Answer this 76

[arr&bee]

Just when you it was safe to go in the water again...hehehehe..yep i'm back,ok the question of the day is this...what classic group is known to it's fans by a certain name but that group name has never been used on any of thier records?

[Soul Sister]

R & B!,
That could be any number of groups. We need a clue?

S.S.
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[arr&bee]

Sis how are you,so good to hear from you,oh i'm not gonna make this one easy for you all because i know how good you are,but when i reveal the answer you're gonna say[of course]have fun.

[rrussi]

The Temps, The Stones, ....The Tops?????

[robb_k]

The Temps, The Stones, ....The Tops?????
7908
This one. The Temptations.

[skooldem1]

"The Temptations: Emperors of Soul"

[arr&bee]

Hey robb you're good...but you just ain't right on this one,i'll be over here by the water cooler waiting,have fun.

[Soul Sister]

Little Anthony & The Imperials ~ "Make It Easy On Yourself", used to be The Chesters.

I'm great R & B, thank you. How's D.C.? Have you been to the newly renovated "Howard Theater"?

S.S.
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[arr&bee]

I'm fine sis,d.c.ain't what it used to be[call me sentimental]as for the[new]howard i prefer to remember it as it was...as for your answer nope keep trying.

[arr&bee]

Ok let me clear up something from my original question which is probobly gonna give it away...the group name was used on their records but not the way the fans called em by it.

[tamla617]

Hi mate! How about Maze without the featuring Frankie Beverley tag?

Or Dee Mick Dave Dozy titchy Beak? No idea what their real name was though!

[tamla617]

The Spinners instead of the Motown or Detroit prefix?

[arr&bee]

Keep trying,i shocked that none of you have figured it out yet...i'll be over here by the water cooler,hehehehehe.

[tamla617]

The World Famous Coasters

[arr&bee]

You know how it is when you look for something and it's right in front of you all the time...keep looking.

[westgrandboulevard]

While we're looking and thinking, arr&bee, what is the significance of '76' ?

Is this the 76th 'Answer This' question from you?

I'm thinking that if the answer is indeed so obvious, one of us would have answered by now - ?

So, as Soul Sister said earlier, we need a clue....for example, if the act in question is a 'classic group' - then is it a male, female or mixed group - ?

[Sotosound]

Do The Funk Brothers fit the bill?

Or are we talking about a band where fans always put "The" in front of their proper name?

For instance, we probably all call "Eagles" "The Eagles" AND we probably all call "Four Tops" "The Four Tops". Now, there's a thought!

[arr&bee]

Hi west,now as for the[76]there were[75]of these before i do this now and again[check archives]as i told sis as good as you all are uh uh i give the slightest glue and you got it in two seconds,i'm actually enjoying this,i'll say this much it is a classic group that everybody knows...i'll be over by the water cooler.

[arr&bee]

Oh soto,keep tryin.

[goomba]

All In Together Now becoming Wu-Tang Clan

[rrussi]

Well, the records always say "The Rolling Stones", but everyone just called them "The Stones". Other than that, I can't seem to come up with it. Someone above asked is it a male or female group?

[Soul Sister]

R & B,
Is that a clue "classic"?
We need one small clue to go on. :rolleyes: Era?/Male or Female/Mixed???
A word from a song titile?

"Tall, Tan, Tantalizing, Tempting" [[Temptations) / Distants/Primes.

S.S.
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[westgrandboulevard]

He keeps mentioning the water cooler. Maybe that's a clue....:confused:

[arr&bee]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa,i can't believe i'm stumping the greatest soul music minds on the internet.this is getting better and better..i tell you what if nobody gets it by tommorow i'll give a glue that will probobly give it away...get busy.

[westgrandboulevard]

Please make it UK time-friendly tomorrow. I'll need to cancel all appointments.:)

[Soul Sister]

R & B,
Don't get ahead of yourself....You haven't stumped us, just that with thousands of groups you gave us 'nothing' to go on.

S.S.
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[westgrandboulevard]

S.S.....I have a growing feeling we are in one world here, talking to another :)

[Soul Sister]

:cool: Could be WGB, lol.........


S.S.
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[tamla617]

He keeps mentioning the water cooler. Maybe that's a clue....:confused:

That's what I've been thinking too. Still nothing!

[Soul Sister]

I thought about that but dismissed it. Only thing I could think of was The Four Tops song
"Still Waters Run Deep". Didn't they have some Jazz name before?

S.S.
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[arr&bee]

West,before you go completly bonkers,let me say that[water cooler]ain't no clue,hehehehe this is good,hey sis thousands of groups aren't classic..i'm still over by the water cooler.

[Soul Sister]

What is our one clue, R & B ??????????

Your SIS is getting impatient. :confused:

S.S.
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[tamla617]

You said [[with a typo!) You give us a glue, now stick to it! I'll be over by the coke machine waiting:D cant find this water cooler you reckon you are.

[westgrandboulevard]

And seconded, S.S.!

We could collar him, if we could just find the water cooler. Or the coke machine, tamla617! And if instead it were a juke box, that might be helpful.

The answer to this had better be good, and an interesting 'Answer This 77' had also better follow pretty fast....

While half of my mind can't think which act is not generally known by the name stated on their records, the other half is wondering just why I'm even thinking about it.. LOL

[tamla617]

The young Rascals?

He's left the building, skulking in his shed. R n B by a water cooler? Water?

[westgrandboulevard]

I know it's a long time ago, but I still think of them as the Young Rascals....

[Soul Sister]

Five Royals / The Midnighters

S.S.
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[moe]

He long is he gonna make us wait? I was betting on you, SS, but tamla's answer looks good!

[Soul Sister]

Yep! How are you, Moe?

It could be any number of groups though when I think of "classic" the first thing I think of is the "classic 5" The Temptations but....that's too easy. :D

S.S.
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[westgrandboulevard]

S.S., yours could well be the right answer, but weren't there two versions anyway of one of those groups - so one set of Royales then became The Midnighters?

Which reminds me that here in the UK we had 'The Fantastics', which were originally The Velours. Presume they worked in US with that name, too?

And here in UK we pronounce 'The Elgins' with a hard 'g' [[as in begin), but in the US, it's a soft 'g', as in a glass of gin.....?

So, while we sit here in the SDF waiting room [[real nice music playing, isn't it), awaiting an announcement......

Moe, I can't think the answer is, or should be the Young Rascals, as their records up to a certain date must surely have been released bearing that name [[?) The fact that they were later renamed as The Rascals seems beside the point.

And Tempts for Temptations, or Tops for Four Tops, would be colloquial names, unofficially used at times - like some people refer to Barbra Streisand as 'Babs' [[don't really know why, but I hate that...!).

So...I guess we just wait for arr&bee.

Perhaps we should think about setting HIM his very own 'answer this' challenge - ??!

[tamla617]

Hi Moe!
This waiting rooms a bit full isn't it? Get him out the shed!

[westgrandboulevard]

First, tamla617, find the shed......:)

[tamla617]

Tell you what, while we're waiting I have a question....

...what classic group is known to it's fans by a certain name but that group name has never been used on any of their records?

I'll be over by the bus station water cooler looking at the time table so I can get out of here!!!!!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

The exit is flooded. The only available bus has a flat tyre, the gates are locked, and it seems that you-know-who has the keys.

Apart from that, everything's fine.

I spy with my little eye.....

[tamla617]

Something beginning with B

[westgrandboulevard]

Bus............

[tamla617]

Yep, well done, go to the top of the class and fall off!

[tamla617]

You got that quick, did you google it?

[westgrandboulevard]

Yes. Whenever I'm not sure how I feel, I google me....and sure enough, it tells me....

Do you think everyone has gone home?

[tamla617]

No, the busses aren't running, another strike.

[westgrandboulevard]

I think it's time we went home ourselves. I don't think arr&bee is going to show tonight.

As the buses are not locked, and I only need to press a button to start them, can I give you a lift?

[moe]

If you look at some of times of his recent posts on other thread [[2:06am approx.) you will find that R&B is probably a night owl who strikes when almost everyone is on the bus, gone home, and tucked in for the night.

[Soul Sister]

wgb,
There is the group The 5 Royales with "Laundrymat Blues", etc.......

Then there is The Five Royals [[Alonzo Tucker, Hank Ballard, etc...) who morphed into The Midnighters, later as Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, minus Alonzo who was then writing hits for Jackie Wilson.

I was going to put up a photo of them but something is now different on here [[try it), cannnot do it ??????????

S.S.
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[arr&bee]

Ok here's your clue...this classic group first recorded in the fifties and last recorded at the end of the seventies,who are they hmmmmm???

[Soul Sister]

The Dells

S.S.
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[splanky]

I think you've got this one, S.S., The Mighty Dells as they were known....

[moe]

What did I tell all of you? R&B shows up during the night [[i.e. 2:40am).
And SS I did bet on you!!

[arr&bee]

Hey sis,ready to claim your prize?....well sit back down the dells ain't it...i'll be over here.

[moe]

What happened? You woke up R&B!!
Give us a break!

[westgrandboulevard]

I'm sat here, waiting for the next clue......

[Soul Sister]

The Four Tops ?

S.S.
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[westgrandboulevard]

Well, S.S., arr&bee said this classic group [[which none of us can guess...) last recorded at the end of the 70s - and The Tops were surely recording in the 80s.....so, unless arr&bee is shifting the goalposts, not them....??

:confused::confused::confused:

[tamla617]

Bill Pinkney & The Original Drifters, Bill Pinkney And The Originals, Bill Pinkney's Original Drifters, Charlie Thomas & The Drifters, Charlie Thomas And The Drifters, Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters, Difters, Drifters, Original Drifters.

What about that lot?

[tamla617]

The PIPS..................................?

[tamla617]

The Staples.........?

[arr&bee]

Ok,i'll give you all til saturday,if no one gets it i'll reveal it...take a shot in the dark...the answer is very close,we discuss this group almost always.

[Soul Sister]

The Moonglows / Harvey & The Moonglows

The Chantels / Arlene Smith & The Chantels

The Matadors / The Miracles [[without Smokey in the 70's).

LOOOOOOOOOOL...................................... .......................
:p,
S.S.
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[arr&bee]

B-i-n-g-o...hurrayyyyyyyy sis you tripped up and got it...who are they??? How many of us alllllways call this classic motown group...smokey and the miracles now have any of thier many records ever had the name[smokey and the miracles]on it?not to my knowlegde it's either[the miracles]or from the mid-sixties on[smokey robinson and the miracles]if i'm wrong show me...it's been fun.

[westgrandboulevard]

Hmmmmmm.....:confused:

Well, speaking just for myself, I've certainly always referred to the group as 'Smokey Robinson & The Miracles' since the billing changed for "The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage" single in 1967 - [[if not since the "Going To A Go-Go" album in 1965. Well,it was a v-e-r-y long time ago..!)

That's how the group name was changed on all records, billing and promotional literature and, I guess, trademarked? OK, maybe I'm just being a pedantic Brit! LOL

Some might well have thought of them, and also referred to them as Smokey & The Miracles, but only in private conversation [[?) - as perhaps they might 'Diana & The Supremes', 'Gladys & The Pips', 'Frankie and The Four Seasons', just as other examples.

When I hear a classic Motown record, I hear the drums of Benny Benjamin, Pistol Allen, Uriel Jones and all....but I wonder, with great interest, if arr&bee just might be listening to the beat of a very different drum :)

OK! Bring on 'Answer This 77' ...! LOL

[tamla617]

I looked at the Miacles' discogs last night and it lists all the names they've been known by

Pasted
"Smokey" Robinson & I Miracles, Eddie Holland, Miracles, Miracles, Smokey Robinson, The, Miracles, The ®, New Miracles, The, Smokey Ribinson & The Miracles, Smokey Robinson, Smokey Robinson & Miracles, Smokey Robinson & Miracles, The, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles*, Smokey Robinson + The Miracles, Smokey Robinson And The Miracles, Smokey Robinson With The Miracles, Smokie Robinson & The Miracles

So I didn't go for them! I did the same for the Staples, Pips etc and did!

[arr&bee]

Hey wes hope you enjoyed the question[i did]now i can't speak for the uk,but over here back in the day we called em[smokey and the miracles,even the local dj's did too.

[Soul Sister]

1. The Miracles with first album in 1958 [[Great output).
2. The Miracles "Going To A Go Go" album 1965 [[Best album!).
3. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles or Smokey & The Miracles, or Bill Smokey Robinson & The Miracles as the Top R & B Disc Jockey's on the radio & stage shows called them 1966. on.... N.Y./N.J./Philly/Baltimore/D.C. on the Chitlin` Circit.

4. After Smokey went solo in the 70's, back to The Miracles or The New Miracles.

What's my prize, R & B? :p

S.S.
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[moe]

Your persistence paid off SS! Glad I bet on you!!!

[tamla617]

I've never heard anyone call them Smokey and the Miracles over here but that isn't surprising really. Our radio, what we had anyway, would have called them by what was on the 45 or LP.

[Soul Sister]

Thanks, Moe. :)


S.S.
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[rrussi]

The O'Jays are sometimes called just the Jays, but I doubt that's it.

[arr&bee]

Hey sis,a special batch of the good stuff being made as we speak...what took you so long[hehehe].

[rrussi]

The Young Rascals records did say that name up 'til they officially changed to the Rascals, which was on the records too. The O'Jays were often called just the Jays, but I doubt that's it.

[Soul Sister]

R & B,
The only "special batch" I'm looking for these days is a batch of good bakery cookies for Jimmy, he is the cookie monster!! :D

S.S.
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[Soul Sister]

randy,
The answer was The Miracles. Scroll up.

S.S.
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[arr&bee]

Bless his heart,how is jimmy? Give him his cookies.

[Soul Sister]

LOL.....................oh I do!
Yup a sweetheart with a sweet tooth. Loves the cookies with the icing on them.
He's doing good.

S.S.
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[arr&bee]

Hey sis,is jimmy still performing?

[Soul Sister]

He just did a guest track and he's working on a special project at this time.

S.S.
:)