Minnie Riperton
Minnie Riperton was born in 1947 and grew up in the Bronzeville area on Chicago’s South Side, the youngest of...
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Session Keyboard Players in Motown
Joe Hunter was the leader of the session band from 1959 until 1962, when Earl Van Dyke was recruited to...
Session Keyboard Players in Muscle Shoals
David Briggs David Briggs was born in 1943 in Killen, Alabama. He played keyboards on his first recording session at...
Mary Wells
Mary Wells was born in Detroit in 1943. She had a difficult childhood; she lived with her mother and two...
Marvin Gaye: The First Five Years
Marvin Gaye was born Marvin Pentz Gay in 1939 in Washington D.C. His father was a minister in the House...
Linda Clifford
Linda Clifford was the last successful act on the Curtom label. She was discovered by Marv Stuart while she was...
June Conquest
June Conquest (Trade Ad card) June Conquest (née Marlene Teasley) made her first foray into the music business in 1964,...
Leroy Hutson
Leroy Hutson joined The Impressions in 1971, three months after leaving college, where he had shared a room with Donny...
The Impressions at Curtom Records
After their four-year stay at ABC-Paramount, where they had created a number of outstanding hits, The Impressions came to Curtom...
Session Musicians in Chicago: Louis Satterfield
Louis Satterfield was born in Shaw, in the Mississippi Delta area, in 1937. He learned to play bass and trombone...
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