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Love Or Let Me Be Lonely by The Friends Of Distinction
The Friends Of Distinction
Biografie van de kunstenaar The Friends Of Distinction
One Of The Most Likeable And Vocally Cohesive Singing Groups Of The Late 60s And Early 70s The Friends Of Distinction Are Too Often Forgotten In Retrospectives Of That Era But Their Music Has Continued To Live On. Formed By Harry Elston Floyd Butler Jessica Cleaves And Barbara Love In 1968 The Group Had A Relatively Short Life In Its Original Incarnation But Made Some Of The Most Memorable Pop/soul Music Of All Time. Elston Had Been Singing With The Hi-Fi's In The Mid-60s Warming Up For Ray Charles In Tours Across The Country. When That Group Split In 1966 Members Marilyn McCoo And Lamont McLemore Went On To Co-Found The Enormously Successful Fifth Dimension And Elston Started The Friends Whose Sound Was Similar To And Often Confused With The Fifth Dimension -- Both Included Tightly Harmonizing Men And Women Dressed In Late 60s "hip" Clothing -- Though The Friends' Music Was Generally More Soulful. The Newly Formed Friends Of Distinction Was Managed By Football Great Jim Brown And Signed With RCA Records. Hitting The Popular Music Scene When Motown And Stax Were Dominating The Friends Arrived With A Breezy California Pop/soul Sound. Great Harmonies And Crossover Arrangements Backed The Individually Strong Lead Vocals Of The Group Members. Combined With Top Notch Material Both Originals And Covers The Group Like The Fifth Dimension Sounded Like A Breath Of Fresh Air On Pop Radio In 1969. Their First Single "Grazin' In The Grass " Was A Elston-Sung Vocal Remake Of A Hugh Masekela Instrumental Cut And Hit The Top 5 On Both Pop And Soul Charts In 1969. The Group's Follow-Up "Going In Circles " Was A Brilliant Ballad That Also Charted High. Love Took Some Time Off To Have A Baby And Charlene Gibson Stepped In And Sang Lead On The Group's Third Big Hit "Love Or Let Me Be Lonely." She Also Sang On The Wonderful Album Cut "Crazy Mary." The Friends Were Quite Prolific From 1969-71 Releasing 5 Albums A Sixth Appeared In 1973 . They Also Released A Number Of Great Singles Including "Check It Out" Later Remade By Tavares And A Terrific Cover Of Neil Sedaka's "Time Waits For No One." Their Best Cuts Are Excellently Compiled In The Best Of The Friends Of Distinction Which Was Released In 1996. As Popular Music Changed In The Mid-70s The Friends' Fortunes Declined. Jessica Cleaves Was Featured With Earth Wind And Fire First Appearance On The"Last Days And Time" Release. A Grueling Touring Schedule And The Lack Of A Hit For Several Years Led The Group To Call It Quits In 1975. Elston And Butler Continued To Write And Perform For A Few Years Then Ultimately Went Their Separate Ways Taking Jobs Outside Of Music. Over The Next Two Decades There Was A Rediscovery Of The Great Music That The Friends Had Made Together And Their Biggest Hits Were Remade By Several Artists With "Going In Circles" Charting For The Gap Band And Luther Vandross And "Love Or Let Me Be Lonely" For Pop Artist Paul Davis. Most Recently "Grazin In The Grass" Was Released By Disney Star Raven. In 1990 Elston And Butler Decided To Bring The Friends Back Together. Tragically Butler Died At Elston's Side Before The Group Reunion Could Be Realized. After Butler's Death Elston Spent Several Years Forming A New Friends Group Ultimately Bringing Together Geno Henderson Wendy Bruné And Berlando Drake To Sing With Elston. That Lineup Currently Tours And Continues To Entertain Audiences Nearly 40 Years After The World First Heard The Friends Of Distinction.
50 Vergelijkbare nummers:
The Friends Of Distinction - Grazing In The Grass
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose - Treat Her Like A Lady
Tyrone Davis - Turn Back The Hands Of Time
The Spinners - Games People Play
The Friends Of Distinction - Lady Mae
The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again
The Main Ingredient - Everybody Plays The Fool - Remastered
The Main Ingredient - Just Don't Want To Be Lonely
The Undisputed Truth - Smiling Faces Sometimes
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose - Too Late To Turn Back Now
Spiral Starecase - More Today Than Yesterday
The 5th Dimension - One Less Bell To Answer
Commodores - Sail On
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me
Candi Staton - The Best Thing You Ever Had
The Intruders - When We Get Married
The Five Stairsteps - O-O-H Child
The Spinners - One Of A Kind Love Affair
The Four Tops - Ain't No Woman Like The One I've Got
Stevie Wonder - Take Up A Course In Happiness
Three Dog Night - Out In The Country
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds - Fallin' In Love
Dionne Warwick - Then Came You
Johnny Bristol - Hang On In There Baby
Candi Staton - Nights On Broadway
The Stylistics - I'm Stone In Love With You
The Blackbyrds - Walking In Rhythm
Gene Chandler - Groovy Situation
The Stylistics - Stop, Look, Listen To Your Heart
Freda Payne - Band Of Gold
Patti LaBelle - Lady Marmalade
Commodores - Three Times A Lady
The O'Jays - Use Ta Be My Girl
The Miracles - Love Machine - Pt. 1
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Hope That We Can Be Together Soon
The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her
Stevie Wonder - Heaven Help Us All
Tony Orlando & Dawn - Candida
Helen Reddy - You And Me Against The World
L.T.D. - Every Time I Turn Around Back In Love Again
The Manhattans - Hurt
Rose Royce - Love Don't Live Here Anymore
Captain & Tennille - The Way I Want To Touch You
The Partridge Family - I Think I Love You
Al Green - For The Good Times
The Dramatics - Hey You! Get Off My Mountain
Helen Reddy - Peaceful
Gary Wright - Love Is Alive
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Neither One Of Us
Eddie Holman - Hey There Lonely Girl
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70s
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Old School Soul
The Friends Of Distinction
Female Vocalists
Pop
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