Guess the artist game ~

[sophisticated_soul]

OOOPS.....my bad! Sorry soul pal, S.S.


S.S.
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No worries. I can see that the way I wrote it could be taken that way. It's all good, I got a good laugh out of it!

[Soul Sister]

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?

S.S.
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[robb_k]

1) The Drinkard Singers
2)Cissy Houston, Dionne Warwick, Whitney Houston
3)"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"


It is Dee Dee Warwick

[marv2]

1) The Drinkard Singers
2)Cissy Houston, Dionne Warwick, Whitney Houston
3)"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"


It is Dee Dee Warwick

Sounds like you're right to me Robb!

[smooth]

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

[Soul Sister]

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 ~


S.S.
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[Soul Sister]

Thank you, Smooth. Play the game with us.
Hope all is great in your world.
Peace & Blessings,
S.S.
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[smooth]

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

[robb_k]

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 ~


S.S.
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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.

[Soul Sister]

That's nice, Robb. Call me crazy but I liked her voice better than her sister's. .
She was on the quiet side at Jimmy's show, sat quietly talking with Jimmy.
So sad we lost her.

S.S.
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[arrr&bee]

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.

[Soul Sister]

Hi R & B,
Cool. I don't remember it offhand but will have to check it out whenever I may run across it.

S.S.
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[robb_k]

That's nice, Robb. Call me crazy but I liked her voice better than her sister's. .
She was on the quiet side at Jimmy's show, sat quietly talking with Jimmy.
So sad we lost her.
S.S.
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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.

[Soul Sister]

Absolutely Robb. Dee Dee had grit.

S.S.
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[Soul Sister]

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?

S.S.
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[roger]

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?

S.S.
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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

[Soul Sister]

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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[Soul Sister]

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?

S.S.
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[Soul Sister]

Any educated guesses??? LOL............. Roger?


S.S.
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[roger]

Any educated guesses??? LOL............. Roger?


S.S.
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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

[Soul Sister]

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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[Soul Sister]

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?

S.S.
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[roger]

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?

S.S.
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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

[Soul Sister]

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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[marv2]

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 ~
Attachment 6486

S.S.
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Soul Sister, is Chuck ill?

[Soul Sister]

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.


S.S.
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[Soul Sister]

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 ?

S.S.
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[Soul Sister]

Any guesses???

S.S.
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[Soul Sister]

BUMP! Any wild guesses?


S.S.
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[nosey]

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.

[Soul Sister]

Hi Nosey,
Yep, I used to wear the jukebox out Summer of 1967 with Tim's "Baby Baby Please" and later "Say It Again", which is my favorite for the feeling he puts into it.
He told me 3 decades later that "Say It Again" was also his favorite of all the songs he's ever recorded! How cool is that, I was blown away!

Sammy was a fabulous "live" performer you had to see his show, you would have love him instantly.

Any guesses on my latest Artist in question?

S.S.
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[nosey]

SS, don't have a clue but I'm going to listen to Say It Again.

[Soul Sister]

Okay...I'll leave it up a little longer for Roger.


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[Soul Sister]

Here's the answer ~

1950's Group was THE PEARLS
Hit Record: "You Better Go" on the Sue Label.
Nice Ballads: "You Blew It", "Your Daddy Wants His Baby Back", & his cover of "I Won't Cry Anymore"...[[one of my all-time favorite versions along with Jimmy Scott's on Roost in1951, and Big Maybelle's moving version!!!)

I am DEREK MARTIN [[Great edgy voice, very underrated talented singer!!) ~


S.S.
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[Soul Sister]

IGNORE THE Johnny Ace PHOTO. Some kind of SDF Photo Glich!


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[Soul Sister]

New Game ~
I am a blue-eye soul singer with much success in concerts, singer, musician, songwriting, liner notes and productions of other artists, television, movies, soundtracks, still going strong today. My mother was a singer on the Perry Cuomo television show.

Name of my old group?
Name two hits one from the 1960's and one from the 1980's that blew up?
Name a controversional thing that hapenned during my Apollo appearance in 1968?
Name some other artist liner notes I wrote?
Name a famous t.v. show that used my song and who was singing it?
Name one Artist I produced?
What type of music am I doing today?

WHO AM I?

S.S.
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[Soul Sister]

BUMP UP for the soul heads ~

[JIVE FIVE Mary G.]

BUMPING!!!

I know who the artist is, but don't lnow the answer to all the questions. I will wait to see if someone else weighs in first.

~~Mary~~

[robb_k]

Derek Martin was a member of Detroit's Five Jets for several years in the mid '50s, before he was with The Five pearls/Pearls.

[Soul Sister]

Hi Robb,
Thanks for the 411 on Derek Martin, very underrated singer I.M.O.

Any guesses on the blue-eyed soul Artist?

S.S.
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[Soul Sister]

I guess this game is now de-funked since no ones knows soul music history for the 1960's, lol, seems like only Roger does.

Answers to latest Artist ~

* Old group: The Beaters
* Biggest Hit from the 60's: "Storybook Children" a duet with Judy Clay.
* Hit from the 80's: "At This Moment".
* Apollo: When Billy & Judy appeared on stage they came out holding hands and she was pregnant. The audience loudly gasped! Naturally, everyone assummed Billy was the father, which was controverial in those days [[1968). Actually, Judy's husband was back stage.
* Billy wrote liner notes on "lots" of albums, naming two "Jimmy Scott & Paul Gayten".
* Famous T.V. Show that used his song "At This Moment" was "Family Ties" sung by "The Manhattans".
* Name of one of the many Artists he produced "Lou Rawls".
* Music I am doing today: "Big Band".

* Who Am I?: BILLY VERA

S.S.
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