The Soul Survivors

[floyjoy678]

Anyone else a fan of these guys? Expressway To Your Heart was always one of my favorite songs and it always got a lot of radio play here in Philly through the years.

But I can't find much information on these guys. There aren't many clips of them from back in the day and it looks like they only put out one album. I was surprised with having a #4 song on the charts that they didn't have a follow up single until a year later.

Can anyone identify the lead singers? Who is who on the album cover?

I do love their 2nd single, Explosion, even though it's pretty similar to Expressway and also love their cover of Too Many Fish In the Sea.

From the pictures I've seen it looks like they're white and maybe latino guys.

I also know Jerry Blavat had a lot to do with their success.

[jsmith]

Blue-eyed soul at it's best. "Expressway" was a club / radio hit in the UK but not a chart hit.
Their follow-up 45 was just a bit 'too similar' for many. But they continued to record & put out a good few other good tracks.
They were great live too; had lots of fans at black venues.
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[Motown Eddie]

I remember the The Soul Survivors! The original members were Charlie Ingui, Richie Ingui, Kenny Jeremiah, Joe Forgione & Paul Venturini. Their big hit, "Expressway To Your Heart" was the first song written & produced by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff to hit both the Pop & Soul Music charts [#3R&B/#4Pop in 1967 according to Billboard USA]. They recorded only three albums between 1967 thru 1974 for the Crimson, Atco & TSOP labels.