by Ron Wynn
Their finest album, the Stylistics climbed the &sweet& soul mountain in 1974. &You Make Me Feel Brand New& and the title cut were among the year's prime love/romance numbers, and Russell Tompkins, Jr. had nudged past Blue Magic's Ted Mills and the Delfonics' Hart brothers as the falsetto voice of choice among female fans. Their run on Avco was one of the greatest in modern soul annals.