Shelley "SoleMann" King's Blog – December 2008 Archive (3)

Deek Watson And His Brown Dots

The Brown Dots were initially formed in late 1944, when second tenor Ivory "Deek" Watson (b. 18 July 1909, Mounds, Illinois - d. 4 November 1969, Washington, DC) left the Ink Spots. He immediately put together a competing Ink Spots group consisting of lead tenor Joe King, bass Jimmy Gordon, and an unknown baritone.

By late January 1945, a lawsuit brought by the Ink Spots caused Deek Watson to claim that he would form a new group based… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 30, 2008 at 10:09pm — 46 Comments

Eddie Kendricks Interviews

I found these videos on Youtube and was in awe of them...Happy Belated Birthday Eddie, on what would have been his 69th Birthday (12/17/1939)....May You Continue To Rest In Everlasting Peace...

P.S...Don't you just loveeeee the last video...AWESOME

EDDIE KENDRICKS...URBAN STREET INTERVIEW

EDDIE KENDRICKS…

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Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 23, 2008 at 1:52pm — 9 Comments

Ron and Bill (Ronnie White and Smokey Robinson)

Ron & Bill was a short-lived incarnation of Ronnie White and Smokey Robinson from the early days of the Motown organization -- the credit appeared on one record, the single "It" b/w "Don't Say Bye Bye," released on the Tamla label, which was the label's attempt at charting with a novelty tune.

Actually, the A-side is very pretty, with superb singing and exquisite choruses, and if the effort here was to imitate "The Purple People… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 2, 2008 at 6:00pm — 37 Comments

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