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Source Material: The Controllers – “Somebody’s Gotta Win”
The Controllers were a soul group from Fairfield, Alabama that began their career singing gospel. The group was made up of two brothers, Reginald and Larry McArthur, and their cousins Ricky Lewis and Leonard Brown. They cycled through two…
Source Material: Helene Smith – “You Got To Be A Man”
Helene Smith was a soul singer from Miami, Florida who released a number of singles in the 1960s. She began her career with Willie Clarke and her eventual husband Johnny Pearsall. Clarke and Pearsall were college friends who created Deep…
Source Material: Tommie Young – “Hit and Run Lover”
Tommie Young is a gospel and soul singer from Dallas, Texas. She started singing at five years old inside her father's church. In the early '70s, she performed at Dallas nightclubs. In 1972, Bobby Patterson, a local Dallas producer and…
Source Material: Ann Peebles – “I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down”
Ann Peebles is a singer from St Louis, Missouri who's most well-known for her song "I Can't Stand the Rain." She released her album I Can't Stand the Rain on Hi Records in 1974. Hi Records was a notable record label based in Memphis,…
Source Material: Fuzzy Haskins – “Love’s Now Is Forever”
Fuzzy Haskins was a vocalist, guitarist, and founding member of The Parliaments. The Parliaments, led by George Clinton, were a doo-wop group formed in the late 1950s. Haskins was one of the lead vocalists. For most of the '60s, the…
Source Material: Richard “Groove” Holmes – “Onsaya Joy”
Richard "Groove" Holmes was a jazz organist from Camden, New Jersey. He began his career playing the bass guitar, then he transitioned to the Hammond organ. Holmes taught himself how to play the organ, then he became one of the most…
Source Material: Candace Love – “Uh! Uh! Boy, That’s A No No”
Candace Love was a schoolteacher from Chicago who became a singer in the late 1960s. She recorded five singles for Aquarius Records, a small label started by Ric Williams, who was a local soul musician and songwriting talent. “Uh! Uh!…
Source Material: Roberto Roena – “Que Se Sepa”
Roberto Roena is a Puerto Rican salsa musician who has enjoyed an illustrious career since the 1950s. He started as a dancer, alongside his brothers, on a television program in Puerto Rico called "La Taberna India." When Roena was 16…
Source Material: The Universals – “New Generation”
The Universals were a funk/soul band from Daytona Beach, Florida who recorded in the early '70s. The group was comprised of Lindsey Morris (Vocals, Keyboard, & Arranger), Alex Morgan (Vocals & Guitar), Ralph Williams (Vocals,…
Source Material: Sam Baker – “It’s All Over”
Sam Baker was a soul singer from Jackson, Mississippi that enjoyed a moderately successful career in the '60s. The majority of his music was released on Sound Stage 7, a lesser-known record label based in Nashville, Tennessee. The label…