They were undoubtedly the greatest soul group of the early ’70s, carrying the seeds of the subsequent \u201cPhilly sound,\u201d but their story begins much earlier and somewhat resembles that of the ugly duckling\u2026<\/p>\n
The 1950s: they formed and began composing and performing, eventually signing with Motown Records; however, the label did not believe in them and literally abandoned them after only two years.<\/p>\n
They were saved by a great producer, Thom Bell of Atlantic Records, who gave them a distinct and personal style characterized by falsetto vocals and complex vocal harmonies. Their most prolific period was between 1972 and 1977, producing tracks now considered classics, such as \u201cI\u2019ll Be Around,\u201d \u201cCould It Be I\u2019m Falling in Love,\u201d \u201cMighty Love,\u201d \u201cGhetto Child,\u201d and \u201cGames People Play,\u201d which are their best-known works.<\/p>\n
Towards the end of the 1970s, however, their career began to decline inexorably.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
They were undoubtedly the greatest soul group of the early ’70s, carrying the seeds of the subsequent \u201cPhilly sound,\u201d but their story begins much earlier […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bigger"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n