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Russell Allen Thompkins Jr. (born March 21, 1951) is an American soul singer, best known as the original lead singer of the vocal group The Stylistics and noted for his high tenor, countertenor, and falsetto vocals. With Russell as lead singer, The Stylistics had 12 straight Top 10 Billboard R&B singles, and 5 gold singles from 1971 through 1974.
In 2004, after having left the Stylistics in 2000, former lead singer Thompkins launched his own group called Russell Thompkins Jr, & the New Stylistics, returning with former member Johnson, plus James Ranton and Jonathan Buckson. [13] They were featured on the DVD Old School Soul Party Live!, which was part of the PBS My Music series. [14]
Group members Airrion Love, Herb Murrell, James Dunn, and James Smith can be heard on "You're a Big Girl Now," recorded and released as a single prior to the beginning of production on the album, but according to lead singer Russell Thompkins Jr., they're absent from the album's other eight songs aside from Love's harmony vocals on "You Are ...
The song is noted for lead singer Russell Thompkins Jr.'s distinctive falsetto singing, which he employs through most of the record. The song was written by Thom Bell, Linda Creed, and Anthony Bell. [1]
While on Avco, they began working with producer/songwriter Thom Bell, and along with songwriter Linda Creed created a bunch of hit singles that used lavish production backing the lead vocals of Russell Thompkins, Jr. Every single that Bell produced was a hit. [3] The album includes the original full version of the song, "You Make Me Feel Brand ...
Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications Record label US [1]US R&B [1]CAN [3]UK [4]1975 The Best of the Stylistics: 41 13 40 1 BPI: Platinum [6]; Avco: 1976 The Best of the Stylistics Volume II
"Rockin' Roll Baby" is a song written by Linda Creed and Thom Bell and performed by The Stylistics. It reached #3 on the U.S. R&B chart, #6 on the UK Singles Chart, #14 on the U.S. pop chart, #44 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart, and #57 on the Canadian pop chart in 1974. [1]
Airrion Love, on the left, performing on Soul Train in 1974. Arrion was in the group The Monarchs with Russell Thompkins Jr. and James Smith. Their rival group, The Percussions, who they had beat at a talent show at Benjamin Franklin High School, [10] had disbanded around the same time they had, and after their English teacher, Beverly Hamilton, suggested the two merge together, Love, Smith ...