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Soul singing, Memphis, TN native, Quinn Golden sang with the Elements of Love while still in his teens; he left to work with Canteca and the opportunity to tour with a variety of Stax artists
This talented bassist is one of the rare examples of a player on this instrument who functioned well in both the traditional jazz and blues idioms For example, how many bass players could say they had worked with both Jelly Roll Morton and John Lee Hooker? Of course, he played tuba in Jelly Roll’s band, but that was what bass players did back then
Born in Mississippi, guitarist and label exec Quinton Claunch’s love for the music business started when the 20 year old relocated to Muscle Shoals, AL in the 1940s There Claunch played guitar in a local country band before marrying and moving to Memphis
Drummer Quinton Joseph played with Tyrone Davis, the Chi-Lites, Major Lance, Curtis Mayfield, the Jones Girls, and Teddy Pendergrass Born August 28,1946 in Chicago, IL, Joseph absorbed a myriad of musical influences while growing up in his multi-cultural neighborhood
Quazar was a ten-piece funk band from the Plainsfield, NJ, area created by Kevin Goins, the brother of Parliament/Funkadelic lead singer and guitarist Glen Goins Originally known as Eclipse, the band woodshedded for six years before cutting their first and only album, Quazar, released September 1978 on Arista Records
The British techno-pop band Q-Feel scored a club hit with the single “Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop),” included on their self-titled 1983 album ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide
Quiet Elegance formed in Detroit, MI, with seasoned soul singers Yvonne “Frankie” Gearing, Mildred Vaney, and Lois Reeves Vaney (aka Mildred Scott) sang with the Glories and Cut Glass with Orthea Barnes (J
Producer Quin Ivy’s biggest success was Percy Sledge’s “When a Man Loves a Woman,” although Ivy is revered among Northern soul fans for the output of his Quinvy and South Camp labels