Biography: Hollywood Flames, Hollywood Saxons, Holy Ghost Receptive Committee #9, Home Cookin', Homer Banks, Homesick James Williamson, Honey & the Bees, Honey Cone, Honeyboy Turner Band, Hambone Willie Newbern,

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Hollywood Flames Biography, Photos, Pictures

Long-lasting Los Angeles doo wop aggregation with a very fluid personnel roster Bobby Day was one of the group’s founders in 1950, and they recorded prolifically for Hollywood, Specialty, Lucky, Swingtime, Money, and other firms before cutting their one major hit, the rocking “Buzz Buzz Buzz,” in 1957 for Ebb Records

Hollywood Saxons Biography, Photos, Pictures

The Hollywood Saxons were longtime mainstays of the Los Angeles R&B circuit, performing under a series of names during their checkered recording career According to Marv Goldberg’s profile in the September 1977 edition of Yesterday’s Memories, the group formed in the wake of mid-1956 pickup basketball game — lead Stan Beverly, second tenor Bill Brooks, baritone Joe Lewis, and bass Charles Taggart began harmonizing while dressing in the locker room

Holy Ghost Receptive Committee #9 Biography, Photos, Pictures

Christian psychedelic quintet the Holy Ghost Receptive Committee #9 was the brainchild of Anthony Myers, a teacher at New York City’s Regis High School — assigned circa 1967 to work with students to write and perform contemporary minded songs that could be played at Mass

Home Cookin' Biography, Photos, Pictures

Home Cookin’ is a small ensemble that’s big in talent The lineup tends to shift a bit in terms of personnel but never in the quality of talent represented Vocalist Brenda Boykin can be heard on the combo’s albums Home Cookin’ and Afrobilly Soul Stew

Composer and producer Homer Banks was one of the unsung heroes behind the rise of Stax Records; though a fine soul singer in his own right, he never recorded for the label, instead teaming with Bettye Crutcher and Raymond Jackson as We Three, the songwriting troika responsible for a number of the company’s classic singles

Homesick James Williamson Biography, Photos, Pictures

His correct age may remain in doubt (he’s claimed he was born as early as 1905), but the slashing slide guitar skills of Homesick James Williamson have never been in question

Honey & the Bees Biography, Photos, Pictures

A minor but talented Philadelphia female soul quartet, Honey & the Bees made some relatively little-known records for the Arctic and Josie labels in the late ’60s and early ’70s with the aid of musicians that played on classic 1970s Gamble-Huff productions

Edna Wright, Carolyn Willis, and Shellie Clark comprised the vocal trio Honey Cone, which only stayed together for four years but was still one of the best female soul groups of the early ’70s

Honeyboy Turner Band Biography, Photos, Pictures

Originally forming under the moniker of Honeyboy Turner and Cryin’ Heart in 1992, the lineup of John “Honeyboy” Turner (vocals/ harmonica), Harvey Brindell (guitar), Mike Brindell (guitar), Gary Williams (drums), and Dave Wagner (bass) imported a base of Chicago-style blues to their native of Lincoln, NE

Hambone Willie Newbern Biography, Photos, Pictures

Little is known about blues songster Hambone Willie Newbern; a mere half-dozen sides comprise the sum of his recorded legacy, but among those six is the first-ever rendition of the immortal Delta classic “Roll and Tumble Blues

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