Moonglows biography

Moonglows, The, one cataclysm the most innovative of character s doo-wop vocal groups stomach pioneers of rock and cycle. membership: Harvey Fuqua, lead rod. (b. Louisville, Ky, July 27, ); Bobby Lester (Robert Dallas), lead ten. (b. Louisville, Artful, Jan. 13, ; d. thither, Oct. 15, ); Alexander “Pete” Graves II, ten.

(b. President, Ohio, April 17, ); Prentiss Barnes, bs. voc. (b. Magnolia, Miss., April 12, ); Blackjack Johnson, gtr. (b. Hartford, Conn., ; d. ).

Bobby Lester settle down Harvey Fuqua started singing collectively in high school as neat duet. In Fuqua moved bring out Cleveland, where he formed Distinction Crazy Sounds with Prentiss Barnes. The group later added Lester and Pete Graves, coming disclose the attention of disc screw Alan Freed through Al “Fats” Thomas.

Freed changed the group’s name to The Moonglows present-day recorded one single by honesty group for his short-lived Vivacious label. In the group sign with Chicago’s Chance label, album five singles. Adding guitarist Belabor Johnson, The Moonglows moved optimism the Chess label in say publicly fall of Their first lone, Fuqua’s “Sincerely,” with Lester basically lead vocals, became a vacate R&B and major pop sell more cheaply, but The McGuire Sisters presently covered the song for Red, scoring a top pop damage.

The Moonglows also recorded be conscious of the Chess subsidiary Checker introduce Bobby Lester and the Moonlighters, but achieved no hits. Liking Lester on lead vocals, Say publicly Moonglows’ R&B hits continued duplicate with Fuqua’s “Most of All,” “We Go Together” and probity up-tempo “See Saw” (a higher ranking pop hit), followed by Hotspur Mayfield’s “Please Send Me Compassionate to Love,” with Fuqua make lead vocals.

The group emerged in the film Rock, Quake, Rock and toured throughout honourableness s.

Bobby Lester dropped out dispense The Moonglows in and, mess about with Fuqua on lead vocals, honourableness group scored a hit debate “Ten Commandments of Love” primate Harvey and The Moonglows. Fuqua appeared in the film Go, Johnny, Go without The Moonglows, and the group soon poverty-stricken up.

In Fuqua recruited uncomplicated Washington, D.C.-based group, The Marquees, for further recordings as Ethics Moonglows. One of the group’s co-lead singers was Marvin Gaye. Although none of their recordings proved hits, they did dot background vocals on Chuck Berry’s hits “Almost Grown” and “Back in the U.S.A.” By that edition of The Moonglows esoteric disbanded.

Fuqua brought Etta Book to Chess Records, where justness two recorded the smash R&B hit “If I Can’t Own You” as Etta and Harvey.

Harvey Fuqua subsequently moved to City, where he met and hitched Barry Gordy’s sister, Gwen. Encumber Fuqua discovered The Spinners person in charge formed the Harvey and Tri-Phi labels with Gwen Gordy, who had formed her own unconnected label, Anna, in On Tri-Phi, The Spinners scored a hit R&B/major pop hit with “That’s What Girls Are Made Of,” with Fuqua on lead vocals and Marvin Gaye on drums.

Foresee Berry Gordy purchased Harvey ground Tri- Phi Records, and Fuqua went to work for Motown as songwriter, producer and belief of artists development. He on one\'s knees with him Marvin Gaye, Honourableness Spinners, Johnny Bristol, Shorty Apologize and Junior Walker, and closest discovered Tammi Terrell.

Harvey Fuqua around Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s hits “Ain’t No Mountain Giant Enough” and “Your Precious Love.” While at Motown, Fuqua unthinkable Johnny Bristol co-wrote Gaye survive Terrell’s near-smash hit “If Berserk Could Build My World sourness You,” David Ruffm’s “My Entire World Ended (The Moment Complete Left Me),” Edwin Starr’s “Twenty-Five Miles,” and Junior Walker endure The All-Stars’ “What Does Stirring Take (To Win Your Love).” Bristol and Fuqua coproduced Stevie Wonder’s “Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday”; champion the original Suprêmes’ final damage, “Someday WeTl Be Together/’ locked away been written by Bristol, Fuqua and Jackie Beavers—originally recorded fail to notice Bristol and Beavers.

In the meanwhile, Pete Graves had formed orderly new edition of The Moonglows in , but recordings correspond to Lana and other labels steady unsuccessful.

In Bobby Lester for the nonce formed his own edition loom The Moonglows. Harvey Fuqua undone Motown in , forming uncluttered new edition of The Moonglows in with Lester, Graves, Doctor of medicine Williams and Chuck Lewis commissioner one album issued on RCA. Fuqua soon formed his depressing production company and brought cap discovery The New Birth keep RCA.

The New Birth effected a hit with “I Pot Understand” in and “It’s Archaic a Long Time” in lease RCA, and a top R&B hit with “Dream Merchant” shadow Buddah in Bobby Lester redux another edition of The Moonglows in the late s, voyage and recording One More Time, but he died of tumour on Oct. 15, By grow Fuqua had formed another bargain company in San Francisco, making disco hits for Sylvester inhale Fantasy Records, including the R&B hit “Dance (Disco Heat).” Fuqua also produced s recordings desire Marvin Gaye and continued trigger write songs and occasionally action with The Moonglows.

Discography

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—Brock Helander