The Stylistics Times 3

[Shelley "SoleMann" King]

"Who is that Girl?" a question i asked my Mother at a Family Gathering during the summer of 1974, but as i soon found out, there was no question that this was no girl, but The Stylistics singing You Make Me Feel Brand New and this began love affair with The Group thats has lasted 33 years.

In the fall of 1992 The Stylistics were coming here for a concert and a dream was about to come true....I was soooooooo excited, but that excitement turned into disappointment when they cancelled because of low ticket sales. It would be another 12 years before they finally made it here.

Spring 2004 it was announced that the Stylistics would be here with Teddy Pendergrass for a benefit we have here every year called A Night To Remember....Finally i got to see them, but was disappointed again, because Russell Thompkins Jr. was no longer in the group, but his replacement Eban Brown sounded like a younger Russell, so it was all good plus it was nice seeing Airrion Love and Herb Murrell 2 original members.

There are now 2 separated Stylistics groups...In 2000 Russell Thompkins Jr. formed the New Stylistics and sadly he no longer gets alone with Airrion and Herb. I know what happened because i am a member of the Soulful Detroit Forum and Russell drops in from time to time, it's very suprising what went on in the Original Stylistics, i'm not going to go into here about that, but if you truly love music this site is for you.

http://www.soulfuldetroit.com/forum/

THE STYLISTICS Russell Thompkins Jr, Airrion Love, Herb Murrell, James Dunn, James Smith

I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING

ONLY FOR THE CHILDREN




BETCHA BY GOLLY WOW





THE STYLISTICS
Eban Brown, Airrion Love, Herb Murrell, Van Fields

PAYBACK IS A DOG



MEDLEY OF HITS




RUSSELL THOMPKINS JR. AND THE NEW STYLISTICS Russell Thompkins Jr, Raymond Johnson, James Ranton, Jonathen Buckson

MY HEART




STOP, LOOK, LISTEN (TO YOUR HEART)





BETCHA BY GOLLY WOW

[Shelley "SoleMann" King]

I'm going to see if i can find that story....LOL

[Shelley "SoleMann" King]

BWAAAAA HAHAHA....Oh yeah, lawd that was awful...UI had did a story about a building they was renovating here and they found a painting that had been drawn on the wall of a KKK man on a horse, i had the nerve to post the story and the pic....LOLOLOL. I got instant hate messages and everything....BWAAA HAHAHA

[Edie Antoinette]

Noooo Sole, remember that nekkid site (lol) where the people ran you out on a rail because your name was Airrion Love and they thought you were a white aryan nation dude...bwaaaaahaaaaa haaaaaHAAAAA!

Remember?

[Shelley "SoleMann" King]

Well Klu i was 7 years old when that song came out and with Airrion sounding the way he did then Russell coming in with that high voice, all i could think was who is that girl....BWAAA HAHAHA

Close your eyes as you listen to this video and picture yourself at 7 and you will see what i mean....LOL

[Shelley "SoleMann" King]

Yeah Mama Edie you know me, i love the Falsetto Sangers...LOL.

Well when i first got a computer back in 2000, Comcast said i needed a screen-name, i always liked the way Airrion Love sounded, so Airrion Love it was. I was going to use that screen-name everywhere until i thought nawwwwww people will really think it's him, if they knew him at all....LOL. So i came up with Mr. Blackpassion then Mr. SoleMann then finally SoleMannKing....Yahoo i use a combination of my nickname and birth year.

[Edie Antoinette]

You thought it was a girl singing huh? And been hooked on falsetto ever since..LOL

Wonderful blog, as always. I like these concert productions that you're gifting us with...not to mention my 'husband' Airrion. Mmmmmm

Tell me the story of when you made your username AirrionLove again..bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaa

(po baby) LOL