By fayette (205.188.209.38) on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 04:52 pm:

a lot of our r&b singers move to other places
like london,germany etc. can anybody name
once famous artist in the usa that's now
move to another country

By fayette (205.188.209.38) on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 04:53 pm:

p.s stubass you need to buy your angels a yacht
a piece.

By LG Nilsson (213.89.28.83) on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 05:04 pm:

Yes... sure!

James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Funk Brothers, Wilson Pickett, Solomon Burke, Teddy Pendergrass, Aretha Franklin, Four Tops, Gladys Knight, Al Green, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves and General Johnson all live in Stockholm, Sweden now!

... shit... it was just a dream I had...

Lars (Stockholm, Sweden)

By Shangrila (65.238.115.160) on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 05:14 pm:

Sheila Ferguson of the Three Degrees-England
Edwin Star-England

By Vickie (64.236.243.31) on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 05:26 pm:

Jimmy Ruffin - England

By Common (209.2.55.169) on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 05:28 pm:

Shucks, Vicki! You beat to the punch! :o) LOL!

Chaka Khan-England, though I think she moved back. Not sure though.

By soulie dave uk (62.254.64.5) on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 05:50 pm:

Edwin Starr lived in England for years, think he still does.

By Frankm (81.152.61.58) on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 05:53 pm:

Arhur Conley I believe lives in the Netherlands. tommy hunt lives in England.

FrankM

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 05:58 pm:

Tommy ("Human") Hunt lived in England for many years & I believe still resides there (Mel, Carl or David please correct me if I'm wrong).
Kevin Goins - KevGo

By Frankm (81.152.61.58) on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 06:10 pm:

SOULPUSS: ARTHUR CONLEY IS THE ONE OFF YOUR LIST "THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME...IN THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED HIM ON THE FORUM...AND A VISIT TO GOOGLE CONFIRMED THAT ARTHUR CONLEY HAS BEEN LIVING AS A TRANSVESTITE IN BELGIUM OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS!!!...THE "SWEET SOUL MUSIC" MAN HAS TAKEN ON SOME KIND OF ALTER-EGO AND PERFORMS UNDER THAT BANNER!!!...IF ONE DIDN'T KNOW BETTER...ONE COULD ASSUME THAT THIS POST WAS SOME SORT OF SLADEROUS JOKE...BUT IT'S ACTUALLY TRUE!!!...STU "

I wished I had reda this earlier. i knew it was one of the Low countries. You're right Stu belgium not Holland.

FrankM

Tommy Hunt is appearing in Glasgow on Saturday 22nd March

By nikki (24.46.200.124) on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 07:19 pm:

Oh my - that story about Arthur Conley is a riot, sad in a way! But different strokes for different folks for sure!

Anyone here ever hear of an R&B soul acapella group called 14 Karat Soul? They were probably one of the very best acapella harmony groups ever! They used to sing at UGHA many years ago. I can't think of the lead singer's name, but I believe he and some of the other members have been living in the UK for some time. Can any of you UK-ers confirm (or deny) this????

Nikki

By Carl Dixon London (62.31.40.155) on Thursday, March 13, 2003 - 04:07 am:

Lars - excellent humour, but was it 'Like a nightmare'??

By Ritchie (62.254.0.9) on Thursday, March 13, 2003 - 04:46 am:

No - I suspect the real "nightmare" would be if they were all now recording with Mr Levine ;o)

By Carl Dixon London (62.31.40.155) on Thursday, March 13, 2003 - 05:14 am:

Lars, you have competition with Ritchie! Can you oblige? That could well be an occurring nightmare Ritchie. Eating all that Lancashire cheese does not help your dreaming potential.

The Gypsies, who became The Flirtations, moved here in the late 60's. Edwin Starr and his great backing band 'The Team' are all 'up north' in the midlands area. Sheila Ferguson lives about 30 miles west of London I believe. Jimmy Ruffin is here, but conspicuous by his absence. George Williams of The Tymes lives in Canterbury. I wonder if he has seen that tree in the county cricket ground? Now, either Chaka or Taka Boom live in North London right across the road from my sister in law. They often pass the time of day! In addition, my colleague at work lives about 5 doors away from them too and is constantly bumping into one of them in the corner shop when she (?) buys her groceries. It is a constant conversation about which one of the girls it is! I told my friend he must be mad not to mention SITSOM and strike up a conversation and find out for sure. Watch this space, I may pluck up courage and knock on the door one day. If I wait until summer, I know she prunes her roses religiously, in the garden. I could write a song about this -'I'll picka rose for Chaka and Taka'!!!

By John Lester (217.40.217.86) on Thursday, March 13, 2003 - 06:12 am:

Susaye Greene lived in the UK for about 10 years and Madonna lived here up until fairly recently too.

Dee Dee Bridgewater lives in France - Paris, I think.

By Carl Dixon London (62.31.40.155) on Thursday, March 13, 2003 - 06:28 am:

Madona lived around the corner from where I am, in Chiswick. I never did see her, however, I was suspicious about a lady pushing a pram around Sainsbury's once, with a black head scarf wrapped around her head and face! Whether it was her or not, it will be 'something to remember'.

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.105) on Thursday, March 13, 2003 - 09:57 am:

Hey Kev,
The last I heard Tommy Hunt was still living in the UK.
I met Tommy at a Soul Night once before going on to an All-Nighter about 3 years ago.
He was appearing on stage at the soul night but when I met him he was quite merry and joined us for a few drinks more.

Any way Kev,
Tommy was a natural comedian man,he was cracking jokes with us and was winding people up when they went past.
But when we gave as good as we got,Tommy was up for it all night,but had to sing.We heard him and had to get off but I will never forget that night when Tommy just let his hair down and was certainly one of the boys.
yet another great guy,
Right on Tommy.
Mel.

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Thursday, March 13, 2003 - 02:04 pm:

Mel:
Thanks for sharing your encounter with Tommy Hunt. I have the Ace/Kent CD of his Scepter/Dynamo material and from what Tony Drake had told me of Tommy matches exactly what you said about "letting his hair down"!
Regards,
Kevin Goins - KevGo