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100 Proof (Aged in Soul) was an American funk/soul group, who formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1969. They were put together by former Motown songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland, signing the group to their new Hot Wax Records label. The group went on to release several hit singles between 1969 and 1972.
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Released as 100 Proof's second single, it became a Top Ten hit on the US pop chart, reaching No.8 in 1970, and performed even better on the R&B chart, making it to No.6. Although the group would continue to score R&B hits up until their break-up in 1973, none of their singles reached the same level of success.
The song, written by Clyde Wilson (a member of 100 Proof who performed under the name of Steve Mancha) and Ronald Dunbar and produced by HDH, became a hit, peaking at No. 11 in the U.S. Billboard chart. [2] The record sold over a million copies and received a gold disc from the Recording Industry Association of America on September 15, 1971. [3]
He then went on to record as part of the group 100 Proof (Aged In Soul) under the Hot Wax/Invictus record label. The label was set up by songwriting-production team Holland-Dozier-Holland who had left Motown in 1968 over a dispute with Motown head Berry Gordy about profit-sharing and royalties. The trio put together 100 Proof (Aged In Soul) as ...
Other hits included 100 Proof (Aged In Soul)'s "Somebody's Been Sleeping" (the label's third gold record in 1970); "Westbound Number 9" by Flaming Ember; and "Rip Off" by Laura Lee. Then towards the mid-1970s, like sister label Invictus, Hot Wax was distributed by CBS Records.
100 Proof (Aged in Soul) released a version of the song on their 1971 album Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed. [10] Phoebe Snow released a version of the song entitled "He's Not Just Another Man" on her 1978 album Against the Grain.
Perry, as producer and songwriter for the project, felt that the idea might work. The duo brought in Johnson, leader of Chairmen of the Board, to contribute to the writing, after co-writing "Somebody's Been Sleeping (In My Bed)" (a No.8 hit) with Perry for the Hot Wax group, 100 Proof (Aged in Soul).