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R&B / Soul
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| Descriptive "tags": |
soul • northern soul • funk • oldies • rnb • old school soul • rhythm and blues • chicago soul
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| Decades Active: |
1960s
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1970s
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1990s
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2000s
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| Links online: |
Wikipedia
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Biography
A Chicago group comprised of Burke family members Clarence Jnr. (1951), James (b. 1952), Aloha (b. 1950), Kenneth (b. 1954) and Dennis (b. 1953). Discovered and produced by Curtis Mayfield, this young quintet enjoyed a consistent run of R&B chart success, with releases on the Windy C, Curtom and Buddah labels. The unit’s material - ‘You Waited Too Long’ (1966), ‘World Of Fantasy’ (1966), ‘Come Back’ (1966) and ‘Danger, She’s A Stranger’ (1967) - ranged from gentle dance songs to orchestrated ballads, and their fledgling talent was recognized in 1967 with a NATRA award as that year’s outstanding R&B group. For two years the group’s name was expanded to include five-year-old sibling Cubie, but when the newcomer left in 1969, the line-up reverted to the 5 Stairsteps, later dropping the ‘5’ altogether. Paradoxically, the 5 Stairsteps’ biggest hit, ‘O-o-h Child’ (1970), a US Top...
Read the Full Biography of The Five Stairsteps
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