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  Satipe (satipe) 2-Debutant Username: satipe Post Number: 11 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.50.137.38 |
Bass is usually a background singer position but some were just so good at it that we remember them in the forefront. Who are your favorites? My Top 5 are... #5. Chuck Barksdale (Dells) #4. Blue Lovett (Manhattans) #3. I don't know his name but he sings bass for the gospel group The Fairfield Four #2. I don't know his name but he has the deepest bass I have ever heard on Swing Low by the Gospel Hummingbirds #1. Melvin Franklin (Temptations) | ||
Soul Sister (soul_sister) 6-Zenith Username: soul_sister Post Number: 952 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.43.165.220 |
1. Paul Robeson 2. The bass singer from "The Dominoes"! 3. Blue Lovett (The Manhattans, from the beginning). 4. Norman Johnson (The Jive Five, from the beginning till he passed away in 1966). 5. Melvin Franklin (The Temptations, from the beginning). S.S. | ||
Kev-Lo (7273747576) 4-Laureate Username: 7273747576 Post Number: 132 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 4.237.240.118 |
Hi this is Kev-Lo the Dramatics had a bass singer I don't remember his name and also Al Goodman of the Moments sang a little bass.Hi soul sister how are you are you enjoying your summer | ||
Nikki (45rpmgal) 3-Pundit Username: 45rpmgal Post Number: 54 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.206.46.218 |
Jimmy Ricks - Ravens Jay Johnson - Diablos Gerald Gregory -Spaniels Leroy McNeil - Nutmegs Sherman Garnes - Teenagers Clarence Quick - Del Vikings Dominoes had several bass singers - Clifford Givens, Bill Brown, David McNeil. These three did some great bass LEADS too! Nikki http://www.harmonytrain.com | ||
MichaelOH (michaeloh) 1-Arriviste Username: michaeloh Post Number: 4 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 24.101.41.2 |
I'm throwing my vote in for Jimmy Hayes, from The Persuasions...one of the most incredible voices I've heard... MichaelOH | ||
Soul Sister (soul_sister) 6-Zenith Username: soul_sister Post Number: 953 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.43.165.220 |
Hi kev-lo; Just coolin' out in the pool, I love the water  , the summer's been great here this year, nice breeze off the lake, and the livivin' is easy, when I've had time to relax, LOL!! Hope your having a great summer too!! You make me jealous talkin' bout the rare & lost soul grouops cause all my CD's of them are buried in big storage boxes, it will be a long time till I get around to unpacking them again since we're trying to move. Sigh...maybe we'll see you when we're in N.Y. Take it easy. Hi Nikki; Thanks for all the info on the Dominoes' bass singers. The one I was thinking of sings Over The Rainbow and Old Man River, one of the albums Jackie Wilson is on tearing up Three Coins In A Fountain, Little Things Mean Alot, etc..Course my albums & CD's are in storage so I can't be 100% accurate in my recall, lol. But I love the Dominoes style & interpetation on their renditions. S.S. | ||
Shawn1 (shawn1b) 4-Laureate Username: shawn1b Post Number: 114 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.30.14.44 |
Melvin Franklin and Larry Grahmn .Shawn | ||
Gary (gary) 3-Pundit Username: gary Post Number: 62 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 172.161.199.209 |
Melvin "I Truly Believe" Franklin. | ||
Destruction (destruction) 4-Laureate Username: destruction Post Number: 138 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 199.173.225.21 |
MichaelOH, Nice choice, picking up my main man from the Persuasions. And don't forget the guy who sings bass for Take 6. | ||
Satipe (satipe) 2-Debutant Username: satipe Post Number: 13 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.50.137.38 |
How could I forget Jimmy Hayes? His "da da dum" on the start of "People Get Ready" is a classic! To make it better, he is an equally nice man as I have met him a few times. | ||
MichaelOH (michaeloh) 1-Arriviste Username: michaeloh Post Number: 6 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 24.101.41.2 |
Destruction and Satipe, I once had the pleasure of singing doo-wop songs with Jimmy on the corner of 50th and Broadway, where a lot of old musicians still hang out to reminisce about Tin Pan Alley...or, as some of them call it "Sh*t Pan Alley" .... ;) MichaelOH (Message edited by MichaelOH on July 16, 2004) | ||
Destruction (destruction) 4-Laureate Username: destruction Post Number: 159 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 199.173.224.20 |
MichaelOH, THANKS FOR SHARING....turkey. | ||
BJL (bjl) 2-Debutant Username: bjl Post Number: 24 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 217.205.87.151 |
Satipe: Do you mean the Gospel Hummingbirds from Oakland? I have a couple of mid-70s 45s by them. If it's that group, I think that James Gibson is/was their basser. The bass singer with the Fairfields is Isaac "Dickie" Freeman. Other fine bass singers in the gospel field are: Willie Bobo (Heavenly GS/Dixie Humming Birds) Earl Malone (Spirit Of Memphis) Jimmy Jones (Southern Sons/Harmonizing Four) Orlandus Wilson (Golden Gate Qt) | ||
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 3-Pundit Username: chidrummer Post Number: 33 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 24.14.41.10 |
Melvin Franklin - Temps Ray Davis - P-Funk Alvin Chea - Take 6 Larry Graham - Sly & the Family Stone to name a few | ||
Eli (phillysoulman) 6-Zenith Username: phillysoulman Post Number: 695 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.236.50.117 |
Earl Young..Exceptions, Vocalcanos, Trammps Harry Mc Illsbery...Futures, Tempts The guy in the Diablos Franny Flynn...Sons of Robin Stone The guy in the Oak Ridge Boys | ||
Spyder Turner (spyder_turner) 2-Debutant Username: spyder_turner Post Number: 19 Registered: 7-2004 Posted From: 68.42.246.252 |
MELVIN FRANKLIN-TEMPTATIONS WILLIE BOBO-DIXIE HUMMINGBIRDS BASS SINGER FOR THE OAK RIDGE BOYS | ||
Manny (manny) 5-Doyen Username: manny Post Number: 232 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.124.51.143 |
Hi again, soulful family! Mr. "Electronic" have named two of my fave bass singers (Earl Young and Harry McIllbery or McGilberry, ??). My faves and also the tunes I most likes because their bass voice aportation: -Earl Young (Trammps): "Hold Back The Night" -Harry M. (Futures): "Sunshine And You" -L.J. Reynolds (Dramatics): "Drama V (Treat Me Like A Man)" -Melvin Franklin (Temptations): "Ways Of A Grown Up Man" -The bass voice of Double Exposure in: "Gonna Give My Love Away" -The bass voice of The Joneses in: "Who Loves You" Peace & Soul Food | ||
zebop (zebop) 4-Laureate Username: zebop Post Number: 77 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.138 |
"Who Loves You" is a great song. Love Harry's work in the Futures. Those guys had some nice harmony. I don't know who the falsetto's name is, he's one of my favorites. | ||
SDF (handsome) 5-Doyen Username: handsome Post Number: 248 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 170.118.158.14 |
Hey Manny! I don't think LJ is a bass..he's more like a 2nd tenor. The guy's name that sings Bass in the Dramatics escapes me at the moment. Handsome | ||
Gary (gary) 4-Laureate Username: gary Post Number: 73 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 172.135.219.145 |
Handsome/Manny...The Dramatics bass singer is/was Willie Ford. | ||
Manny (manny) 5-Doyen Username: manny Post Number: 233 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.124.51.143 |
Hi again, soulful brothers and sisters! Thanks for your correction and your info, Handsome and Gary. Hi, Zebop, if we talks about falsetto...!! "Your Love Is Deep Inside Of Me" is a great falsetto song by The Futures. About his name I only knows John King sing lead and Harry bass. The other two members are James King and Kenny Crew. Peace & Soul Food | ||
SDF (handsome) 5-Doyen Username: handsome Post Number: 249 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 170.118.158.14 |
You're welcome Manny! Gary, thanks for bringing the name back to my remembrance. Handsome | ||
Eli (phillysoulman) 6-Zenith Username: phillysoulman Post Number: 700 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.236.50.117 |
Who was the bas singer on tear the roof of the sucker?? Now THAT was a basso prufundo, indeed!! | ||
Eli (phillysoulman) 6-Zenith Username: phillysoulman Post Number: 701 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.236.50.117 |
How about the Pointer Sister who sings Automatic?? | ||
SDF (handsome) 5-Doyen Username: handsome Post Number: 250 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 170.118.158.14 |
Hey Mr. Eli! That was Ruth Pointer...I liked that! It was interesting! Handsome | ||
Manny (manny) 5-Doyen Username: manny Post Number: 234 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.124.51.41 |
Hello again, soulful family! And who sang bass voice in The Impression's "Lover's Lane"? Perhaps, was Jerry Butler? Somebody knows? I have this song in a Top-Line / Charly records (UK) LP compilation jointly with many others Impression's 60's gems ("Se�orita, I Love You", "At The County Fair") but in the linner notes don't says who sang bass. I only recognize some Jerry Butler lead and Curtis Mayfield leads. Another sixtie's great bass-voice fave of mine is in The Blue Note's "Pucked In Your Lips" and, both, falsetto and bass voices in "Blue Star". Another, IMHO, brief but historical bass voice is the male vocal intro in Patti Drew's "Tell Him" ("Pam-Pam-Pa-da-ba"). The good if brief, double good! Peace & Soul Food | ||
zebop (zebop) 4-Laureate Username: zebop Post Number: 78 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 149.174.164.84 |
Eli, the name of the bass guy on the Parliament song is Ray Davies. Thanks for the info Manny, I think the guy in the Impressions is Sam Gooden. If I'm wrong, I know someone here knows | ||
Satipe (satipe) 2-Debutant Username: satipe Post Number: 17 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.50.137.38 |
I am so happy soulsters love the bass. Manny brought up The Impressions and Sam Gooden did a great bass remake on "For Your Precious Love". I love this song! | ||
Manny (manny) 5-Doyen Username: manny Post Number: 240 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.124.52.130 |
Hello again, soulful gang! How i can forget about the bass singer in the Platters? His voice in "You'll Never Now" and "Sixtie Tones" is totally worth to figure in the History Annals. Peace! | ||
Manny (manny) 5-Doyen Username: manny Post Number: 241 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.124.52.130 |
After I post about The Platters, I reminded about some good bass voices in the Chi-lites songs as "Are You My Woman ?(Tell Me So)" or, also some O'Jays songs as "Don't Call Me Brother", "Let Me Make Love To You", "Desire Me" or "Once Is Not Enough" (by Walter Williams, I supouse, ??) Peaace! | ||
Satipe (satipe) 2-Debutant Username: satipe Post Number: 18 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.50.137.38 |
Al Goodman of Ray, Goodman and Brown is great in Special Lady. | ||
Spyder Turner (spyder_turner) 2-Debutant Username: spyder_turner Post Number: 27 Registered: 7-2004 Posted From: 68.42.246.252 |
THIS GROUP MIGHT NOT BE KNOWN TO MOST OF YOU CAUSE THEY NEVER HAD A HIT RECORD, BUT THE BASS SINGER FOR THE THE GROUP 'SERIEUX' IS FANTASTIC. HIS NAME IS ODELL, WHAT A VOICE. THE GROUP IS GREAT ALSO, IF YOU'RE IN THE DETROIT AREA CHECK THEM OUT | ||
Eli (phillysoulman) 6-Zenith Username: phillysoulman Post Number: 735 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.163.49.181 |
The bass man for the Dominoes, especially on Sixty minute man Dub Jones of the Coasters--Besame Mucho Zeke Carey of the Flamingos-- Jimmy Ricks of the Ravens | ||
dvdmike (dvdmike) 5-Doyen Username: dvdmike Post Number: 196 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.208.234.61 |
The bass singer for The Dominoes on that song was the late Bill Brown. I also liked Bobby Nunn of The Robins and the original Coasters. You should hear his duet with Little Esther Phillips on "Saturday Night Daddy" produced by Leiber & Stoller from 1952. | ||
Dinelle (dinelle_watson) 4-Laureate Username: dinelle_watson Post Number: 140 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 67.35.253.102 |
I'll stick to Melvin Franklin from the Temptations. | ||
Kdubya (paladin) 4-Laureate Username: paladin Post Number: 122 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 206.185.64.23 |
Chuck Barksdale/Dells Ray Davis/Tempts-P-Funk Willie Ford/Dramatics Blue Lovett/Manhattans Harry McGilberry/Futures/Tempts "Melvin Franklin" (all by his dam self) Al Goodman/Moments, Ray Goodman & Brown The Tempts new bass singer aint bad either.....Joe Herndon..........you know Melvin used to remark that the guy who voiced Tony the Tiger was (Great) until He said something about it I never thoguth of that person being a Bass.....go figure Kdub | ||
Destruction (destruction) 5-Doyen Username: destruction Post Number: 173 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 199.173.224.23 |
Nikki and Eli, On our way back from Artscape last night I was playing a tape for the crew of older R n B groups(Orioles, Jive Bombers, Swallows, etc.) one of the songs was "My Baby's Gone" by the Ravens' Jimmy Ricks....so I figured I'd add his name to the Bass Singers group. Alas, u guys already did. But I'm adding it anyway...along with this story. After the song went off, I told my 5-year old grand, the bass singer in our van group, that she would have to learn that whole song and sing it with her bass voice. After about a 5 second pause, the Duchess replies that that might be too hard and ask if she can sing it in baritone. My wife does one of those Linda Blair turnarounds and asked her how she knows about a baritone. The Duchess replied that while at Artscape we (she, her sister and myself) saw a short performance for kids by the Opera company where they explained the difference between soprano and baritone. She told her that baritone was not as low as a bass voice but it was still low. The kids are Alright. | ||
Gil (gil) 2-Debutant Username: gil Post Number: 26 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 65.3.168.241 |
Does William Powell count? I remember him from the "Live in London" album singing in bass: "They're smiling in yooooour faaaaace" At least I think it was him. Of course Melvin Franklin is the greatest!! | ||
Manny (manny) 5-Doyen Username: manny Post Number: 248 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.124.51.209 |
Hey, Gil! Pardon-me if i'm wrong. I don't knows if William Powell (RIP) sang also bass or not, but I believe he sang falsetto and bass voice in the O'jays was only by Walter Williams. In fact, William had a extraordinary falsetto that can be heard in "Working In Your Case" or "Peace" among others. In the "Vocal Introduction" track in "Live In London" album, also can heard his falsetto virtuosity. I knows a very very very good bass voice in a group (not exactly a "vocal group") called Peddlers. The only song I got and I have heard by this group is the standard "On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)". It's worth to heard, friends!! Peace & Soul Food | ||
Eli (phillysoulman) 6-Zenith Username: phillysoulman Post Number: 749 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.236.45.116 |
Thats right Manuel, mi amigo, William was a tenor/falsetto indeed. | ||
Manny (manny) 5-Doyen Username: manny Post Number: 251 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.124.51.15 |
Hi, Mr. "Electronic", Everytime that you call me "amigo" (in spanish) I'm feel very emmotioned. Muchas gracias, amigo Bobby. Nobody here knows something about Peddlers? perhaps is a UK act (?). Thanks in advance, friends. | ||
Gil (gil) 2-Debutant Username: gil Post Number: 27 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 192.44.136.113 |
Thanks Manny and Eli, So who did do that bass line in Back Stabbers from the "Live in London" set? Was it Walter? | ||
Lady Mystique (ladymystique) 6-Zenith Username: ladymystique Post Number: 414 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 216.222.243.148 |
Melvin "Blue" Franklin Michael from Boyz II Men (forgot his last name...the one with the cane) | ||
Gil (gil) 2-Debutant Username: gil Post Number: 29 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 67.33.162.57 |
I think the Boyz II Men bass man was Michael McCrary...or something like that. | ||
Lady Mystique (ladymystique) 6-Zenith Username: ladymystique Post Number: 418 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 216.222.243.148 |
Yeah I think that's his name! | ||
Rick (bassik4) 1-Arriviste Username: bassik4 Post Number: 1 Registered: 7-2004 Posted From: 151.199.226.148 |
When you talk about great bass singers I'll drop 2 names for that. How about Pervis Jackson from the Spinners and Craedel "Red" Jones from the Chi-Lites? I'd like to throw a "trivial question out there,did Blue Magic and Tavares have bass singers even though both groups were quintets? | ||
dvdmike (dvdmike) 5-Doyen Username: dvdmike Post Number: 212 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.208.234.61 |
I have this track called "You're The Boss" by LaVern Baker and Jimmy Ricks from 1961. Are any of you familiar with it? Leiber & Stoller wrote and produced it, I think it was a mild hit. Elvis and Ann-Margret covered it on the "Viva Las Vegas" soundtrack. | ||
Manny (manny) 5-Doyen Username: manny Post Number: 261 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.124.52.159 |
Hey, Rick! You're so right about Spinner's bass voice. When I plays "Now That We're Together" (B side of "Rubberband Man"), I'm impressioned with the ultra-bass voice in the intro. Sadly, despite the fact I got some other singles and four albums by The Spinners, the bass voice of Pervis Jackson is not frequent in another songs. I only believe that "Games People Plays" features also his bass register. Peace! | ||
Eli (phillysoulman) 6-Zenith Username: phillysoulman Post Number: 798 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.236.51.238 |
Does anyone remember Joe Medlin(RIP) and his record, I kneel at your throne? Joe went on to become a well respected record promotion man. | ||
Gee (gausden) 2-Debutant Username: gausden Post Number: 20 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.236.160.80 |
I was at Greektown Last Niite and saw Serieux They were Great and I have to agree with Spyder I would put Odell their Bass singer on the List he is awesome | ||
Rick (bassik4) 1-Arriviste Username: bassik4 Post Number: 5 Registered: 7-2004 Posted From: 68.162.118.129 |
Hi "Eli" What group did he sing with? Was it one of the groups from Philly? Like The Sons of Robin Stone? | ||
Spyder Turner (spyder_turner) 3-Pundit Username: spyder_turner Post Number: 42 Registered: 7-2004 Posted From: 68.42.246.252 |
HERE IS THE SITE FOR SERIEUX WWW.SERIEUX-MUSIC.COM | ||
MichaelOH (michaeloh) 1-Arriviste Username: michaeloh Post Number: 10 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 24.101.41.2 |
Does anyone remember B.J Jones? He sang with Doc Green's Drifters, as well as with Rick Shephard's (sic) Drifters... currently he sings with The Dubs...he's got a great bass voice, and has a great knowledge of doo wop, and lots of its cast of characters. MichaelOH |
