The Valtairs

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风格: #柔顺灵魂乐
地区: 欧美

艺人介绍

by Andrew HamiltonA short-lived New Jersey quartet probably from the Asbury Park area, they recorded two singles for Selsom Records: Soul b/w Strange Ways (1964) and Moonlight in Vermont b/w The Ko Ko Mo (1965). Neither registered even a mere lowly rung on the charts and the Selsom deal ended. The members were Harry Ray, Joe Gardner, Kenneth Short, and Gregory Henson. Gardner later sang with the Street People, whose career is ed by a single on Spring Records (1974), a handful of 45s, and an album produced by Ray Dahrouge, from 1976 to 1977 on the Vigor label. Ray replaced Johnny Moore in the Moments in 1970, joining Billy Brown and Al Goodman. Brown temporarily lost his falsetto shortly after Ray joined and Rays airy falsetto, similar to Smokey Robinsons natural first tenor, became the dominant lead; his first lead was an update of the Ink Spots If I Didnt Care. After seeing a throat specialist, Brown regained his false voice, as is evident on All I Have, released in 1970. The Moments left Stang Records and continued as Ray, Goodman & Brown, scoring the first time out on Polydor Records with Special Lady, which started a new trend for them — rapping before, during, and sometimes at the end of their songs. It wasnt the emerging hip-hop or gangsta rapping to beats, but conversational probes with one another about what song to sing? Whos singing what? What key? And staying on key.