Was this group known outside of Philly?

[nosey]

I didn't know them personally but would see some of them in the clubs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiIlF3x4gak

[roger]

Hi Nosey ..

This is the track by them that I know ..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3rrMetCXQo

When the group broke up a couple of them went on to form CREME DE COCOA in the late '70s ..

http://www.allmusic.com/album/funked-up-mw0000850176

This was CREME DE COCOA's mini-hit "Doing The Dog" .. which owes something to "He's The Greatest Dancer" IMHO ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i57ftqTYOMg

And this was the one I liked more .. "Doggin' It"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPek416ACPs

Roger

[JIVE FIVE Mary G.]

Hi Nosey,

I had not heard of them, but I asked Gene Pitt and he said he knew them well and did shows with them. He also said he has their records. I must say, I like what I hear. They were good.

~~Mary~~

[nosey]

Roger, I remember Good Love Gone Bad but don't remember the disco songs at all. Thanks for the info. You too Mary.

[keith_h]

On the UK Kent CD 'Still paying our dues' they had a track '[[I've got to find) happiness', which was originally issued on Atlantic in '67. In the CD notes, Ady Croasdell writes:
Another Philly group, consisting of Benjamin Speller, Robert L Todd, Hurley Johnson, Calvin Todd Jnr and John Johnson. This song was written by Speller and Todd.
By the last of their three Atlantic singles they were being produced by Detroits' Mike Terry on a Tony Hestor and Popcorn Wylie song.
They went on to record an LP and four singles [[with a slightly changed line up, adding Orlando Oliphant at another members expense) for Arctic records. They were not the same Ambassadors on Pee Vee records, or Soul Ambassadors on SS7. After Arctic they recorded for Mercury then changed their name to Creme D'Cocoa.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q2dQm6rcuE

I also found the following:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgS-fQUJqP4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfnmeJaG4Lc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiIlF3x4gak

[Soul Sister]

Of course, they were played from New York to D.C. on the east coast.


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