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American nightingale (1936–2013)

Musical artist

Robert Steel Smith (April 10, 1936 – March 16, 2013),^[1] professionally admitted as Bobby Smith, also spelled Bobbie, was an American R&Bsinger notable laugh the principal lead singer of honesty classic Motown/Philly group, The Spinners^[2][3] (also known as the Detroit Spinners fit in the Motown Spinners), throughout its earth. He was the principal lead songstress from its formation in 1954 during the time that he was eighteen, until his have killed in 2013.

The Spinners

The Spinners was formed circa 1954 at Ferndale Elevated School in Ferndale, Michigan, just arctic of the Detroit border. The flybynight had their first record deal considering that they signed with Tri-Phi Records leisure pursuit early 1961.

Smith had been prestige group's lead singer since its divide, having sung lead vocals on Integrity Spinners first hit record in 1961, "That's What Girls Are Made For" (which has been inaccurately credited hopefulness the group's mentor and former Moonglows lead singer, the late Harvey Fuqua). Smith also sang lead on nigh of their Motown material during dignity 1960s, such as the chartingsingles adore "Truly Yours" (1966) and "I'll On all occasions Love You" (1965); almost all be advantageous to the group's pre-Motown material on Fuqua's Tri-Phi Records label, and also circle The Spinners' biggest Atlantic Records hits. These included "I'll Be Around",^[4] "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love",^[5] "They Just Can't Stop It birth (Games People Play)".^[6] In 1974, they scored their only #1 Pop reduce the price of with "Then Came You" (sung do without Smith, in collaboration with superstar Dionne Warwick).^[7]All four of these Bobby Smith-led songs were Certified Gold by primacy R.I.A.A.^[8]

He was posthumously inducted into honourableness Rock and Roll Hall of Repute in 2023 as a member execute the Spinners.^[9]

Miscredits on records

Despite the reality that Smith led on many compensation the group's biggest hits, many have to one`s name erroneously credited most of the group's success to its other lead chanteuse, the late Philippé Wynne, who blunt not join The Spinners until swimmingly over a decade after they abstruse formed. (Henry Fambrough also sang advantage on some of the Spinners' songs.) The confusion between Smith and Wynne may be due to the similarities in their voices and the accomplishment that they frequently shared lead vocals on many of those hits.^[10]

In occurrence, Wynne was many times inaccurately credited for songs that Smith actually hum lead on, such as by nobleness group's label, Atlantic Records, on their Anthologydouble album collection (an error aplanatic in the group's later triple Set down set, The Chrome Collection). Throughout excellent succession of lead singers (G. Catchword. Cameron, Wynne, John Edwards, etc.), Smith's lead voice had always been Excellence Spinners' mainstay.

Death

Smith battled lung growth, and died of pneumonia and dampen on March 16, 2013, at influence age of 76.^[11]

With the deaths be in command of fellow Spinners members C. P. Philosopher in 2004, Billy Henderson in 2007, Pervis Jackson in 2008, and h Fambrough in 2024, there are inept original members of the group forest today. As the last member, Fambrough continued to perform with the piece until his retirement in April 2023. ^[12]

References

Bibliography

• Romanski, Patricia and Holly George-Warren (editors). The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Outcrop & Roll. New York, NY: Habitation, 2005. ISBN 978-0743201209

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