Short career summary on Dean and Jean Dean & Jean were a short-lived R&B/pop/soul duo from Ohio. They recorded material together from 1958 to 1966 and scored two Top 40 pop hits: “Tra La La La Suzy” and “Hey Jean, Hey Dean”, and one more Hot 100 item “I Wanna Be Loved” … Read more
Introduction to High Inergy High Inergy were a 1970s all-girl R&B/soul/disco quartet. They consisted of sisters Vernessa and Barbara Mitchell, as well as Linda Howard and Michelle Martin. Their single, “You Can’t Turn Me Off (In The Middle of Turning Me On)” went high on the pop and R&B singles charts that … Read more
Introduction Ben E. King was one of the singers of the R&B/doo-wop vocal combo The Drifters before launching his solo career in 1960. While with the Drifters, King achieved R&B chart-toppers such as “Money Honey,” “Honey Love,” “There Goes My Baby,” and “Save The Last Dance For Me” (also a US Billboard … Read more
Who is Cheryl Lynn? Cheryl Lynn is an American singer who is popularly known for her 1978 disco hit “Got To Be Real.” A product of the talent-cum-comedy program The Goon Show, Lynda Cheryl Smith was offered a recording deal right after her appearance on that NBC-run show. She was signed to … Read more
By John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA – Ron Isley and Ernie Isley, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75587968 Introduction The Isley Brothers was formed in 1954, originally as a vocal trio consisting of brothers O’Kelly Jr., Rudolph and Ronald Isley – another brother Vernon joined them shortly before his tragic … Read more
Introduction to the group The Impressions are an R&B/doo-wop/soul band formed in Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1958, the band’s original lineup consisted of Sam Gooden, Richard Brooks, Arthur Brooks, Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield; their first name was The Roosters. They churned their first charting single on both the R&B and pop … Read more
Introduction to Theola Kilgore Theola Kilgore was an American soul and gospel singer. She had been singing gospel since she was younger but in the 1960s she recorded her first secular number ( as her answer to Sam Cooke’s 1960 hit “Chain Gang”) “The Sound Of My Man (Working On A Chain … Read more
Early life and career Joe Simon, who was born in Louisiana in 1943, began singing at a local church where his father was a Baptist minister. He joined the Golden West Gospel Singers and together they also discovered secular music, which they finally pursued. Before long, Simon left to pursue a solo … Read more
Introduction to Linda Jones The late Linda Jones was an American soul songstress. She began her recording career in 1963, but her biggest break in her career came four years later with the hit single “Hypnotized.” She also scored another R&B hit “What’ve I Done (To Make You Mad).” Jones was already … Read more
Introduction to King Floyd King Floyd was an American soul and funk singer and songwriter. After his time in the military he went to try his luck in the music field. But his debut album A Man In Love didn’t chart, he returned to New Orleans in 1969. He was then invited … Read more
Introduction to Latimore Latimore, the professional and family name of Benjamin Latimore, is an American R&B singer, pianist and songwriter who achieved the R&B chart topper “Let’s Straighten It Out.” He started his music career as a pianist for Joe Henderson and Steve Alaimo and initially billed himself as Benny Latimore. When … Read more
Sly Stone’s early life and formation of his band Sly Stone was born Sylvester Stewart in 1944 in Denton, Texas but was later raised, along with his siblings, in San Francisco Bay Area. At an early age he was seen as a prodigy at playing the keyboards. By the time he was … Read more