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Pervis Jackson of the Spinners passed away http://www.detnews.com/ap...1409/METRO
Pervis Jackson of Spinners fame dies at 70 Tom Greenwood / The Detroit News DETROIT -- Pervis Jackson, an original member of the Motown group The Spinners, reportedly died of cancer over night in Sinai-Grace Hospital. According to Detroit News reporting partner WXYZ-TV (Channel 7), Jackson's death was reported by his son who called Channel 7 during the evening. The group -- in which Jackson sang bass -- leaped to fame in the 1970s with the hit "Games People Play." Other hits included "Rubber Band Man," "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love" and "I'll Be Around." Jackson was 70. Funeral arrangements are pending. "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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bboy87 said: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080818/ENT04/808180394/1409/METRO
Pervis Jackson of Spinners fame dies at 70 Tom Greenwood / The Detroit News DETROIT -- Pervis Jackson, an original member of the Motown group The Spinners, reportedly died of cancer over night in Sinai-Grace Hospital. According to Detroit News reporting partner WXYZ-TV (Channel 7), Jackson's death was reported by his son who called Channel 7 during the evening. The group -- in which Jackson sang bass -- leaped to fame in the 1970s with the hit "Games People Play." Other hits included "Rubber Band Man," "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love" and "I'll Be Around." Jackson was 70. Funeral arrangements are pending. It's funny....just as I clicked to read this story, "Last December" was playing in my iTunes. Man, time definitely waits for no one. I hate to hear that he's gone. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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(In the photo, Jackson is second from the left) Original Member of the Spinners Dies August 18, 2008 Link Pervis Jackson, the man behind the deep, rolling bass voice in a string of 1970s R&B hits by The Spinners, has died after being diagnosed with brain and liver cancer. He was 70. Jackson died about 2 a.m. Monday at Detroit Sinai-Grace Hospital, his wife Claudreen told The Associated Press. Doctors found tumours late last month, but had been awaiting tests to determine if they were malignant. He was diagnosed with cancer two days ago, she said. "I was watching him waste away the past month," Claudreen Jackson said. "He wasn't eating. He was losing weight, coughing. At the end of July, we took him to the doctor. His words were 'I'll be all right. I'll be all right'." The native of the New Orleans area was one of the original five members of the group which started out in the late 1950s singing doo-wop in Detroit. They worked under the Motown label in the 1960s but shot to stardom after moving on to Atlantic Records in the 1970s. Jackson last performed July 19 in California with the remaining original members of the group, Bobbie Smith and Henry Fambrough, and two new members, his wife said. With song's like "Mighty Love,'' "I'll Be Around,'' "One Of A Kind (Love Affair)" and "Then Came You," The Spinners were a constant on the R&B and pop charts during the 1970s. The Spinners compiled 12 gold records, according to the group's official website. Jackson had been planning to perform with the group later this month in South Africa and in Wales in September, his wife said. "I am extremely proud of the example he set in his music. The Spinners' music was clean," said Claudreen Jackson, 69. "What comforts me is he is one person who lived his life exactly the way he wanted to.'' She met Pervis Jackson in 1964. They married in 1968. He also is survived by four adult children. | |
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What distinctive voice. What a legendary group, He'll be missed. Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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The "12:45" dude! 
 
I love his bass in "I'll Come Running Back to You". He'll be missed. | |
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That's what girls were made for,,,,, | |
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God rest his soul. | |
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"Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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I love his voice in "Games People Play." "Funkyslsistah… you ain't funky at all, you just a little ol' prude"!
"It's just my imagination, once again running away with me." | |
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R.I.P.
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Goodbye, Pervis. You'll be missed.
I think I'll spin some Spinners at work today as a tribute to Pervis  It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.
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Wow. That death thing has been going' around hard lately.
I'm glad he didn't have to suffer long. He was still performing a month ago. | |
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"12:45"
"Today and every day" rest in peace, mr. jackson.....  | |
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