By SisDetroit (68.42.209.170) on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 09:31 pm:

The Temptations New Recruit

Chatbusters can exclusively reveal that GC Cameron (lead singer with he
Detroit Spinners 1969 - 72) has joined the Temptations.

Marvin Gaye auditioned GC to replace Chico Edwards as lead singer of the
Spinners. GC was the voice on the Motown classics "It's A Shame" and "I'll
Be Around", major hits on both sides of the Atlantic.

GC married Gwen Gordy, sister of Motown chief Berry Gordy. He also recorded
for the specialist soul label Malaco in the eighties.

GC is presently with Otis Williams and the rest of the boys, rehearsing in
California getting ready to tour very soon.

By Karyl (65.33.211.201) on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 10:27 pm:

Hmmm, very interesting!

By Karyl (65.33.211.201) on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 10:42 pm:

http://www.chatbusters.com/motown_news_folder/motown_news_pages/030416Tempts.htm

By Kegtapper (172.161.193.150) on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 10:50 pm:

SisDetroit:
It was my understanding the GC had stayed with MOTOWN when The Spinners went to ATLANTIC?

And that Gwen had married Harvey Fuqua?

Are all my fact jacked up?

Did they ask JEROME ADKINS (of INDY) again. I heard he was asked twice before.

By Sue (152.163.188.68) on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 11:00 pm:

Gwen and Harvey were married, then un-married, then Gwen married G.C. (THEN Gwen and Harvey got back together, at least for a while!)

And you're right, G.C. didn't leave Motown for Atlantic -- he couldn't, he was married to Gwen and his brother-in-law wouldn't let him go.

"I'll Be Around" was on Atlantic, with Thom Bell, and G.C. was unable to go with the Spinners to Atlantic. They got Philippe Wynne and went on to record with him.

By SisDetroit (68.42.209.170) on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 11:17 pm:

Kegtapper - I don't know anything. :o) I just quoted Chatbusters.

By RD (63.188.33.38) on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 11:59 pm:

G.C. was still under contract to Motown when the rest of Spinners contracts ran out. Chico Edwards wasn't a lead singer.

By Kegtapper (65.58.38.238) on Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 12:06 am:

I thought all the Spinners contract ran out at the same time? Being that they came from Harvey and Ann's TRI-PHI Label when it was merged into MOTOWN?

Enlighten me

EC MAYO

By RD (63.188.33.38) on Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 12:11 am:

No Kegtapper, four of the Spinners was working under a contract before G.C. came to Motown. G.C. was signed to an individual contract just like David Ruffin, Dennis Edwards and some others. G.C. was not with the Spinners when they recorded for Tri-Phi nor is he on any of the early Motown recordings. He joined when Chico Edwards left.

By Sue (152.163.188.68) on Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 12:16 am:

G.C. joined in '67, yeah, just back from Vietnam. Even if he didn't have a separate contract, he thinks being married to Gwen would have precluded him leaving the label for Atlantic.

By RD (63.188.33.38) on Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 12:26 am:

He had a separate contract. But you're right, he probably would have stayed anyway cause he thought Motown was going to make him a star. He refers to Philippe Wynne, who replaced him in the Spinners, as his brother. Whether they're blood brothers or not, I don't know. The two grew up together, lived in the same house. He says they never sang in a group together growing up; Philippe was older.

By Sue (152.163.188.68) on Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 12:27 am:

They're not blood brothers, no.

By RD (63.188.33.38) on Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 12:40 am:

I didn't think so. But he considered Philipe a brother because they were so close being raise together. Kenny Stover once told me they were brothers as well, stated it emphatically (had him fooled too).

It's good to see G.C. getting with the Tempts. The last time I talked to him, less than a year ago, he had moved back to Mississippi and was filling in for John Edwards in the Spinners.

By Kdubya (206.126.224.7) on Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 08:36 am:

Interesting comments gang, but neither GC nor Philippe sung "I'll be Around" that was Bobby. Although PW was in the group. I also thought GC sung on "Its a Shame" and "We'll have it made" or is my mind playing tricks on me ? :-) Guess Bobby's soft voice is not the same as back in the day, consequently his voice was similiar to Otis in the Tempts, but he nailed I'll Be Around, one of my favorite Spinner jams........

By Scratcher (65.132.78.91) on Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 09:10 am:

Kdubya, where did you read that somebody said that either G. C. Cameron or Philippe Wynne sang on "I'll Be Around" in this thread? Everybody, I would think, knows that Bobby Smith led "I'll Be Around," and that G. C. sang lead on the Spinners' latter Motown recordings on the VIP label. Whose post are you referring to cause I can't find it?

By Heikki (62.71.79.239) on Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 09:23 am:

Hi!
G.C.: "My contract with the Spinners was a separate contract and there was much more time left on it. I could not leave, when the Spinners left. Motown made sure I stayed. A lot of people thought that I just left the group. Motown owned all the names. Motown registered everything, but they let the Spinners go with that name. It was part of the deal that Gwen Gordy and the Motown machine made."

"Then I met Philippe Wynne and we became very, very close friends. That was in 1961. We became family. We sort of moved in with my brothers and my family, and he stayed in our house for most of the time. His mother and my mother became best friends during those years. I guess you could call it spiritual kin, but we were not real cousins..."
(Soul Express #3/02, the Spinners story, part 2)

Best regards
Heikki

By Sue (63.85.105.20) on Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 12:24 pm:

Scratcher,
It was the first post atop this thread -- apparently Chatbusters, the British soul fan magazine, wrote that G.C. sang on "I'll Be Around." That's how this conversation evolved; a few of us said that he didn't follow the Spinners to Atlantic, and that song was on Atlantic, therefore ... it wasn't G.C.

By Scratcher (65.132.78.91) on Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 12:31 pm:

Right Sue, I glossed over that first post; sorry Kdubya but I thought you were talking about one of the posters not a copy of something that a poster posted. You'll think Chatbusters would edit what they send out better.

By Chan (128.135.163.182) on Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 01:47 pm:

Hi, and thanks for the info FINALLY on G.C. Cameron and The Temptations. Much success to him, he is a fine vocalist.

By Kegtapper (65.58.36.116) on Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 03:07 pm:

Scratcher- re: Chatbusters,

I agree, when they put themselves in a respected position for information. It should have at least another set of eyes checking....

By Kegtapper (65.58.36.116) on Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 03:12 pm:

Also Thanks to RD for clearing up 'when GC arrived' and later contracted.

Is there any other info on his initials - other than GC='Garbage Can' that he told somebody once?

By Weldon A. Mc Dougal III (68.80.32.91) on Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 04:02 pm:

I talked to GC Cameron last week, I told him that on the form thay said he was going to be a Temtation, he said not yet,if it does happen I would be one of the first to know, I do know that he and Otis talked, thats all.
Weldon A . Mc Dougal III

By Heikki (62.71.79.239) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 12:56 am:

Hi Weldon!
I think I've talked to you over the phone, correct?
G.C. (on April 2, this year): "Yes, it seems that G.C. Cameron is now a member of the Temptations... this all happened within two or three weeks. This is a total shock to me...sort of like inevitable. It was nothing planned or anything that had going into motion prior to that. It was a conversation dealing with myself and Shelly Berger. I've known Shelly for years and years..."
Weldon, what has happened since?

Best regards
Heikki

By SisDetroit (68.42.209.170) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 01:16 am:

Someone on another forum has posted they've talked to a member of the Temptations'line-up, who confirmed the deal, and has confirmed that Barrington's last day with the group will be the end of this month.

By SisDetroit (68.42.209.170) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 01:17 am:

Unless of course Shelly has changed his mind within the past 24 hours.

By Weldon A. Mc Dougal III (68.80.32.91) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 12:05 pm:

I just talked to GC wife, he is now a Temptation.
WELDON

By dvdmike (12.84.118.218) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 12:46 pm:

The word out is that he is replacing ex-Future Harry McGilberry. But Harry is a bassman, G.C. is a baritone. What up wit dat?

By Kdubya (206.126.224.7) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 12:46 pm:

Thanks SisDetroit, whew, Scratcher had me doubting what I read for a minute ! :-)

By Kdubya (206.126.224.7) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 12:49 pm:

Whats Up Mike ? Long time no hear !I know that Harry had been ill but I didn't think he was giving up. He's a good bass singer .........

By SisDetroit (68.42.209.170) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 12:56 pm:

I like both Harry and Barrington. I just don't like to hear Barrington sing DR's songs. I love hearing Barrington sing his own songs. He has a great voice. I'm hoping he gets with another group, rather than solo. Now he can concentrate on his own great voice by not having to "stand in the shadows of the Classic Tempts."

"GO BO, knock um out."

By SisDetroit (68.42.209.170) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 01:29 pm:

>Subject: G.C. Cameron Joins The Temptations
>Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 18:01:06 +0100
>
>G.C. Cameron Joins The Temptations
>
>Reported by: MAA News http://members.aol.com/maainc/index.html and relayed
>by Chatbusters.
>
>We knew that it was coming, but not in such a big way. It was reported that
>the Spinners' great G.C. Cameron has taken the place of current Temptation
>member Barrington Henderson. Cameron, who is a Motowner from the late 60's
>early 70's, just recently sang on stage with the Spinners on a recent PBS
>program. Cameron's greatest claim to fame was becoming the lead vocalist of
>the Spinners while they were with Motown in the early 70's. He wound up
>singing the leads on their first major hit "It's A Shame". Cameron
>eventually went solo, and racked up a number of recordings on separate
>labels throughout the years.
>
>G.C. is currently in California rehearsing with the group.
>
>MAA Comment: We think this is an excellent move for the Temptations; Cameron
>is a seasoned professional, with great charisma. The kind of charisma Baby
>Boomers like! We hope the best for the group and look forward to seeing
>Cameron in the line up.
>
>From the Chatbusters News Desk: Thank you to everyone who pointed out the
>mistake in our last bulletin. GC Cameron was NOT the lead singer for the
>Spinners hit - I'll Be Around. It was Bobby Smith. Apologies to everyone
>concerned for this piece of misinformation.
>
>Rik Williams
>Editor
>Chatbusters
>The only magazine dedicated to classic Motown music in the world!
>www.chatbusters.com

By john c (12.2.233.107) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 03:28 pm:

Scratcher,

I'm one who assumed it was Philippe Wynne who sang lead on I'll Be Around. Did Philippe sing lead on the other Atlantic hits prior to John Edwards?

By Scratcher (65.133.219.212) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 05:21 pm:

John C: Philippe Wynne was the Spinners main lead singer at Atlantic; Bobby Smith sang a few, so did Henry Fambrough. On "Could It Be I'm Fallin' In Love" Smith starts the song off and Wynne takes over at the end...ditto for "Mighty Love" and some others.

By john c (12.2.233.107) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 06:15 pm:

Thanks Scratcher,

I'll have to see if I can distinguish the voices.

By Vandelron (24.44.20.172) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 06:23 pm:

I recieved email from Motown alumni and implication was GC couldnt hit high notes in Spinners so...

By Scratcher (65.133.219.212) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 06:31 pm:

Hmmm...Bobby Henderson can't hit the high notes anymore either but he's still there. Did they say who's taking G. C. place? Is Ron Tyson still with the Temptations? What are Otis Williams' long range goals?

By Nancy (152.163.188.68) on Sunday, April 20, 2003 - 09:45 am:

Vandelron, I saw G.C. sing with the spinners live last summer believe me he can hit the high notes