Give me a list of artists that should have gotten some mainstream spotlight or was really just really good but fucked up their career.....From any era and any genre of music.....

sinister said:

RhondaJoy says Cyndy Lauper should b a superstsar by now, not Madonna !!!

HUE AND CRY..pat kane told seymour stein where 2 go...

Andrew Roachford. I saw him perform at the UMF earlier this year. Although i think he's a newcomer and just gettin started.

roachford..he started in the 80s!

Happy Rhodes

Stephen Duffy

...and the Lilac Time

Sam Phillips

Kirsty MacColl

jonylawson said:

U sure coz he looked proper young as in early 20's

Ronnie Dyson ---an amazing R&B male vocalsit from the 70s.Not too many people knew about him,but in our household,his 1977 album 'Love In All Flavors' was played constantly.

DavidEye said:

Hey DavidEye long time no see how are you buddy? I never even heard of him.....I will have to do some research But that is the good thing about a thread like this you can see a bunch of artists you may not know and look them up and discover some great new music.

CauseImFly said:

Ronnie was an amazing vocalist.He had a hit single in the early 70s called "If You Let Me Make Love To You (Why Can't I Touch You)?",but there weren't too many other hits.His 1977 hit "Don't Be Afraid" is a GREAT song,a funky,midtempo jam.Sadly,he passed away in 1990.

The Family Stand.

ZeemanUK said:

Biography:

"Ever since bulldozing his way onto the scene with unforgettable tracks like 'Cuddly Toy' and 'Family Man' in the late 80¹s, Andrew Roachford's maverick take on music has spread far and wide. As the first artist to sign a staggering seven-album deal with Columbia Records, it heralded the beginning of something big. "Getting signed and being a black British artist gave me a sense of pride," enthuses Andrew...

"... All of Andrew's albums to date: 'Roachford' 1988, 'Get Ready' 1991, 'Permanent Shade of Blue' 1994 and 'Feel' 1997 all reached gold status in Britain. He was also Columbia's biggest selling domestic act for over ten years. As if any more proof were needed, the fact that Andrew Roachford has been approached by such luminaries as Michael Jackson and Chaka Khan to write songs, speaks volumes."

http://www.roachford.co.u...e/biog.htm

THE MOTHERFUCKING FUNK BROTHERS!!!AS IN MY MOFUCKIN THREAD

DONNY HATHAWAY!!!!

PANDURITO said:

oh my god..i was soo going to post toni...did you know she has finally returned to performing and is working on a new album?

Donna DeLory....I would never have said so until I heard her album "Bliss" for the first time. I think it was her second album (following a dance record she did in hte early 90s) and it came out in 2000. It blew me away...her voice is amazing...SHE is amazing when she's not in Madonna's shadow!

purplegypsy said:

I agree so much, donna is such a talented vocalist you would never guess. Her father was apparently a musician as well.

sosgemini said:

That's great news. I thought she had left the music world forever.
Now I need to know more. Gonna check the web.

Thanx Nicholas

Moby Grape

PANDURITO said:

Ditto. She has a beautiful original voice that needs to heard.

PANDURITO said:

langebleu said:

ROACHFORD (1988)

"Cuddly Toy" - Smashing!!!

He's obviously aging well.

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

WORLD PARTY
http://www.worldparty.net

mary margaret ohara

What happened to her? She was great!!!



Someday. Maybe not now, but someday.



Great jam band. I just wish people would notice.



Akin to the Gang of 4 style of Punk/Funk/Politics, they should've gotten some notoriety of some kind.



(Well, they were big in the UK at least, but they should've had some #1 R&B hits here in the States.)
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