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G.C. Cameron: "Stevie and I became best friends after I got with the Spinners. We had much in common. I admired him so much, as I do now -his ability as a writer, producer, singer and musician - - So...

Bobbie Smith: "The Spinners were mostly available all the time and we would hang around studio every day trying to get on the back scene, background, whatever they needed us to do to make some money....

Thank you, Tom and Kenneth.
Actually, a year later I met Mr. Bell again and among other things he shortly talked about this CD -

https://www.soulexpress.net/deep5_2017.htm#williambell

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Hi Tom!

My review of the album in 2016 -
https://www.soulexpress.net/deep4_2016.htm#williambell

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Heikki

Here's my Johnny Bristol favourite. He wrote it together with Jerry Butler, James Dean and John Glover. Jerry released it first, and after Johnny there were Tom Jones, Johnny Mathis and many others,...

Thank you for your kind words "nativeNY63".
David, Diunna leans more into the blues than Denise, but she masters other genres, too.

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Heikki

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Please get acquanited with a strong-voiced blues & soul lady out of Houston, Texas, Diunna Greenleaf.
She tells about her latest CD, and we'll get back to her with a feature article after one...

Hi Kenneth!

Indeed, some discographies show an album titled Waiting for William Bell:

3012 -
WAITING FOR - LITTLE MILTON [[reissued on CD)
It's Amazing/Who Can Handle Me Is You/Woman You...

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The complete story of William Bell in his own words -
https://www.soulexpress.net/williambell.htm

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Heikki

Hi!

My short review: https://www.soulexpress.net/deep1_2022.htm#temptations

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Heikki

Hi David!

I agree with you on those artists that you mentioned.
Ichiban indeed was mentioned in the book, but surprisingly mainly in the context of rap music.
Some of the other less-known...

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Please read my review of a new book on the Atlanta music scene.
There are also reviews of two CDs, including one by the Temptations -

https://www.soulexpress.net/deep1_2022.htm

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Here's an extract from my O.C. feature on this subject -

O.C.’s next album, Love Changes [[# 61-black), appeared first on South Bay Records out of Los Angeles in 1982, and it was produced...

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A good album. Please read my review of the album with comments from Ron Banks [[Soul Express: The Dramatics Story, part 3) - 19609[ATTACH]19609

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The last twenty years of his career - twenty plus albums - and one of the contributors is Malaco's Wolf Stephenson -

https://www.soulexpress.net/willieclayton_part3.htm

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Hi, a bit more about Dave...

DAVE TYSON
David Lewis Tyson was born in Philadelphia, PA, on September 14 in 1959. David: “My father was a nine-to-five working man. I have four sisters and two...

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Let's not forget another very tight group, The Dells, which performed in the very same line-up from 1952 till 2009, with the exception of one change in the early 60s.

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Heikki

Hi David!

I borrowed the CD one year ago from a friend, but I don't recall where he purchased it.
It's a little over 30 minutes, 8 tracks, and I remember liking four of them quite much.

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The second part of the Willie Clayton story [[1993-2002) features not only Willie, but in supporting roles also John Abbey of Ichiban Records, the highly esteemed singer-songwriter Frank-O...

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An unsung artist, if any.
One of the greatest classic soul singers, WILLIE CLAYTON, and his early days in Mississippi, Chicago, with Willie Mitchell in Memphis and in Atlanta, Georgia -...

Thank you for the polite answer, Michael.
You're right that in the 90s they weren't together anymore.
I counted all the charted records by Gladys Knight & the Pips up to 1988, and by Gladys Knight...

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After On and On, I counted 40 charted records up to 1995 for Gladys Knight & the Pips, and among those there were number one and platinum singles.

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Heikki

Hi "mike_sku"!

I also think that many of those songs on that CD are very melodic and in a way a throwback to their golden Atlantic days in the 70s. Unfortunately, so far the CD hasn't been a big...

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The review includes interviews with the only original member, Henry Fambrough, and the producer Preston Glass.
There are also reviewed five other new CDs and two books, one on Malaco Records,...

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Thank you, David, for the idea. Actually it's a good idea. Unfortunately, I don't have any channels to push this idea. But I'll accept the money in any case and am willing to share...