Robb K's Detroit R&B/Soul Quiz # 10

[robb_k]

1) Name the lead singer of The Leaping Flames
2) Who were the owners of Fidelity Music?
3) What was Berry Gordy's personal music publishing company before Jobete Music?
4) Which former Detroit singer recorded for all the following labels?
Correc-Tone, SonBert, Ric Tic, Amon, Wand, Washpan, ATAC, Mala, and Perfecta
5) What did Herman Griffin, Cody Black and Gigi & The Charmaines have in common?
6) What did The Five Quails, Ann Bogan, Charley Hatcher, The Quails, The O'Jays, and The Hesitations have in common?
7) Name the lead singer of both Detroit's Moments, and The Tempos.
8) Name two '60s Soul men who worked for The US Postal Service in Detroit.
9) Name the longest tenured lead singer of The Royal Jokers.
10) What Detroit group featured Derrick Martin, Joe Murphy and Billy Davis?
11) What Detroit singer recorded for Josie, Miracle,Ric Tic, Soul, Rene and Airwave?
12) Who owned JVB, Battle and Von Records?
13) Who owned Carrie Records? LaBeat Records? Mary Jane Records? Cool School Records? Arnold Records? Lanrod Records? Staff Records?
14) Who owned Fascination, Oasis, Ring, K.O., and Knockout Records?
15) Who owned Message and HPC Records?
16) Who owned Ruth, Karen. Carla and Moira Records?
17) Who owned Criss Music?
18) Who was in The Royal Holidays, Satintones and Pyramids?
19) Who was the owner of Detroit's Astra Records?
20) Who owned HOB, Starmaker, Soul, and Spartan Records?
21) Who recorded for Kable, Check-Mate, Mel-o-dy and Gordy Records?
22) Who recorded for Contour, Chex, Allrite, Thelma and VIP Records?
23) Who recorded for Contour, DaCo. LuPine, Atlantic, and Big Wheel Records?
24) What did Brenda and Patrice Holloway and Sandy Wynns have in common, that Mary Love, Gloria Jones and Pat Hunt didn't share?
25) Who were The Two Friends?
26) Which one of these men never worked for Motown nor had a credit on a Motown Record?
Don Davis, Don Juan Mancha, Bob Hamilton, Clyde Wilson, Joey "King" Fish, Mike Hanks, J.J. Barnes, Emanuel Laskey, Thelma Gordy, Tony Hester
27) What is the name of Danceland Records' in-house music publisher?
28) Who owned Bridgeport Music?
29) Who owned DaCo, Thelma and GeGe Records?
30) Who owned Correc-Tone Records?
31) Name a Detroit DJ who owned at least 3 record labels?
32) Who owned Magic City Records?
33) Name at least 5 people who worked for Motown as sound engineers.
34) What was Cornell Blakely's nickname?
35) Name at least 3 female recording artists who also were employed as secretaries or office receptionists for Detroit record companies.
36) Who recorded for Silhouette, Kudo, Flick, Unart, United Artists, LuPine, Atlantic and Gordy Records?
37) Name at least 2 African American Detroit Soul record label owners who were shot and killed while operating their companies, and at least one more who was shot, but lived long into retirement.
38) Who recorded for R.E.M., Oncore, Velgo, Laureen, Josie, Motown, and Casablanca Records?
39) Who was the lead singer of The Caravelles and The Dramatics?
40) What did The Creations and Charters have in common aside from both recording for Mel-o-dy Records?
41) Who recorded for Chrysler, Wheelsville USA, MAH's, Solid Hit, Ram Brock and Westbound?
42) Who recorded for House of Beauty, Stepp, Anna, Tamla, Columbia, Motown, Correc-Tone, Double-L, and Mercury Records?
43) What were the birth names of these Detroit singers and production people?
A. Lee Rogers B. Spyder Turner C. Mitch Ryder D. Steve Mancha E. Bob Kayli F. Nikki Todd, G. Herman Lewis, H. Tyran Carlo, I. Alvin English, J. Rob Reeco, K. Ronnie Savoy, L. Al Kent M. Jack Montgomery N. Ronnie Love
44) Who recorded for Fox, ATCO, Anna, Check-Mate, Mel-o-dy, Invictus, ABC, Atlantic and Warner Brothers Records?
45) Name 4 Hunters involved in Detroit's Soul music scene during the 1960s.

[marv2]

Robb, you'll forgive me if it takes me more than one day to answer SOME of these. LOL

[robb_k]

I didn't mean to scare everyone away by having so many questions. No need to wait till you've answered ALL of them to post answers. We can answer them ittle by little, with different posters providing the answers.

Where are the Detroit experts? Come one, come all!

[144man]

3. . Bengal.

[robb_k]

3. . Bengal.

That is correct! 1 down, 42 to go!

[roger]

I think the answer to #16 is ... Ollie McLaughlin. [[weren't the labels named after his daughters?)

Roger

[robb_k]

I think the answer to #16 is ... Ollie McLaughlin. [[weren't the labels named after his daughters?)
Roger

Ollie McLaughlin is correct for #16. 2 Down and 41 to go. Karen, Carla and Moira were his daughters, and Ruth was his wife. He also owned a label named after himself: O-Mac.

[roger]

I think all this quiz is telling me is how much of a "Detroit R&B/Soul" expert I am NOT.

But I do have another answer ....

11) What Detroit singer recorded for Josie, Miracle,Ric Tic, Soul, Rene and Airwave? ... I think this must be FREDDIE GORMAN .. his Soul recordings being as one of THE ORIGINALS.

Roger

[robb_k]

I think all this quiz is telling me is how much of a "Detroit R&B/Soul" expert I am NOT.

But I do have another answer ....

11) What Detroit singer recorded for Josie, Miracle,Ric Tic, Soul, Rene and Airwave? ... I think this must be FREDDIE GORMAN .. his Soul recordings being as one of THE ORIGINALS.
Roger

Roger, you are correct!

[theboyfromxtown]

4 is Gino Washington

[144man]

34."Bouncing" Cornell Blakely

[144man]

25. Steve Mancha [Clyde Wilson] & Wilbur Jackson

[robb_k]

25. Steve Mancha [Clyde Wilson] & Wilbur Jackson

144Man - your answer of "Bouncing" Cornell Blakely for 34 is correct, and Clyde Wilson and Wilbur Jackson for 25 is correct.

Your answer for Nr. 14 is INCORRECT.
Your answer for Nr. 21 is partially correct, but, INCOMPLETE.

[144man]

144Man - your answer of "Bouncing" Cornell Blakely for 34 is correct, and Clyde Wilson and Wilbur Jackson for 25 is correct.

Your answer for Nr. 14 is INCORRECT.
Your answer for Nr. 21 is partially correct, but, INCOMPLETE.

14. Silly me! Harvey Fuqua & Gwen Gordy

[robb_k]

Silly me! Harvey Fuqua & Gwen Gordy

I'm sorry. I got confused about which question you were trying to answer. My clue was totally incorrect.

[144man]

21. Martha Reeves

[robb_k]

So, currently, we have #3, 4, 11, 16, 25 and 34 answered completely, and 21 needs some addition.

Good job so far. BUT... ALL the correct answers [[or ALL answers, for that matter... have come from Brits! Not only have we had no DETROITERS answer, but not even any Americans! This is highly embarrassing! We could have held this on Soul-Source Forum, and had most of these answered already!

In 2002, we could have had Ron Murphy, Cub Koda, The Count, Stu Bass, Mike McLean, Ralph, and a bunch of Detroit record collectors answering all of these the first US day.

[robb_k]

4 is Gino Washington

BoyFromCrosstown Gino Washington is correct!

[144man]

14. Harvey Fuqua & Anna Gordy

[theboyfromxtown]

21 Syreeta was a secretary and even Diana Ross said she did some secretarial duties.

[robb_k]

21 Syreeta was a secretary and even Diana Ross said she did some secretarial duties.

Very interesting information! But what has all this got to do with my Quiz's #21?

[theboyfromxtown]

Very interesting information! But what has all this got to do with my Quiz's #21?

Nothing....I saw 21 Martha Reeves and didn't scoll back to check the question.

35 Martha Reeves, Rita Wright Diana Ross and Gwen Owens all worked as secretaries at Motown

[robb_k]

Nothing....I saw 21 Martha Reeves and didn't scoll back to check the question.

35 Martha Reeves, Rita Wright Diana Ross and Gwen Owens all worked as secretaries at Motown

Okay, good enough. But who was a very early secretary at Motown, and who was the receptionist at Correc-Tone?

[144man]

21. Martha Reeves backed J.J. Barnes, and was a member of the Del-Phis, the Vells and Martha & Vandellas.

[robb_k]

21. Martha Reeves backed J.J. Barnes, and was a member of the Del-Phis, the Vells and Martha & Vandellas.

Very true. But, Martha Reeves is NOT the only one who fits my description.

[roger]

I think I have another answer ...

42) Who recorded for House of Beauty, Stepp, Anna, Tamla, Columbia, Motown, Correc-Tone, Double-L, and Mercury Records? ,,,, I think the answer is Herman Griffin.

Roger

[robb_k]

I think I have another answer ...

42) Who recorded for House of Beauty, Stepp, Anna, Tamla, Columbia, Motown, Correc-Tone, Double-L, and Mercury Records? ,,,, I think the answer is Herman Griffin.
Roger

Hi Roger. You are CORRECT for #42 !

[roger]

And another one ...

41) Who recorded for Chrysler, Wheelsville USA, MAH's, Solid Hit, Ram Brock and Westbound? ... The Magictones.

Roger

[roger]

Yippee ... I'm on a roll ....

38) Who recorded for R.E.M., Oncore, Velgo, Laureen, Josie, Motown, and Casablanca Records? .. I hadn't realised she recorded for Motown but this must be Gwen Owens,

Roger

[robb_k]

Yippee ... I'm on a roll ....

38) Who recorded for R.E.M., Oncore, Velgo, Laureen, Josie, Motown, and Casablanca Records? .. I hadn't realised she recorded for Motown but this must be Gwen Owens,
Roger

You are correct, Roger!

She recorded for Motown in 1972, [[I believe in Muscle Shoals), but there were problems with the contract, so nothing was released.

[robb_k]

Everyone deserted this thread =, and gave up. I see that it had WAY TOO MANY questions. Here are the answers to the questions that were NOT answered, or were only partially answered:

1) Jimmy [[James) Ingram was the lead singer of The Leaping Flames
2) Berry Gordy, Billy "Roquel" Davis and Gwen Gordy were the owners of Fidelity Music.
5) Herman Griffin, Cody Black and Gigi & The Charmaines all hailed originally from Cincinnati, Ohio.
6) The Five Quails, Ann Bogan, Charley Hatcher[[Edwin Starr), The Quails, The O'Jays, and The Hesitations all came originally from Cleveland, Ohio.
7) Herschel Hunter was the lead singer of both Detroit's Moments, and The Tempos.
8) Kable, Mickay's and Ring record producer, Fred Brown, was the other '60s Detroit Soul man who worked for The US Postal Service.
9) Willie Jones the longest tenured lead singer of The Royal Jokers.
10) The Five Jets featured Derrick Martin, Joe Murphy and Billy Davis, among others.
12) Joe Von Battle owned JVB, Battle and Von Records.
13) Reverend James Hendrix owned Carrie and Staff Records. Lou Beatty [[and James Hendrix [[for a while) owned LaBeat Records, Mary Jane Records, and Cool School Records. James Hendrix co-owned Arnold Records, Lanrod Records.
14) Armen Boladian owned Fascination, Oasis, Ring, K.O., and Knockout Records.
17) Willie "Tony" Ewing owned Criss Music [[and also Spin, Chex and Volume Records.
18) Vernon Williams was a member of Detroit's Royal Holidays, Satintones and Pyramids?
19) Preston Carnes was the owner of Detroit's Astra Records.
20) Carmen Murphy owned HOB, Starmaker, Soul, and Spartan Records. She financed them by using profits from her beauty shop, "The House of Beauty", located at 111 Mack.
21) The Del-Fi's, Del-Phis, Vells, Martha & The Vandellas recorded for Kable, Check-Mate, Mel-o-dy and Gordy Records. On Kable Records, they backed up J.J. Barnes.
22) The Majestics recorded for Contour, Chex, Allrite, Thelma and VIP Records.
23) The Playboys/Fabulous Playboys who later became The [[2nd) Falcons group, recorded for Contour, DaCo. LuPine, Atlantic, and Big Wheel Records.
24) Brenda and Patrice Holloway and Sandy Wynns were all L.A. Jobete Music Office performers from 1963-1966, who also recorded in Detroit. Mary Love, Gloria Jones and Pat Hunt didn't share, did NOT record there, nor Did Mary and Gloria after signing with Motown in 1972. Sandy Wynns [[recorded for HDH in Detroit, as lead singer of The Honey Cone).
26) Joey "King" Fish was the only one on my previous list, to never have worked for Motown nor had a credit on a Motown Record'. Mike Hanks never worked at Motown, but got Motown producer credit when The Fantastic Four's "I Love You Madly" was re-released on Gordy Records.
27) The name of the in-house music publisher of Morris Kaplan's Danceland Records was Lovelane Music.
28) Armen Boladian owned Bridgeport Music'
31) LeBaron Taylor was the Detroit DJ who owned[[or co-owned) at least 3 record labels [[Revilot, Groovesville and Solid Hit).
32) Ernest Burt owned Magic City Records.
33) Motown's first sound Engineer was Robert Bateman.
35) The secretaries or office receptionists for Detroit record companies not mentioned were Janie Bradford [[Motown 1959), and Laura Johnson [[Correc-Tone 1962-63).
37) The African American Detroit Soul record label owners who were shot and killed while operating their companies were Mike Hanks and Diamond Jim Riley. Robert West was shot [[by Herman Griffin), but lived to a ripe old age.
39) The lead singer of The Caravelles and The first Detroit Dramatics group was Harry "Lee" Gates.
40) The Creations and Charters both came from Toledo, Ohio.
43) Nikki Todd was Janie Bradford's alias, when moonlighting, writing songs for Correc-Tone Records, H. Tyran Carlo was "Roquel" Billy Davis, I. Alvin English was Melvin Franklin.
45) 5th Hunter was Herschel Hunter, lead singer of The Moments and The Tempos, and brother of Ty Hunter.

[theboyfromxtown]

36 Joe Stubbs

Falcons/Contours

[theboyfromxtown]

40 Andre Williams

[robb_k]

40 Andre Williams

Close, but no cigar! Andre Williams produced The Creations, but NOT The Charters.

[theboyfromxtown]

41 Magic tones

[theboyfromxtown]

42 Herman Griffin

[theboyfromxtown]

45

Ivy Jo Hunter
Ty Hunter
Don Hunter
Joe Hunter

[robb_k]

45

Ivy Jo Hunter
Ty Hunter
Don Hunter
Joe Hunter

Good answer.
There's one more Detroit Soul Hunter, who was the lead singer of two 1960s Soul groups.

Clue: He was Ty Hunter's brother, and was the lead singer of two reasonably well-known Detroit Soul groups covering both the early and late '60s.

[theboyfromxtown]

Davie Gordon would polish these off in minutes. I'm gonna try and enlist his help!

[theboyfromxtown]

8
Freddie Gorman and I read that Marv Johnson also did some postal work

[robb_k]

8
Freddie Gorman and I read that Marv Johnson also did some postal work

Good enough. But what Detroit Soul music producer funded his productions with money he made working at The US Postal Service?

[theboyfromxtown]

44 Lamont Dozier

[robb_k]

44 Lamont Dozier

#44 is CORRECT!

[robb_k]

36 joe stubbs
falcons/contours

Exactly CORRECT!

[theboyfromxtown]

38 Gwen Owens.

[theboyfromxtown]

43
A Roger Lee Craton
B Dwight Turner
C William Levise Jr
D Clyde Wilson
E Robert Gordy
H Roquel Billy Davis
J Bob Hamilton
K Eugene Hamilton
L Al[[bert) Hamilton
M Marvin Jones
N Ronald Dunbar

[theboyfromxtown]

Sugar...some have already been answered. Sorry but I can't keep scrolling up and down. It's doing my eyes in.

[robb_k]

So far, the following are correct, with a few partially correct:
3
4
8 [[need one more important producer/postal worker)
11
15
16
21 [[need 3 more group members)
25
29
30
33 [[need earliest)
34
35 [[need 2 others)
36
38
41
42
43 [[need Nikki Todd, Tyran Carlo, and Alvin English)
45 [[need another)

So, we need answers to: 1,2,5,6, 7, 8[[partial),9,10,12,13,14,17,18,19,20,21[[partial),2 2,23,24,26,27,28,31,32,33[[partial), 35[[partial)37,39,40,43[[partial) , and 45[[partial)

[144man]

35. If my memory is right, Fern Bledsoe of the Aprils and the Fascinations was a Motown secretary.

[robb_k]

35. If my memory is right, Fern Bledsoe of the Aprils and the Fascinations was a Motown secretary.

We still need probably Motown's earliest receptionist, and Correc-Tone's as well.