New Birth & The Nite-Liters Live on Soul!

[no_place_like_motown]

This is 70's Soul at it's best. The video is in 4 parts. One to enjoy, folks!

Part I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoD7VYbqWB8

Part II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OgryUGksmY

Part III
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqVHM_BRCJk

Part IV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiSjPIypS0M

[nosey]

This kinda makes me sad; remembering when my late husband and I would go out to see groups like this live back in the 70s. New Birth, one of the best groups at that time!

[splanky]

I'm sure there are a few members of the forum tired of me saying how much I loved this
group-or should I say organisation, but New Birth Inc was the bomb! I couldn't get enough
of their music, still can't, and oh how I miss Londie Wiggins [[aka Londee Loren)!...

[nosey]

Splanky, is she dead? Are they still performing?

[splanky]

Oh,my, No, Nosey! Not as far as I know. I didn't mean to imply she had passed only that
she had left the group. Twice in fact and each time bummed me out. The whole history
of New Birth is long and quite complicated but I grew up listening to Londie grow up on record and was very smitten with the way her sounded augmented the group even if she
wasn't lead singing lead. New Birth reformed again in the last few years but basically it's
just the Wilson Brothers, Leslie and Melvin. They perform backed by whatever musicians
they can pick up, none of the originals. Don't get me wrong, I love their singing. It's just
not the same for me without that feminine element. Londee, I understand is retired and
went back south many years ago. Wish I could have met her, but I respect her desire to live
a private life...Their song Patiently which she wrote probably still earns her good coin since
it's been sampled so much in hip hop over the years. To me it represent her voice at it's
finest, in full bloom...

[nosey]

Splanky, I listened to Patiently and it is a pretty song.

[splanky]

Thanks, nosey...I know a lot has been mentioned about Harvey Fuqua using a then uncredited
Susaye Greene to substitute for Londie on Until It's Time For You To Go but I think Ms Wiggins
did a fine job on all of the tracks she did lead on such as:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzVXWGQeGAg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs9ea0BQNYw

and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8ktJPrACNQ

Patiently for anyone else who has never heard it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RDd9VlKWoI

[Soul Sister]

SOUL! was the best music show on t.v. from 1968 to 1971. Never missed an episode back then. Harvey did a fabulous job with New Birth.

Thanks for the memories, no_place_like_motown.

S.S.
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[Soul Sister]

LOVE Londee's voice on "Impossible" & "Blind Baby", she has a special tone to her voice.

Thanks for posting "Blind Baby", splanky.

S.S.
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[no_place_like_motown]

SOUL! was the best music show on t.v. from 1968 to 1971. Never missed an episode back then. Harvey did a fabulous job with New Birth.

Thanks for the memories, no_place_like_motown.

S.S.
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S.S.,

The show ran until March, 1973.

[Soul Sister]

I guess I am I'm thinking of the year period when The Manhattans & Little Jimmy Scott was on.


S.S.
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