* Thank you, Marv2. I agree Maxine is a very nice and classy lady. Sings great too!!
* Thanks for playing sophisticated_soul, it was fun.
I need to check that album out. Is it the same song The O'Jays recorded?
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* Thank you, Marv2. I agree Maxine is a very nice and classy lady. Sings great too!!
* Thanks for playing sophisticated_soul, it was fun.
I need to check that album out. Is it the same song The O'Jays recorded?
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Yep, The O'Jays is "We Cried Together". Dynamite song!!!
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In light of recents news, this post is dedicated to the members of this group.
We are from the Chicago area, we are one of the longest touring groups that stayed together.
We had a big hit in the 1950's and a repeat hit in the 60's.
Name the two songs in question?
WHO ARE WE?
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Is it the Dells? And "Oh What a Nite" 1956 and "Oh, What a Night" 1969?
You are correct sophisticated_soul>
The 1950's song I had in mind was "Oh What A Night".
The two times hit I was thinking of was "Stay In My Corner".
The Mighty Dells ~
Sending out prayers for Chuck Barksdale ~
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That's right they redid both songs. Interestingly both remakes made it to #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, 11 months apart from each other. Both exceeding the success of the originals. As one S.S. to another, I'm gonna get one of these questions right all the way through, one of these days!:)
You did great sophisticated_soul lady. :)
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OOOPS.....my bad! Sorry soul pal, S.S.
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My family history is in the Gospel field.
I had a couple minor hits in the late 1960's.
I have 3 famous singers as relatives as well.
Name my family's group?
Name my 3 famous relatives?
Name a big hit I had in 1967 on the R&B charts?
WHO AM I?
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1) The Drinkard Singers
2)Cissy Houston, Dionne Warwick, Whitney Houston
3)"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
It is Dee Dee Warwick
Good Morning Soul Sister...
LOVE the "Guest the Artist Game"!
Great Questions and KILLER Photos.
You and the Soulful Detroit Family make this the Best Place to enjoy our love of MUSIC!
Abraham Smooth Wilson
You are correct, Robb!
The song I was thinking of was "Foolish Fool". Dynamite song from Dee Dee, love her! R.I.P.
Dee Dee Warwick at Jimmy's show, chillin` in the dressingroom with us ~
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Thank you, Smooth. Play the game with us. :D
Hope all is great in your world.
Peace & Blessings,
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Hi Soul Sister
Thanks for the Greeting!
Did you ever get the chance to listen to the New Songs I sent You and Jimmy?
Your opinions are always appreciated.
All is well in on The Beautiful Monterey Peninsula of California.
Abraham Smooth Wilson
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Of course! "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" was much earlier than 1967 [[1965).I met Dee Dee near the end of the 1970s. She was a good friend of one of my partners at Airwave Records.
That's nice, Robb. Call me crazy but I liked her voice better than her sister's. :rolleyes:.
She was on the quiet side at Jimmy's show, sat quietly talking with Jimmy.
So sad we lost her.
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Hi,s.s. Deedee had a cute tune called[girl's need love]i'm sure you remember it,didn't sell much but it was very cute.
Hi R & B,
Cool. I don't remember it offhand but will have to check it out whenever I may run across it.
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I wouldn't call you crazy. I also liked Dee Dee better as a singer than Dionne. Dee Dee had more of a soulful delivery, while Dionne was more poppish.
Absolutely Robb. Dee Dee had grit.
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One member of our group was murdered, one is missing, and one became a cop. We had a really groovy hip record in 1966, followed by an equally great cover of one of our labelmates hits. Had a successful tour in 1966.
Name our Label?
Name our manager?
Name 2 of our famous labelmates?
Name the 2 songs in question?
WHO ARE WE?
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Well SS .. you had me stumped there for a little while .. the group has to be THE CAPITOLS, as I recall hearing that one of their members was murdered and a little research uncovered the fact that another one joined the Highland Park Police, but neither of their two biggest hits [["Cool Jerk" and "We've Got a Thing That's In The Groove") were previously done by a label mate as far as I'm aware!! But then I found out that the "B" side of "Cool Jerk" was their version of "Hello Stranger", which had previously been recorded by their label-mate BARBARA LEWIS, [[I've never owned "Cool Jerk" on a 45 so this was news to me).
So .. my answers are ..
Name our Label? - KAREN
Name our manager? - OLLIE McLAUGHLIN
Name 2 of our famous labelmates? - BARBARA LEWIS and BETTY LAVETTE [[or alternatively DEON JACKSON who's releases came out on Karen's sister-label Carla).
Name the 2 songs in question? "Cool Jerk" and "Hello Stranger"
Roger
P.S. A bit of interesting trivia for you .. back in the '60s their releases came out on the Atlantic label in the U.K. under the name of THE THREE CAPS as can be seen here ...
http://www.discogs.com/Three-Caps-Th...elease/2795179
I can't stump you, Roger. LOL!!! You are correct.
Labelmates [[or should I say stablemates, lol, in Ollie's stable) on tour were Barbara Lewis & Deon Jackson.
Two songs were the two-sided hit of "Cool Jerk" & "Hello Stranger" the B-side cover of Barbara's hit.
Didn't know that about Atlantic & the U.K.
THE CAPITOLS ~
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We are from Houston, Texas. We had some of the best soul ballads in the 1968 era.
Name 3 of those records?
Name the lead singer?
Name the group?
WHO ARE WE?
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Any educated guesses??? LOL............. Roger?
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I'm assuming you mean THE MASQUERADERS .. but although I know they had some Houston connections most of their biographies say they were formed in Dallas.
Assuming that the answer is THE MASQUERADERS then the answers would be ..
THE THREE RECORDS ...
Perm three from the following ..
"I Don't Want Nobody to Lead Me On" .. "I'm Just An Average Guy" .. "How Big Is Big" .. "I Ain't Got To Love Nobody Else"
THE LEAD SINGER .. I think was CHARLES MOORE
And the group ... ?????
:)
Roger
Good guess but the wrong one Roger. I love The Masqueraders too!!
The three records I had in mind were:
"No Man Is An Island"
"Never Let Me Go"
"I Have To Go On"
Lead Singer: Rondalis Tandy
Group: The Van Dykes
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We were originaly called "The Emeralds", had recorded some great songs backed by some great musicians beginning in 1965.
Who were the musicians on our recordings?
Name our record label?
Name "5" of our hits from the mid 1960's soul era?
Name our lead singer?
NAME OUR GROUP, WHO ARE WE?
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Well S.S. .. After discounting that you could be talking about THE DETROIT EMERALDS, on the basis that was TOO obvious , I followed a couple of hunches and checked the booklet notes for this C.D. ..
http://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-E.../dp/B00000809T
And it seems that the group started out as THE EMERALDS ..
So my answers are ..
Who were the musicians on our recordings?
BOOKER T & THE M.Gs [[presumably)
Name our record label?
STAX/VOLT
Name "5" of our hits from the mid 1960's soul era?
"Don't Have To Shop Around"
"I Want A Girl"
"Patch My Heart"
"I Want Someone"
"Whatever Hurts You"
Name our lead singer?
JOHN GARY WILLIAMS
The group is/was THE MAD LADS .. :)
Roger
I cannot stump you Roger! :)
The songs I was thinking of were:
1. Don't Have To Shop Around
2. I Want Someone
3. Whatever Hurts You
4. So Nice
5. I Want A Girl
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Last report was that he was in the hospital in need of prayers. That was a couple weeks ago, I haven't heard any news or update since.
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I sang with a group in the 1950's, have an edgy quality to my voice.
Made some great solo records in the mid 60's, one well-known record that charted on the R & B radio stations.
Name that group?
Name that hit record?
Name the label that record was on?
Name at least two of my solo ballads?
WHO AM I ?
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Any guesses??? :)
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BUMP! Any wild guesses? :)
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That' why I love this site as I've become smug in my knowledge of music. Soul Sister, you clued me in on Timothy Wilson years ago and when he was performing on PBS with the Teenagers, I was schooling folks saying he's the guy who sang Queen of Hearts. I also like Baby, Baby Please. [[Only Queen of Hearts got played in Philly.) Now I'm going to youtube to listen to Just Another Guy and Sammy Ambrose who I must admit I never heard of.