The Flaming Ember scored three hits for Holland-Dozier-Holland label Hot Wax
Ken Shane’s Soul Serenade
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A light that burned brightly was extinguished when Sharon Jones died last week
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Bobby Hebb wrote “Sunny” in response to personal and national tragedy
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Willie Hutch was a producer, songwriter, arranger, and hit-maker with 1975’s “Love Power”
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“The Twist” was the only 45 to reach #1 in two different years. But was the success a curse?
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When the world was waiting for another Mary Wells hit Jackie Ross stepped up
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You’ve heard it by Jackson Browne, but the original version topped the chart in 1960
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Remembering the great songwriter Rod Temperton whose songs were the soundtrack of the ’80s
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At one time or another Wilson Pickett, Eddie Floyd, and Sir Mack Rice were members of the Falcons
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Chris Kenner hit it big in ’61. Covers of his songs were massive hits for others.
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A splendid new visual history of the legendary soul label
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A leading figure in the rise of Philly Soul, Bunny Sigler scored his own hit in ’67
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Johnny Bristol had already had an amazing career when he scored his biggest hit
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Tony Clarke wrote two hits for Etta James and had a hit of his own in 1965
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The O’Kaysions scored big in ’68 but there could have been many more
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The funky People’s Choice scored big in ’71 and bigger in ’75
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Barbara Acklin wrote some massive hits and scored one of her own in ’68
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The Moments scored big hits before morphing into Ray, Goodman & Brown
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In 1979 the songwriting and producing team stepped out for a smash of their own
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The Chantels had two smash hits with two unrelated Smiths as lead singers
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Mel & Tim went to Muscle Shoals to record their 1972 hit
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Gene Chandler’s extraordinary career spanned the doo-wop, r&b, soul, and disco eras.
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The Native American rock band scored a huge hit in 1974
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Ronnie Dyson was a star of stage, screen, and the music charts who was lost too soon
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Johnny Ace was one of the biggest stars of the ’50s until one fateful Christmas Day in Houston
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Working with Philly Soul legend Thom Bell the Intrigues had their biggest hit
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Shirley Ellis emerged as a three-hit wonder at a dark time in the nation’s history
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Patty & the Emblems are best remembered for the songwriter who wrote their biggest hit
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She’s known for her raunchy raps but Millie Jackson is a first-rate soul singer
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Fontella Bass scored big with the unfairly labeled “Aretha record that Aretha never made”