Biography: The Bonne Villes, The Boogie Kings, The Booth Brothers, The Bop Chords, The Boys, The Brand, The Brand New Heavies, The Brides of Funkenstein, The Broadways, The Brothers Johnson,

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The Bonne Villes Biography, Photos, Pictures

The Bonne Villes were one of the better white R&B-based acts to record for the Winston-Salem-based Justice label A sextet consisting of Donald W Cartner (drums), Curtis “Buzzy” Cobb (sax, organ), Butch “Carl F

The Boogie Kings Biography, Photos, Pictures

A South Louisiana swamp pop staple during the 1950s and ’60s, the Boogie Kings reformed in 1991 and found their regional support as healthy as ever (and they’re back on the same label they began with, Floyd Soileau’s Jin Records)

The Booth Brothers Biography, Photos, Pictures

The long history of the Booth Brothers starts when Ron Booth Sr was a teenager and formed the original group with brothers Charles Booth, James Booth, and Wallace Booth after moving to Detroit in the late ’50s

The Bop Chords Biography, Photos, Pictures

Harlem’s the Bop Chords formed in 1955 in the same building where the Ladders, Channels, and Willows got their start Lead vocalist Ernest Harriston, William Dailey, Ken Hamilton, Leon Ivey, and Morris Smarr had all sung with other neighborhood groups, and Hamilton had recorded with the Five Wings earlier in the year on a tribute to Johnny Ace that was issued by King

Jheryl Busby signed the Abdulsamad Brothers, better known as the Boys, while employed at MCA Records When Berry Gordy retired, Busby made an upward-lateral move (MCA purchased Motown) to Hitsville USA and brought the talented siblings along

Almost nothing is known about The Brand other than that they hailed from Birmingham and were signed to Pye Records in 1964 Their lone single, “I’m A Lover Not A Fighter” b/w “Zulu Stomp,” showed up (on the Piccadilly imprint) in 1964, a raw, loud r&b outting driven by some over-the-top blues harp histrionics and solid punk vocals

Pioneers of the London acid jazz scene, the Brand New Heavies translated their love for the funk grooves of the 1970s into a sophisticated sound that carried the torch for classic soul in an era dominated by hip-hop

The Brides of Funkenstein Biography, Photos, Pictures

During his heyday as a bandleader and organizer, George Clinton had several elements of his Parliament/Funkadelic empire signed with record labels The Brides of Funkenstein were a female group who accompanied his other bands on tours

The Broadways Biography, Photos, Pictures

The Broadways’ “Going, Going, Gone” on MGM Records, is an exquisite, lamenting ballad that rode the R&B charts the summer of 1966 It was their first MGM single, and a dandy it was, but the label didn’t promote it much and it never climbed into the single digits

The Brothers Johnson Biography, Photos, Pictures

Guitarist/vocalist George Johnson and bassist/vocalist Louis Johnson formed the band Johnson Three Plus One with older brother Tommy and their cousin Alex Weir while attending school in Los Angeles

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