By DF (208.27.111.121) on Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 11:26 am:

Did Phllippe Wynne of the Spinners start this phrase? Or did someone before him? Of course, that was his trademark saying.

There is a deacon at my church who shouts out "Well, Well, Well" when there's "an Amen in the house". I guess that got me thinking.

By Julian (205.188.209.109) on Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 11:46 am:

Maybe he got it from the church. Churck folk have been saying that for as long as I can remember.

By Kdubya (206.126.224.7) on Friday, May 09, 2003 - 08:50 am:

He probably made it "most popular", church folk and R&B singers have all used it, but I think that upon reflection, Bobby Womack has used the term liberally throughout his career.

By STUBASS (152.163.252.68) on Friday, May 09, 2003 - 01:09 pm:

THE ISLEYS..."FOR THE LOVE OF YOU"..."WELL...WELL...WELL!!!...

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Friday, May 09, 2003 - 01:14 pm:

It all came from the church! I should know being a P.K. (Preacher's Kid).

Well, well, well....y'all!

Kevin Goins - KevGo

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Friday, May 09, 2003 - 01:17 pm:

HEY KEV: YOU DAT "SON OF A PREACHER MAN"...IF SO...LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GETTIN PLENTY OF ACTION!!!...STU

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Friday, May 09, 2003 - 01:19 pm:

MY DADDY WAS A "PISTOL"!!!...GUESS THAT MAKES ME A "SON OF A GUN"!!!...

By Wondering (64.45.230.186) on Friday, May 09, 2003 - 02:24 pm:

I know Smokey used it to open What's Easy For Two
Is So Hard For One by Mary Wells!!!!!

By Joe Moorehouse (64.12.97.7) on Friday, May 09, 2003 - 08:14 pm:

Not only did "well, well, well" not originate with Phillipe Wynne or the church, it goes back 400 years or more. The doctor says it in Macbeth, and plainly in the exact same way we use it today. Whether Shakespeare invented the phrase--let's face it, it seems like he invented half the rest of the language--I don't know. But it ain't new.

By STUBASS (152.163.252.68) on Friday, May 09, 2003 - 10:05 pm:

BILL SHAKESPEARE...AND WHO SAYS WE HAVE NO CULTURE HERE AT SOULFUL DETROIT.COM???...NOW *THAT'S IMPRESSIVE JOE!!!...STUBASS

By Soul Sister (65.43.153.219) on Sunday, May 11, 2003 - 06:21 pm:

Gerald Alston solo & as a Manhattan always sang "Well-Well", and knowing Gerald's background I believe it did come from the church.

By Julian (64.12.97.7) on Monday, May 12, 2003 - 12:20 am:

Shakespheare was on top of his game! He was the Jordan of literature!

By Walt Baby (205.188.209.109) on Monday, May 12, 2003 - 10:06 pm:

Shakespeare got it from church, he was a devout Baptist.