The Spinners

Genres:	R&B / Soul
Descriptive "tags":	soul
Decades Active:	1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Biography

Formed in 1954 at Ferndale High School, near Detroit, Michigan, USA, and originally known as the Domingoes, Henry Fambrough (10 May 1935, Detroit, Michigan, USA, some sources cite 1938), Robert "Bobby" Smith (b. 10 April 1937, Detroit, Michigan, USA), Billy Henderson (b. 9 August 1939, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, d. 2 February 2007, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA), Pervis Jackson (b. 17 May 1938, USA) and George Dixon (b. USA) became the Spinners upon signing with the Tri-Phi label in 1961 (the prefix "Motown" and/or "Detroit" was added in the UK to avoid confusion with the Spinners folk group). Producer and songwriter Harvey Fuqua signed the group to his Tri-Phi Records label, with debut single "That's What Girls Are Made For" reaching number 5 in the US R&B chart and broaching the pop Top 30. Edgar "Chico" Edwards (b. USA) then replaced Dixon, but although Fuqua took the quintet to Motown Records in 1963, they were overshadowed by other signings and struggled to...

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