Just wondering if anyone has heard anything recently about Ann Bogan? She seems to have disappeared from the radar screen. Nobody mentions her.
HELP.
Just wondering if anyone has heard anything recently about Ann Bogan? She seems to have disappeared from the radar screen. Nobody mentions her.
HELP.
Last I heard, Ann was living in Cleveland, Ohio and singing in her church choir. I always liked Ann's voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxdXTzenzlI
Last edited by blueskies; 05-26-2016 at 06:00 PM.
Certainly an underrated voice at Motown. The few leads she had with the Marvelettes were great and should have helped revive the group's fortunes.
She was a really great singer, and her lead vocals on the post-Gladys Marvelettes albums were top quality, and truely distinctive. For me, I'm Gonna Hold On Long As I Can, with the extended intro, is the best! She was beautiful as well.....
Ann rocks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aTVxFyHZA4
Some time ago, Kat has posted on Facebook that she was in search of Ann. This might have been around 2013, when the Marvelettes were nominated for the Rock Hall.
It struck me as a bit sad that Kat had to resort to social media; I understand that people move, and friends come and go in and out of your life, but you'd think that somehow they'd manage to stay in touch.
She did end up finding her, and as above mentioned, I believe it was in Ohio.
Ann was also featured briefly in the UNSUNG episode that was done on the Marvelettes a few years back.
Does anyone know if Ann has any unreleased solo or group material in the vaults? I'd be curious to know if she were signed as an artist when she first came to Motown and what did she do after the release of the Andante's single Like a Nightmare in 1964 and before she joined the Marvelettes in 1967?
I doubt there's anything left on Ann singing lead with the Marvelettes as, I think, such tracks would have been included on the "Lost & Found" disc on the Marvelettes' "Forever More" albums box set of a few years back. However, here are a few of her solo Motown tracks when Harvey Fuqua brought her to the company back in 1963:-
Dear Parents
Hold Me Oh My Darling
Hold Me Oh My Darling [[duet with Harvey Fuqua)
There Are Things
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