 60% match to The Controllers

Bobby Womack - 52% match to The Controllers

4 March 1944, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. A founder member of the Valentinos, this accomplished musician also worked as a guitarist in Sam Cooke’s touring band. He scandalized the music fraternity by marrying Barbara Campbell, Cooke’s widow, barely three months after the ill-fated singer’s death. Womack’s early solo singles, ‘Nothing You Can Do’ and t Read more

The System - 52% match to The Controllers

Aurra - 46% match to The Controllers

Channel 3 - 46% match to The Controllers

This USA-based hardcore band comprised Mike Magrann (vocals, guitar), Kimm Gardner (guitar), Larry Kelly (bass) and Mike Burton (the most permanent of their first four drummers). Residents of the suburban community of Cerritos in south Los Angeles, they originally formed in 1980. Their first release was an EP on Californian label Posh Boy in 1981. One track from this, ‘Man Read more

Womack & Womack - 46% match to The Controllers

One of modern soul’s most successful duos, comprising husband and wife team Cecil Womack (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) and Linda Cooke Womack. Cecil had been the youngest of the Womack Brothers, who later evolved into the Valentinos. With them, he signed to Sam Cooke’s Star imprint, but Cooke’s subsequent death left them homeless, and after a brief liaison with Chess Read more

Kleeer - 44% match to The Controllers

Blue Magic - 43% match to The Controllers

This Philadelphia, USA-based vocal quintet comprised Theodore ‘Ted’ Mills (lead), Vernon Sawyer (tenor, baritone), Wendell Sawyer (baritone), Keith Beaton (tenor) and Richard Pratt (bass). Produced by Norman Harris, a Philly sweet soul veteran, the group’s textured harmonies were ably supported by the classic MFSB house band, resulting in some of the genre’s Read more

Kashif - 42% match to The Controllers

Light Of The World - 41% match to The Controllers

Pioneering Brit funk band Light Of The World were formed in London in 1978, the original line-up comprising Jean Paul ‘Bluey’ Maunick (guitar), Neville ‘Breeze’ McKreith (guitar), Everton McCalla (drums), Chris Etienne (percussion), Paul ‘Tubs’ Williams (11 October 1962, Hackney, London, England, d. 10 January 2007, Rotterdam, Netherlands; bass) Read more

Midnight Star - 41% match to The Controllers

The Jones Girls - 39% match to The Controllers

This US vocal trio comprised Brenda Jones, Shirley Jones and Valerie Jones (17 April 1956, d. 2 December 2001), and first came to public attention after backing Diana Ross on tour. In the past they had opened for artists including B.B. King, the Four Tops and Little Richard. It was through Ross that they gained their first studio session, but it was not until 1977 that they Read more

Change - 38% match to The Controllers

Although the group was led by Paolo Granolio (guitar) and David Romani (bass), this was ostensibly a studio creation by producers Jacques Fred Petrus and Mauro Malavasi, who first linked to form Goody Music in 1975. With material recorded in Bologna (where the producers’ own 24-track studio was based) and New York, The Glow Of Love launched the group on a high note, with s Read more

D Train - 38% match to The Controllers