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The Spinners (American group)
American soul music vocal group
The Spinners | |
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The Spinners in 1965. From left to right: Billy Henderson, Edgar Edwards, Bobby Smith, Henry Fambrough, and Pervis Jackson. | |
| Also known as | Detroit Spinners Motown Spinners |
| Origin | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1954–present |
| Labels | Tri-Phi, Motown, V.I.P. (Motown), Atlantic |
| Members | C. J. Jefferson Marvin Taylor Jessie Robert Peck Ronnie Moss |
| Past members | Henry Fambrough Pervis Jackson Billy Henderson C. P. Spencer James Edwards Bobby Smith George Dixon Edgar "Chico" Edwards G. C. Cameron Philippé Wynne John Edwards Frank Washington Harold "Spike" Bonhart Charlton Washington |
The Spinners are an American rhythm and bluesvocal group that formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1954. They enjoyed a string of hit singles and albums during the 1960s and 1970s, particularly with producer Thom Bell. The group continues to tour, without any original members, after Henry Fambrough retired in 2023.[1]
The group is also listed as the Detroit Spinners and the
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Bobby Smith was a founding member of the Spinners and the group’s original lead singer. He remained the group’s co-lead tenor for nearly six decades, and sang lead on several of their all-time biggest hits in the early 1970s.
Born in Detroit, Robert Steel Smith met three of the other original Spinners while growing up in Ferndale, a suburb just outside the city limits. In a 1976 interview with the Ann Arbor Sun, Smith recalled those days:
“It was Pervis (Jackson), Henry (Fambrough), myself and Billy (Henderson). We all went to Lincoln High.”
His three classmates formed a vocal group in 1954 called the Domingoes along with two other friends who lived with them in the Herman Gardens public housing project, C. P. Spencer and James Edwards. A few weeks later Edwards quit and was replaced by Smith, who became their lead vocalist. Spencer left shortly afterwards and eventually joined The Originals. The group changed their name to the Spinners in 1961 and released their first single on Har
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Robert Steel Smith (April 10, 1936 – March 16, 2013), professionally known as Bobby Smith, also spelled Bobbie, was an American R&B singer notable as the principal lead singer of the classic Motown/Philly group, The Spinners (also known as the Detroit Spinners or the Motown Spinners), throughout its history. The group earned nearly a dozen gold records and half a dozen Grammy award nominations.
Smith was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. The Spinners' story began in 1954 when a group of friends in Ferndale High School, Michigan came together to make music. While the original line-up comprised Billy Henderson, Henry Fambrough, Pervis Jackson, C.P. Spencer and James Edwards, within a few weeks Edwards left and was immediately replaced by Bobbie Smith. Frustrated with frequent misspellings, group members soon sought a new name, and it was the suggestion of Smith, a lifelong car buff, that won the day: "Spinners" was a nickname for high-end hubcaps.
Smith, who had been the group's lead singer since its inception, sung lead vocals on The Spinners first
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