scriptgirl said:

Thanks Madam! But Chic and Tribe Called Quest are NOT Unsung. Tom Browne is, though.

I thought about that when writing Chic, but do most people still know about Chic? I don't know. Fans of Chris Brown may say, "Who?"

Tom Browne, & I will add Bernard Wright.

HotGritz said:

Bernard Wright

CeCe Penniston

Jocelyn Brown

Carl Douglas

Major Harris

Damian Dame

H-Town

Five Starr

The Jets

Jade

Zhane

See this is what I'm talkin' about, superb selections H.G.

JabarR74 said:

Nice! Thank you!

Starpoint

Slave

Confunkshun

Billy Paul

Johnny Guitar Watson

Honey Cone

Major Harris? who is that?

Jade was a one hit wonder and along with Zhane, they are 90s. too recent

Lenny Williams

Here are the artists I would LOVE to see featured on Unsung.

Roy Ayers

Willie Hutch

Gil Scot-Herron

Labelle (to me the greatest girl group ever)

Patrice Rushen

Larry Graham

Btw - There are some really great choices listed on this thread - Shuggie Otis, Billy Paul and Cheryl Lynn are all great suggestions.

scriptgirl said:

Major Harris? who is that?

Jade was a one hit wonder and along with Zhane, they are 90s. too recent

That's incorrect. Jade nor Zhane were not one hit wonders.

missfee said:

scriptgirl said:

Major Harris? who is that?

Jade was a one hit wonder and along with Zhane, they are 90s. too recent

That's incorrect. Jade nor Zhane were not one hit wonders.

She may have meant one album wonders but nevertheless i loved

Jade and Zhane

phunkdaddy said:

missfee said:

That's incorrect. Jade nor Zhane were not one hit wonders.

She may have meant one album wonders but nevertheless i loved

Jade and Zhane

Oh okay, that makes a little more sense even though Zhane I know had at least two albums that I can name songs off of. And yes I loved them both as well.

Jade and Zhane both had good followup albums but probably not as popular

to the general public as their debut releases.

phunkdaddy said:

Jade and Zhane both had good followup albums but probably not as popular

to the general public as their debut releases.

Yes I agree.

JabarR74 said:

WOW! You picked the ones I was about list.....I would also like to see the Whispers, and Leon Sylvers III by himself. Very underated writer & producer. Nice picks

scriptgirl said:

Major Harris? who is that?

Jade was a one hit wonder and along with Zhane, they are 90s. too recent

Major Harris had the hit "Love won't let me wait" remade by Luther Vandross & he was one of the lead singers of The Delfonics...He is definitely "Unsung" He use to live in my building a couple of years ago & he is not in good shape...

I would like to add this person. His life is scandalous. I doubt if he will agree to it. He won't even come on the internet anymore. Due to all the nasty horrible remarks people make about him..

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Tevin Campbell

bellanoche said:

Here are the artists I would LOVE to see featured on Unsung.

Roy Ayers

Willie Hutch

Gil Scot-Herron

Labelle (to me the greatest girl group ever)

Patrice Rushen

Larry Graham

Btw - There are some really great choices listed on this thread - Shuggie Otis, Billy Paul and Cheryl Lynn are all great suggestions.

Great choices, especially my man Roy Ayers. I imagine most people know "Everybody loves the Sunshine," but his catalogue is so deep. And the hip-hop generation would recognize a good part of his songs just from samples.

I nominate these guys, especially since I didn't know they were still around in some form with three of their founding members until I bought tix and went to see them tonight--the Dazz Band! I really wanna know their back story now!

Tevin Campbell is a wonderful idea even tho he's rather recent. His sitch was the prototype of the "unsung" formula. Besides, unlike the usual drugs/booze stories, the scandal that runied his career was a bit more spicy!

Here's a few more for consideration:

Johnny Mathis

Charlie Pride

Johnny Nash

Hey, why not? In many ways, these guys were pioneering Black artists. They have fame and all everywhere else but the community that they came from. Besides, since Unsing has touched a bit on Johnny Mathis via Deneice Williams, so why not do a full ep on him? His career surely has the longevity to justify one.

As for Johnny Nash, he helped prepare American and the UK audiences for reggae. In fact, Bob Marley wrote some of his biggest hits before The Wailers blew up.

Betty Davis

I think Betty might be too obscure for Unsung. Now I'm all about Betty Wright being on there

Jermaine Stewart

The Boys

Force MD's

Loose Ends

Georgio

Cameo

TTD

Vanity

PrettyMan72 said:

Jermaine Stewart

The Boys

Force MD's

Loose Ends

Georgio

Cameo

TTD

Vanity

Cameo is not Unsung....

xpertluva said:

Everybody has had some great choices. I'd like to throw Shuggie Otis (it's only a matter of time) and Betty Davis into the mix as well.

And what about Terence Trent D'arby since most people think he fell off the face of the earth after his debut.

Yes Yes to Shuggie Otis. He was ahead of his time. I would like to see Ready for the World and Chante Moore too.

xpertluva said:

bellanoche said:

Here are the artists I would LOVE to see featured on Unsung.

Roy Ayers

Willie Hutch

Gil Scot-Herron

Labelle (to me the greatest girl group ever)

Patrice Rushen

Larry Graham

Btw - There are some really great choices listed on this thread - Shuggie Otis, Billy Paul and Cheryl Lynn are all great suggestions.

Great choices, especially my man Roy Ayers. I imagine most people know "Everybody loves the Sunshine," but his catalogue is so deep. And the hip-hop generation would recognize a good part of his songs just from samples.

Yes! I think Roy is very underrated. His catalog is certainly deep. The Ubiquity stuff just floors me everytime I listen to it. He had the groove, the message, the style. Who else did what he did on his instrument? His work has been sampled and remade by so many artists. Yet, many people have no idea who he is. I would LOVE to see Roy featured on UnSung.

Frankie Beverly and Maze, The Jets,Digital Underground, Sister Sledge, Rufus &Chaka Khan, Pointer Sisters, Stephanie Mills, Denise Williams, The Gapp Band, Cameo, The Time(yeah right, Like Prince will let that one happen )

NEW BIRTH!!!!!!!!!!

Mother's Finest

Jesse Johnson

Mandrill

The Jets

scriptgirl said:

I think Betty Davis might be too obscure for Unsung.

but that's exactly why they should do an episode on her

Paris9748430 said:

Mother's Finest

Jesse Johnson

Mandrill

The Jets

I forgot about Mother's Finest. They'd be perfect candidates.

Has anybody mentioned Bad Brains?

xpertluva said:

Paris9748430 said:

Mother's Finest

Jesse Johnson

Mandrill

The Jets

I forgot about Mother's Finest. They'd be perfect candidates.

Has anybody mentioned Bad Brains?

I have on older threads on the topic, but how could I forget them now? Of course the chances are slim to none...and slim left town long ago!

The Brothers Johnson

Bloodstone

Tower Of Power

A Taste Of Honey