by FikesRobert | May 17, 2022 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band is a soul and funk band that was best known for their 1973 hit song “Express Yourself.” The group consists of members Charles Wright, Al McKay, Benorce Blackmon, Gabe Flemings, Melvin Dunlap, James...
by David H. Jackson Jr. | Feb 22, 2022 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
The Sylvers, an R&B family vocal ensemble, was officially formed in the Watts section of Los Angeles, California in 1971. The four older siblings, however, had performed and recorded earlier as the Little Angels. The group members comprised singer Olympia Ann...
by David H. Jackson Jr. | Feb 22, 2022 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
The R&B doo-wop ensemble Brenda & the Tabulations began in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1966. They comprised vocalist/ lyricist Brenda J. Payton (Hill), born in the city on October 24, 1945, composer/ guitarist Eddie L. Jackson, born in 1947 in Forest City,...
by GutierrezVenableCecilia | Feb 21, 2022 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
The Monotones were a six-member American doo-wop group in the 1950s. Though they recorded other songs, they had only one hit single, “The Book of Love,” which reached No. 5 on the Billboard 100 chart in 1958. The teenagers lived in Baxter Housing Project...
by David H. Jackson Jr. | Feb 10, 2022 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
R&B doo-wop and balladeer duo Don & Juan hail from Long Beach, New York. They are pianist, vocalist Roland “Don” Anderson Trone, who was born on July 2, 1936, in Birmingham, Alabama, and reared in Long Beach, and composer, lyricist, and vocalist Claude “Juan”...
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