bellanoche said:

JabarR74 said:

Rance Allen Group

Staple Singers

Bobby Bland

The Dramatics

Dynamic Superiors

Soul Stirrers

Mandrill

silkman said:

Martha Wash

Patrice Rushen

Loose Ends

Nona Hendryx

Tom Browne

Change

Karyn White

A Taste of Honey

Guy

One Way featuring Al Hudson/ Alicia Myers

Jesse Johnson

Sister Sledge

DeFord Bailey

Tracy Chapman

Richard "Dimples" Fields

Brand New Heavies

Charlie Pride

Chubby Checker

Digable Planets

Johnny Bristol

Hazel Scott

Hamilton Bohannon

Who the hell are the rance allen group? Digable Planets was a one hit wonder and that is 90s, way too soon-to many 70s, 80s acts to still cover.

UnderMySun said:

Martha Wash

Patrice Rushen

Loose Ends

Nona Hendryx

Tom Browne

Change

Karyn White

A Taste of Honey

Guy

One Way featuring Al Hudson/ Alicia Myers

Jesse Johnson

Sister Sledge

great list......

wow, One Way with that Cutie Pie, that was like numero uno back in 1980,

Loose Ends were imitated by tons of producers behind the scene....

Patrice Rush was so awesome....

Sister Sledge is NOT unsung

scriptgirl said:

Who the hell are the rance allen group? Digable Planets was a one hit wonder and that is 90s, way too soon-to many 70s, 80s acts to still cover.

I'm not making a list for you. I'm listing people I'm interested in seeing, which is what the thread is about. Why do you continue to criticize what people post? It's not that serious, it's just for fun. I know they're not going to do Charlie Pride, Slim Harpo, or Tracy Chapman anyway, because the people who make this show think black people only make R&B.

scriptgirl said:

Sister Sledge is NOT unsung

I would say they are. Outside of the "We Are Family" album, they didn't have much success outside of black radio and even that was moderate.

scriptgirl said:

No way in hell is the Gap Band unsung

If Sly Stone is unsung, than the Gap Band is too.

Side Effect

Jimmy Castor Bunch

The Blackbyrds

Bobbi Humphrey

Maxayn/Mandre

Latimore

Slave

Sun

Brass Construction

Starpoint

James DTrain Williams

LTD

Martha Reeves & The Vandellas

Mary Jane Girls

kitbradley said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

scriptgirl said:

No way in hell is the Gap Band unsung

If Sly Stone is unsung, than the Gap Band is too.

very good point I think this show needs to define what "unsung" really means,because many of these artists had lots of hits and became big stars.Sly Stone is legendary.

Aight, who watched it, tonight?

JabarR74 said:

Aight, who watched it, tonight?

Just seen it online

ummm...it was ok

JabarR74 said:

Aight, who watched it, tonight?

Liked the early footage of LeVert.

Did they say who would be on next season?

scriptgirl said:

Did they say who would be on next season?

Probably wot know till R&B Divas and the next season of Life After is over.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

scriptgirl said:

No way in hell is the Gap Band unsung

If Sly Stone is unsung, than the Gap Band is too.

That whole "Unsung" name is sort of controversial. I consider the show more of a Behind The Music sort of thing or just a Bio type show. I think they should feature any black music artist from any era that had varying degrees of success--without the whole woeful "Unsung" thing attached to it.

I enjoyed seeing the Gerald Levert episode btw.

That whole "Unsung" name is sort of controversial. I consider the show more of a Behind The Music sort of thing or just a Bio type show. I think they should feature any black music artist from any era that had varying degrees of success--without the whole woeful "Unsung" thing attached to it.

The following is just my opinion & observation: My understanding from what the show seems to suggest from time to time is that artists who have had considerable levels of sucess in R&B had either crossed over to mainstream pop music either briefly with a hit or few (like Cameo or Teena Marie), or not at all (like Gerald Levert or Teddy Pendergrass). So in that context, Michael Jackson, Whitney or Janet wouldn't qualify. On the other hand, artists like the Gap Band or Cameo would since although they were very successful in the R&B world, they crossed over to pop only briefly. So while they would be thought of as successful when viewed only in an R&B context, the emphasis seems to be on crossing over to a larger pop audience. Several Unsung eps kept bringing up how a music label (or the artist themselves) wanted an artist to cross over. Remember when Miki Howard mentioned how with her first single/album her record company (Atlantic Records) kept trying to push her as the next Whitney Houston who had crossed over to pop in a major way. To put it another way, Prince 1978-1982= Unsung, Prince 1984- 1991-ish = not Unsung.

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New Birth

Ready For The World

Joe Tex

Johnny Guitar Watson

Jesse Johnson

Morris Day & The Time/Original 7ven

UnderMySun said:

That whole "Unsung" name is sort of controversial. I consider the show more of a Behind The Music sort of thing or just a Bio type show. I think they should feature any black music artist from any era that had varying degrees of success--without the whole woeful "Unsung" thing attached to it.

The following is just my opinion & observation: My understanding from what the show seems to suggest from time to time is that artists who have had considerable levels of sucess in R&B had either crossed over to mainstream pop music either briefly with a hit or few (like Cameo or Teena Marie), or not at all (like Gerald Levert or Teddy Pendergrass). So in that context, Michael Jackson, Whitney or Janet wouldn't qualify. On the other hand, artists like the Gap Band or Cameo would since although they were very successful in the R&B world, they crossed over to pop only briefly. So while they would be thought of as successful when viewed only in an R&B context, the emphasis seems to be on crossing over to a larger pop audience. Several Unsung eps kept bringing up how a music label (or the artist themselves) wanted an artist to cross over. Remember when Miki Howard mentioned how with her first single/album her record company (Atlantic Records) kept trying to push her as the next Whitney Houston who had crossed over to pop in a major way. To put it another way, Prince 1978-1982= Unsung, Prince 1984- 1991-ish = not Unsung.

[Edited 8/21/12 13:58pm]

will have to agree on that one

woogiebear said:

Morris Day & The Time/Original 7ven

If you bought the Condensate album at Best Buy, there was a 90 minute documentary DVD with it. There's also this interview on a news program:

Original 7ven

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woogiebear said:

New Birth

Ready For The World

Joe Tex

Johnny Guitar Watson

Jesse Johnson

Morris Day & The Time/Original 7ven

Why waiste two shows when they can do them all in one big TIME episode. Save the extra slot for the Force MDs.