This isn't really soul related, but I read today that Johnny Mann, leader of the Johnny Mann Singers, and a TV and movie arranger, passed away the other day at his home in South Carolina at the age of 86.
Mann was the musical director of a number of TV shows, and his singers recorded extensively. As an aside, until I read his obit, I didn't know that Vicki Lawrence came out of the group.
Even if you haven't heard of the Johnny Mann Singers, you've probably heard them on ditties like the ones below.
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