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Described by Larry Norman as being “too Christian for the radio, and too radio for the Church,” the 77’s were formed in Sacramento in the early ’80s by Mike Roe (vocals, guitar) Mark Tootle (keyboards, guitar, vocals), Jan Eric Volz (bass, guitar, vocals) and drummer Mark Proctor

Taana Gardner Biography, Photos, Pictures

Vocalist Taana Gardner was one of the leading lights of West End Records, a New York label that released some of the finest and most influential disco during the late ‘70s and early ‘80s

The ADC Band Biography, Photos, Pictures

A nine-member funk and soul aggregation co-led by Kaiya Matthews and Michael Judkins, the ADC Band recorded for Cotillion in the late ’70s and early ’80s At their best, the cuts utilized the funk touches of Parliament/Funkadelic and Slave

The Admirations Biography, Photos, Pictures

The Admirations consisted of brothers Kenneth, Bruce, and Ralph Childs, and two unknown members remembered only as Myles and Smith Lead singer Kenneth Childs sang in a mournful tenor similar to the Five Stairsteps’ Clarence Burke Jr

A quintet from West Philadelphia that formed around 1962, they were originally called the Fabulous Agents, they shortened the moniker when they recorded “You’re Everything” b/w “You Were Meant For Me” (1965) on P&L Records

Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Tab Benoit makes his home near New Orleans in Houma, LA Born November 17, 1967, he’s one of a handful of bright rising stars on the modern blues scene

This California-based melodic pop-style rock group, formed in the ’80s by Jesus music veterans Bob Carlisle and Randy Thomas, was influenced by blues-rockers and R&B groups

A Chicago soul outfit led by Nappy Crayton, the Amazers were one of the earliest local acts signed by Curtom Records, in its first weeks of operation Their stomping version of “Without a Warning,” written by Lenny Brown and cut at the very first Curtom recording session and put onto the subsidiary Thomas label, was successful enough regionally to get picked up by Atlantic Records for national distribution

The Ambassadors Biography, Photos, Pictures

The Ambassadors had but one small R&B hit in 1969, “I Really Love You,” a dramatic ballad in the Philadelphia soul style with an ascending horn riff, co-written by Kenny Gamble

An unsuccessful California act whose members included Ralph Mathis (Johnny Mathis’ brother) Ralph looks similar to his older brother and is often mistaken for him, as he was, by fans in 1979 when Johnny was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame