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Alternately known as the TSU Tornadoes and, more often, the TSU Toronadoes, this often instrumental soul/funk combo was best known for supplying the backing on Archie Bell & the Drells’ much-imitated dance smash “Tighten Up
There’s some dispute over who actually discovered Texas child sensation Tevin Campbell Some accounts credit flutist Bobbi Humphrey, while much of the publicity material credits Quincy Jones
This is a family band from Texas that features a mother and her two daughters Their talents are diverse, ranging from country to conjunto and rock ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
Texas Johnny Brown is a major talent whose talent simmered on the blues scene longer than all the beef stew cooked in the ’40s, the decade when he first began playing and recording
Born in England, a young Thaddeus Hogarth played piano when he was about seven years of age and switched to guitar when he was nine The aspiring musician played classical music for about five years before switching to electric guitar, playing pop/rock and reggae
Born Doug Gibbons, Thane Russal made his debut as a balladeer on England’s Decca Records in 1965 His recording debut didn’t set the charts on fire but did put him in the position of being noticed by the Rolling Stones, who saw something more than ballads in his future
Best known for their 1985 hit “Everybody Dance,” Ta Mara & the Seen were among the many acts that came out of Prince’s Minneapolis funk/rock scene in the 1980s — a scene that the Time, Morris Day, Sheila E
The “5” Royales were a relatively unheralded, but significant, link between early R&B and early soul in their combination of doo wop, jump blues, and gospel styles
A one-group revival of the famed Philadelphia soul sound of the 1970s, the 3 Tenors of Soul feature the lead singers of three vocal groups from that golden era, Russell Thompkins, Jr
A quartet similar to Bill Haley and His Comets, signed to Rama in early 1956, where they covered Chuck Berry’s “Roll Over Beethoven” contemporary with Berry’s own Chess Records release