By FAYETTE (205.188.209.38) on Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 04:48 pm:

I WAS JUST SCROLLING THROUGH THE THREADS TO
SEE IF THIS SUBJECT WAS BEEN DISCUSSED BEFORE.
A LOT OF SINGERS GET STARTED IN THE BUSINESS
AT A EARLY AGE(TEENS THROUGH 20'S) CAN ANY
OF YOU NAME A SINGER OR GROUP THAT GOT
STARTED AT A LATER AGE LIKE 30'S THROUGH

By MEL&THEN SOME (212.159.50.121) on Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 04:53 pm:

Howlin' Wolf was either in his 40s or thereabouts before being discovered.
mel.

By Soul Sister (65.43.153.219) on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 07:02 pm:

Although Jimmy Scott got started in the business in his teens with Caldonia's Revue and cut his first nationwide hit record with Lionel Hampton's band in 1949 at age 23 Ëverybody's Somebody's Fool", inthe 60's his career was blocked by the notorius Herman Lubinsky owner of Savoy Records, he attempted a comeback in 1985 at age 60 but didn.t have no sucess till the criticaly acclaimed album Äll The Way"in 1992 at age 67!!! Now Jimmy is in high demand all over the world with a recent biography out and a major motion picture being made about his life!!!!!!! He is 77 years old now, will be 78 in July and has the busiest touring schedule in his life!!!!!!!