True legends.

How come I went to the WEKA STO and saw there is 2 different "Happiness is with the Detroit Spinners" and "Happiness Is With The Spinners" What happened??!?

They were known as "The Detriot Spinners" in their begin'n

I love the Spinners! I only one one collection from them but will probably invest in all their main albums on vinyl.

What a minute! You mean to tell me that there was no woman singing on "They Just Can't Stop It (The Games People Play)" ?
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smiled as she came
calling out my name...

The Spinners are one of my favorite male groups. Philippe was just the man and his voice could take any song to the next level. I only own this box set by them though and it's just excellent:



The Chrome Collection (2003)

These cats need to be in the Rock Hall. The Rock Hall is short on R&B groups who peaked in the 70s. Only the O'Jays and the J5.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

What happened was when they left Motown and signed with Atlantic and got with the Philly squad Thom, Linda & Bobby the whole sound changed and they were on fire

IAintTheOne said:

a classic album from begin'n to end

http://www.imeem.com/peop...o-be-love/

PurpleCharm said:

The producer Thom Bell won't tell us if it is a female He has hinted that it's just "studio tricks" that he used to make the guy sound like a lady,but I think he's playing games with us,lol.

silverchild said:

I have that box set too! It's excellent! My only complaint is that it doesn't include the full-length version of "The Rubberband Man".

funkpill said:

Chu'ch yes it is

I love the Spinners!

My all-time favorite:

I LOVE THE SPINNERS!! I remember hearing "The Rubberband Man" for the 1st time, I fell in love. Their performance on "The Midnight Special" of that song is the biz!!!! They have so many great songs, "Sadie, One Of A Kind "Love Affair), Living A Litte, Laughing A Little", the list goes on. So happy I saw them in concert years ago. Had a couple original members, it was awesome!!!!

Nelson4Life said:

I know the lead singer died a year or so ago but I always thought that for the Spinners had the distinction of for the most part staying in tact as a group and not "spinning off" into other Spinners groups.

VinnyM27 said:

John Edwards died??

funkpill said:

I thought Pervis died

IAintTheOne said:

It was. I'm sorry. They made it sound like it was the lead singer who passed. Not familiar with the line up.

funkpill said:

Yes it is. How could i let you get away is pure classic soul.
I don't have the album in front of me but it sounds like
a Linda Creed penned tune.

phunkdaddy said:

indeed it is


the album displays that someone with the last name Davis wrote it

SoulAlive said:

I remember reading about the vocals of Henry Fambrough being sped up to sound like a female voice. Barbara Ingram is a credited vocalist on this tune also.

Here's the link: Soul Jones Presents:THE SWEET SOUL GENIUS OF THOM BELL!!

It's a nice 2 part interview..
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They had so many great songs.

VinnyM27 said:

I just realized that they didn't have any spin-off groups..that is awesome!!

vainandy said:

yeah they do, and they really should be in the RRHOF. But like soooo many others , they won't get in until they run out of undeserving people to be inducted.

paisleypark4 said:

They were known as the Spinners here in the U.S., but in England there was an older folk group already called the Spinners---- so over there they became known as the Detroit Spinners, to avoid confusion---one of the prints you saw must be a UK or European pressing....









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paligap said:

OOOOOhhhhh