The Three Degrees' Fayette Pinkney passes away

Here's what I got from Soulful-Detroit:

Timmy84 said:

IAintTheOne said:

this june is weeeeeird.

BSK3478 said:

phunkdaddy said:

Timmy84 said:

Wow, I used to love that group. I posted some vids on them about 3 months ago here. Sad to hear that. RIP.

The patience and love I am blessed with, is the golden key for my strength and survival.

Timmy84 said:

kok said:

Timmy84 said:

Here's what I got from Soulful-Detroit:



No one else has any more details on what caused her death but I'm sure it'll be made available later.
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I am very sad about her passing...I LOVED the song "Don't Ask My Neighbor" and loved them with Earth, Wind and Fire:...May the Lord bless her family and friends

I remember my daddy PARKED in front of the tv when the Three Degrees used to come on,and my mama used to catch a STANK attitude like "they are not all that ". Ironically, in retrospect they pretty much had the same look as my mom and all her cohorts at the time, stick skinny big big ass hair, always oohin', aahin' and singing "doodooo-do-do".

I remember some of the songs, but I remember their tv appearances more for some reason:



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Ottensen said:

I remember my daddy PARKED in front of the tv when the Three Degrees used to come on,and my mama used to catch a STANK attitude like "they are not all that ". Ironically, in retrospect they pretty much had the same look as my mom and all her cohorts at the time, stick skinny big big ass hair, always oohin', aahin' and singing "doodooo-do-do".

I remember some of the songs, but I remember their tv appearances more for some reason:



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oh no...

Timmy84 said:

Timmy84 said:

Ottensen said:

I remember my daddy PARKED in front of the tv when the Three Degrees used to come on,and my mama used to catch a STANK attitude like "they are not all that ". Ironically, in retrospect they pretty much had the same look as my mom and all her cohorts at the time, stick skinny big big ass hair, always oohin', aahin' and singing "doodooo-do-do".

I remember some of the songs, but I remember their tv appearances more for some reason:



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In retrospect, they were trying to be Diana Ross and the Supremes whereas First Choice were more rougher (imagine Martha Reeves and the Vandellas but from Philly). Their American success was very brief in terms of pop/R&B chart placings (1970-1975) but they had some disco hits afterwards and some of the songs made the international charts.
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Here we go again. RIP
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The Three Degrees were MUCH bigger in Europe than they ever were in the US. They were hot tho.

My aunt called me about Billy Mays, the Oxi Clean guy. She was very upset cuz it sounded like he got a bump on the head on a plane and was found dead hours later.

Timmy84 said:

kok said:

I am very sad about her passing...I LOVED the song "Don't Ask My Neighbor" and loved them with Earth, Wind and Fire:...May the Lord bless her family and friends

Uh that was the Emotions.

BSK3478 said:

the three degrees hits

"maybe"
"dirty old man"
"when will i see you again"
"TSOP(the theme from soul train)