Who was the better group during the 70s? Come voice your opinion on them

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The Stylistics, hands down. Not only were they influential in popularizing the philly sound but their falsetto voices is undeniable. Stone in Love With You, You Are Everything, Rock n Roll Baby, Break up to Make Up, People Make the World Go Round, Heavy Falling Out, etc all classics, I find them to be incredibly underrated. They are my fav male vocal group! Love these guys!

You had to go there ? I love the Stylistics the songwriting , vocals impeccable. But I have to ride with Blue Magic on this one .

Both groups had/have a falsetto as a centerpiece of their sound (Ted Mills and Russell Thompkins, Jr.) making them literally sound alike.

JabarR74 said:

Both groups had/have a falsetto as a centerpiece of their sound (Ted Mills and Russell Thompkins, Jr.) making them literally sound alike.

Your right.... but the Stylistics stand out more to me. At least their songs do. Blue Magic are great too but I prefer the Stylistics.

thetimefan said:

Very difficult to choose between the two so I gotta go with a draw.

I agree.

I would say that the Stylistics had one major advantage,though: their producer was Thom Bell.He supplied them with some truly incredible songs.

SoulAlive said:

Why are the Stylistics so underrated? I loved them growing up. Why are they not as respected as Temptations or Four Tops? The Styles have a ton of classics. I have always wondered that.

mjscarousal said:

Why are the Stylistics so underrated? I loved them growing up. Why are they not as respected as Temptations or Four Tops? The Styles have a ton of classics. I have always wondered that.

It's because the competition was so fierce back then.So many excellent vocal groups,all of them trying to dominate the airwaves....the Temptations,Four Tops,The Stylistics,Blue Magic,Chi-Lites,The Dramatics,The Manhattans,The Moments,Tavares,The O'Jays,The Miracles,The Intruders,etc.

Damn,we had so much great music back then!

mjscarousal said:

Why are the Stylistics so underrated? I loved them growing up. Why are they not as respected as Temptations or Four Tops? The Styles have a ton of classics. I have always wondered that.

Probably because they didn't have that long lasting effect as the Tempt and Tops. The Stylistics first chart hit was in 1971 and their last imprint on the pop charts was 1976. Meanwhile the Tops and Temps been hit makers since the early 60s and were even hitting the charts up until the mid-80s.

A better battle would be the Stylistcs vs the Delfonics.

SoulAlive said:

mjscarousal said:

Why are the Stylistics so underrated? I loved them growing up. Why are they not as respected as Temptations or Four Tops? The Styles have a ton of classics. I have always wondered that.

It's because the competition was so fierce back then.So many excellent vocal groups,all of them trying to dominate the airwaves....the Temptations,Four Tops,The Stylistics,Blue Magic,Chi-Lites,The Dramatics,The Manhattans,The Moments,Tavares,The O'Jays,The Miracles,The Intruders,etc.

Damn,we had so much great music back then!

Most underrated vocal group of that era, are you ready for this!! THE TEMPREES

LittleBLUECorvette said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

SoulAlive said:

It's because the competition was so fierce back then.So many excellent vocal groups,all of them trying to dominate the airwaves....the Temptations,Four Tops,The Stylistics,Blue Magic,Chi-Lites,The Dramatics,The Manhattans,The Moments,Tavares,The O'Jays,The Miracles,The Intruders,etc.

Damn,we had so much great music back then!

Most underrated vocal group of that era, are you ready for this!! THE TEMPREES

The Temprees were a great group.I love their song "Love Can Be So Wonderful"

Another underrated group from that era: The Escorts

phunkdaddy said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Most underrated vocal group of that era, are you ready for this!! THE TEMPREES

Don't know much about them but one song but I do know that's the group Larry Dodson left for the Barkays.m

Bruh, I play this song every week!!

SoulAlive said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Most underrated vocal group of that era, are you ready for this!! THE TEMPREES

The Temprees were a great group.I love their song "Love Can Be So Wonderful"

Another underrated group from that era: The Escorts

yeah, I heard of the escorts. Another, but out a littler earlier than Escorts and Temprees was the Van Dykes. More in the vein of the Stylistics and Blue Magie with the falseto lead though.

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SoulAlive said:

mjscarousal said:

Why are the Stylistics so underrated? I loved them growing up. Why are they not as respected as Temptations or Four Tops? The Styles have a ton of classics. I have always wondered that.

It's because the competition was so fierce back then.So many excellent vocal groups,all of them trying to dominate the airwaves....the Temptations,Four Tops,The Stylistics,Blue Magic,Chi-Lites,The Dramatics,The Manhattans,The Moments,Tavares,The O'Jays,The Miracles,The Intruders,etc.

Damn,we had so much great music back then!

Music will never be the same I love all these groups! But I just love the Styles. They are my favorite

LittleBLUECorvette said:

phunkdaddy said:

LittleBLUECorvette said: Don't know much about them but one song but I do know that's the group Larry Dodson left for the Barkays.m

Bruh, I play this song every week!!

Yes this is the one song I know by them

This is a great thread.It's making me want to pull out my old records

Stylistics

Like 'em BOTH!!!! But I gravitated a little more towards Blue Magic when I was a Kid.......