Archie Bell & The Drells

Genres:	R&B / Soul
Decades Active:	1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s
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Biography

This vocal soul group was formed by Archie Bell (1 September 1944, Henderson, Texas, USA), with friends James Wise (b. 1 May 1948, Houston, Texas, USA), Willie Parnell (b. 12 April 1945, Houston, Texas, USA), L.C. Watts and Cornelius Fuller, all students at the Leo Smith Junior High School, in Houston, Texas. By the time their first record was made for the Ovid label in 1967, the group consisted of Bell, Wise, Huey "Billy" Butler and Joe Cross. The single, produced by their manager Skippy Lee Frazier, was released by Atlantic Records. Although initially a poor seller, it found real success after the b-side was given airplay. "Tighten Up" sold in excess of three million copies and reached number 1 in both the US R&B and pop charts. By this time, Bell, who had been drafted into the army, was recuperating from a wound sustained in Vietnam. The Drells continued recording, now with the production team of Gamble And Huff. For live performances, fake "Archie Bells"...

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