The outstanding career of Bill Withers is finally getting some overdue recognition
Ken Shane’s Soul Serenade
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The Silhouettes scored big with their one and only hit
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The Drifters were legendary for their music, and their story
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The Intruders were one of the most important groups in soul music history.
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Lou Rawls is remembered as a great entertainer. He was an equally great soul singer.
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The Royalettes were the first to record a classic that was a bigger hit for others.
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Jazz legend Donald Byrd assembled his best students to create the Blackbyrds
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Another week, another one-hit-wonder. But what a hit.
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Walter Jackson overcame a childhood tragedy to become a star on the R&B charts
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The Bar-Kays refused to let tragedy silence them
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Eddie Holman is primarily remembered for one song, but what a song it was
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Hank Ballard had a number of hits, but someone else scored bigger with one of his songs.
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Carla Thomas had a stellar career that began with a ballad she wrote at age 15.
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The Spinners had a remarkable run of hit singles with lead singer Philippe Wynne and producer Thom Bell.
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Archie Bell & the Drells weren’t shy about telling you where they were from. Their highly influential hit “Tighten Up” was released in 1968.
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In 1964 Joe Hinton broke out with his hit cover of a Willie Nelson song. Four years later he was gone in the prime of his career.
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We lost Funk Brother Bob Babbitt this week, He played on countless Motown hits, including this Stevie Wonder classic.
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In 1965 the Righteous Brothers had a year that has seldom been equaled in the annals of popular music.
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The competition for the first single by the Famous Flames was fierce. Federal Records prevailed.
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Over 100 classic soul tracks informed by Ken Shane’s weekly Soul Serenade column.
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The O’Jays are best known as a hit-making trio, but they started as a quintet, and had one of their earliest hits as a quartet.
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James Carr was one of soul music’s most brilliant talents, but his career was derailed by mental illness.
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David Ruffin’s final single as lead vocalist with the Temptations featured one of his finest performances.
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The Three Degrees had been around for more than ten years by the time they hit it big in 1974.
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The Delfonics left us with many indelible hits, but it’s a more obscure B-side that Ken Shane recalls as he celebrates the second birthday of Soul Serenade.
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Barry White was a big star in every way in the ’70s. His songs remain part of our lives to this day.
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Holland-Dozier-Holland left Motown in 1967 and started their own label. One of their best signings was singer Freda Payne.
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Out of the ashes of the Hi_Fis rose two classic vocal groups; the 5th Dimension, and the Friends of Distinction.
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Chuck Willis died while at the top of his game, but he left behind some classic records.