Who are they?
Name them or post a more or less forgotten song.
This by Charlie & Inez Foxx "it's a hit" says the presenter. But it wasn't. But it should have been. And how much of a dish was Charlie? OMG!
Black American singers of the 60s who were not famous after the 60s, who you love.
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| by Anonymous | reply 34 | June 21, 2019 6:24 PM |
Mary Wilson
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 19, 2019 6:06 PM |
Brook Benton. Though technically this particular song was early 1970, The guy was smooth.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 19, 2019 6:09 PM |
Kitty Lester
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 19, 2019 6:43 PM |
Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y - Had a micro-resurgence last year thanks to the movie Baby Driver
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 19, 2019 6:51 PM |
Mary Wells
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 19, 2019 7:41 PM |
Barbara McNair was well known through the 60s. and faded by the early mid 70s.
She was great. both as an actress and singer, in the movie "Venus In Furs" (1970) with James Darren.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 19, 2019 7:52 PM |
Jerry Butler. "Need to Belong" is gorgeous.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | June 19, 2019 8:05 PM |
Maxine Brown (e.g. "Wonder What My Baby's Doing" from the pen of gayman Van McCoy).
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | June 19, 2019 8:07 PM |
Barbara Lewis.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | June 19, 2019 8:07 PM |
Wow, Inez Foxx was amazing.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | June 19, 2019 8:08 PM |
Chuck Jackson. He did the original "I Keep Forgettin'", that inspired the Michael McDonald song of the same name.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | June 19, 2019 8:09 PM |
Doris Troy. Her "Just One Look" album hasn't got a bad track.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | June 19, 2019 8:09 PM |
Arthur Lee, leader of the band "Love".
Their album "Love Forever Changes" from 1967 is an absolute classic.
Unfortunately, drug problems broke the band up and Lee faded after the 60s.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 19, 2019 8:10 PM |
[quote]Jerry Butler. "Need to Belong"
Is "Never Gonna Give You Up" too well known for this thread?
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | June 19, 2019 8:12 PM |
Leola Jiles, who just passed, led The Apollas/The Lovejoys. She had an incendiary voices, which she deployed on tracks like "He Ain't No Angel" and "Mr. Creator".
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | June 19, 2019 8:13 PM |
Jackie Shane is pretty obscure.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | June 19, 2019 8:14 PM |
Baby Washington ("Doodlin'", "That's How Heartaches Are Made", "It'll Never Be Over For Me".)
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | June 19, 2019 8:16 PM |
Judy Clay, probably best known for "Private Number" with William Bell.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | June 19, 2019 8:17 PM |
Ivy Joe Hunter
I have no idea why he wasn't more famous. This is as good a late '60s Motown record as I have ever heard.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | June 19, 2019 8:18 PM |
Denise Nickerson
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | June 19, 2019 9:08 PM |
Veneice Starks.
Was she even famous then?
Should have been.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | June 21, 2019 2:19 PM |
I don't know Jeanette Williams' backstory but I've been in love with this song ever since I found it on a soul compilation album in a used record store, years ago:
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | June 21, 2019 2:35 PM |
Odetta
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | June 21, 2019 2:53 PM |
Little Willie John, Arthur Alexander
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | June 21, 2019 3:11 PM |
Verne Troyer
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | June 21, 2019 5:15 PM |
Big Maybelle did a lot of covers of 60's pop songs and made most of them a whole lot better.
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | June 21, 2019 5:53 PM |
Most of the girl groups.
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | June 21, 2019 6:24 PM |