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The Originals (band)

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The Originals, often called "Motown's best-kept secret," were a successful Motown R&B and soul group during the late 1960s and the 1970s, most notable for the hits "Baby, I'm For Real," "The Bells," and the disco classic "Down To Love Town." Formed in 1966, the group originally consisted of baritone singer Freddie Gorman, tenor/falsetto Walter Gaines, and tenors C. P. Spencer and Hank Dixon (and briefly Joe Stubbs). [1]

77 relations: After 7, Baby, I'm for Real, Backing vocalist, Baritone, Billboard (magazine), Billboard 200, Billboard Hot 100, Blue Moon (1934 song), Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers, C. P. Spencer, Chained (Marvin Gaye song), Chubby Checker, Color Me Badd, Dance Club Songs, David Ruffin, Detroit, Disco, Discogs, Down to Love Town, Edwin Starr, Falsetto, Fantasy Records, For Once in My Life, Former Ladies of the Supremes, Four Tops, Freddie Gorman, Gene Chandler, Holland–Dozier–Holland, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Ian Levine, Jimmy Ruffin, Joe Stubbs, Junior Walker, Just to Keep You Satisfied, Lamont Dozier, Lead Belly, Let's Get It On, Levi Stubbs, List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart, List of Billboard number-one dance club songs, Marvin Gaye, Michigan, Modern soul, Motorcity Records, Motown, Music recording certification, My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me), Northern soul, Please Mr. Postman, Recording Industry Association of America, ..., Rhythm and blues, Scherrie Payne, Smokey Robinson, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Soul music, Stevie Wonder, Tenor, The Andantes, The Beatles, The Bells (The Originals song), The Carpenters, The Contours, The Falcons, The Glass House (band), The Marvelettes, The Spinners (American R&B group), The Supremes, The Twist (song), Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Twenty-Five Miles, United States, War (The Temptations song), What Becomes of the Brokenhearted, What Does It Take (To Win Your Love), Yahoo! Music, Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday, 100 Proof (Aged in Soul). Expand index (27 more) »

After 7

After 7 is an R&B group founded in 1987 by brothers Melvin and Kevon Edmonds, and Keith Mitchell.

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Baby, I'm for Real

"Baby, I'm for Real" is a soul ballad written by Marvin Gaye and Anna Gordy Gaye, produced by Marvin and recorded and released by American Motown vocal group The Originals for the Soul label issued in 1969.

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Backing vocalist

Backing vocalists are singers who provide vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists.

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Baritone

A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice types.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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Blue Moon (1934 song)

"Blue Moon" is a classic popular song written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934, and has become a standard ballad.

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Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers

Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers were a Canadian soul band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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C. P. Spencer

C.

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Chained (Marvin Gaye song)

"Chained" is a 1968 single released by soul singer Marvin Gaye on the Tamla label.

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Chubby Checker

Chubby Checker (birth name Ernest Evans; October 3, 1941) is an American rock n roll singer and dancer.

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Color Me Badd

Color Me Badd is an American contemporary R&B group that was formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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Dance Club Songs

The Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly chart published exclusively by Billboard in the United States.

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David Ruffin

David Eli Ruffin (born Davis Eli Ruffin, January 18, 1941 – June 1, 1991) was an American soul singer and musician most famous for his work as one of the lead singers of The Temptations (1964–68) during the group's "Classic Five" period as it was later known.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County.

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Disco

Disco is a musical style that emerged in the mid 1960s and early 1970s from America's urban nightlife scene, where it originated in house parties and makeshift discothèques, reaching its peak popularity between the mid-1970s and early 1980s.

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Discogs

Discogs (short for discographies) is a website and crowdsourced database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases.

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Down to Love Town

"Down to Love Town" is a 1976 disco single by The Originals, a Motown group that peaked in popularity in late 1960s and early 1970s.

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Edwin Starr

Edwin Starr (born Charles Edwin Hatcher; January 21, 1942April 2, 2003) was an American singer and songwriter.

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Falsetto

Falsetto (Italian diminutive of falso, "false") is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave.

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Fantasy Records

Fantasy Records is an American record company and label founded by brothers Max and Sol Weiss in 1949.

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For Once in My Life

"For Once in My Life" is a swing song written by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden for Motown Records' Stein & Van Stock publishing company, and first recorded in 1966.

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Former Ladies of the Supremes

The Former Ladies of the Supremes, or FLOS (now Scherrie and Susaye, Formerly of the Supremes), is a singing group that was originally formed by former Supremes members Jean Terrell, Cindy Birdsong and Scherrie Payne, in 1986.

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Four Tops

The Four Tops are a vocal quartet from Detroit, Michigan, USA, who helped to define the city's Motown sound of the 1960s.

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Freddie Gorman

Freddie Gorman (born Frederick Cortez Gorman, April 11, 1939 – June 13, 2006) was an American musician and record producer, most famous as a singer, songwriter for the Motown label in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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Gene Chandler

Gene Chandler (born Eugene Drake Dixon, July 6, 1937) nicknamed "The Duke of Earl" or simply "The Duke", is an American singer, songwriter, talent scout, music producer and record label executive.

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Holland–Dozier–Holland

Holland–Dozier–Holland was a songwriting and production team made up of Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian and Eddie Holland.

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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop/Rap Songs is a record chart that ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by Billboard.

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Ian Levine

Ian Geoffrey Levine (born 22 June 1953), is a British songwriter, producer, and DJ.

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Jimmy Ruffin

James Lee RuffinRibowsky, Mark (2010), Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul of the Temptations, Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, p. 89.

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Joe Stubbs

Joe Stubbs (born Joseph Stubbles, 1942 — February 5, 1998) was an American R&B/soul singer who became the lead singer of four different groups throughout his recording career.

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Junior Walker

Autry DeWalt Mixon Jr. (June 14, 1931 – November 23, 1995), known by the stage name Junior Walker, styled as Jr.

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Just to Keep You Satisfied

"Just to Keep You Satisfied" is a song by soul singer Marvin Gaye.

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Lamont Dozier

Lamont Herbert Dozier (DŌ-zhər; born June 16, 1941) is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan.

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Lead Belly

Huddie William Ledbetter (January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949) was an American folk and blues musician notable for his strong vocals, virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, and the folk standards he introduced.

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Let's Get It On

Let's Get It On is the thirteenth studio album by American singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye.

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Levi Stubbs

Levi Stubbs (born Levi Stubbles, June 6, 1936 – October 17, 2008) was an American baritone singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame- inducted R&B group the Four Tops, a group known for a variety of Motown hit records and other songs created in the 1960s and 1970s.

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List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart

This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on Billboard magazine's Dance Club Songs chart.

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List of Billboard number-one dance club songs

This is a list of number-one dance hits as recorded by Billboard magazine's Dance Club Songs chart — a weekly national survey of popular songs in U.S. dance clubs.

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Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.

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Modern soul

Modern soul is a style of music with associated clothing and dance styles (precursors to the disco era), that developed in Northern England in the early 1970s.

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Motorcity Records

Motorcity Records is a British record label formed by producer Ian Levine in 1989.

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Motown

Motown is an American record company.

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Music recording certification

Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.

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My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)

"My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)" is the solo debut single for former Temptations lead singer David Ruffin, released on Motown Records in early 1969 (see 1969 in music).

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Northern soul

Northern soul is a music and dance movement that emerged in Northern England in the late 1960s from the British mod scene, based on a particular style of black American soul music, especially in the mid-1960s, with a heavy beat and fast tempo.

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Please Mr. Postman

"Please Mr.

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Recording Industry Association of America

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the recording industry in the United States.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Scherrie Payne

Scherrie Payne (born November 4, 1944) is an American singer.

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Smokey Robinson

William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive.

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Songwriters Hall of Fame

The Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF), was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publisher/songwriter Abe Olman and publisher/executive Howie Richmond to honor those whose work represents and maintains the heritage and legacy of a spectrum of the most beloved songs from the world's popular music songbook.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Stevie Wonder

Stevland Hardaway Morris (né Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist.

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Tenor

Tenor is a type of classical male singing voice, whose vocal range is normally the highest male voice type, which lies between the baritone and countertenor voice types.

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The Andantes

The Andantes were an American female session group for the Motown record label during the 1960s.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Bells (The Originals song)

"The Bells" is a 1970 single recorded by The Originals for Motown's Soul label, produced by Marvin Gaye and co-written by Gaye, his wife Anna Gordy Gaye, Iris Gordy, and Elgie Stover.

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The Carpenters

The Carpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo of Karen (1950–1983) and Richard Carpenter (b. 1946).

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The Contours

The Contours were one of the early African-American soul singing groups signed to Motown Records.

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The Falcons

The Falcons were an American rhythm and blues vocal group, some of whose members went on to be influential in soul music.

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The Glass House (band)

The Glass House was an American R&B/soul group from Detroit, Michigan.

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The Marvelettes

The Marvelettes was an American girl group that achieved popularity in the early- to mid-1960s.

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The Spinners (American R&B group)

The Spinners are an American rhythm and blues vocal group that formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1954.

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The Supremes

The Supremes were an American female singing group and the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.

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The Twist (song)

"The Twist" is an American pop song written and originally released in early 1959 (having been recorded on 11/11/1958) by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters as a B-side to "Teardrops on Your Letter".

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Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.

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Twenty-Five Miles

"Twenty-Five Miles" is a song written by Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, and Edwin Starr for Starr's second album, 25 Miles (1969).

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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War (The Temptations song)

"War" is a counterculture-era soul song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Motown label in 1969.

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What Becomes of the Brokenhearted

"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" is a hit single recorded by Jimmy Ruffin and released on Motown Records' Soul label in the summer of 1966.

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What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)

"What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)" is a 1968 song that was a 1969 hit single by Jr. Walker & The All Stars.

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Yahoo! Music

Yahoo! Music, owned by Yahoo!, is the provider of a variety of music services, including Internet radio, music videos, news, artist information, and original programming.

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Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday

"Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" is a 1969 soul song written by Ron Miller and Bryan Wells, released by American Motown singer-songwriter-musician Stevie Wonder on the album My Cherie Amour.

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100 Proof (Aged in Soul)

100 Proof (Aged in Soul) was an American funk/soul group, who were formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1969.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Originals_(band)

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