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The last major hit by the Spinners to feature Philippé Wynne on lead vocals, "The Rubberband Man" spent three weeks at number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (blocked from the top spot by Rod Stewart's massive hit single "Tonight's the Night") and topped the U.S. R&B chart at the end of 1976. [2]
The album reached the top ten of the R&B albums chart, their last to do so, peaking at number five. It also reached #25 on the Billboard 200. The single edit version of the seven-minute "The Rubberband Man" became the group's sixth and final R&B chart-topper and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Spinners were in the limelight again in 2003 when an Elton John track was re-issued featuring them on backing vocals. In 1977, the Spinners had recorded two versions of "Are You Ready for Love" at the Philadelphia studios. One had all of the Spinners, the other with only lead singer Philippé Wynne on backing vocals.
In late 2008, he appeared on the PBS special Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia, singing The Spinners' hit "The Rubberband Man". [4] [5] In 2008, G.C. Cameron began working with reggae band Dub Nation on their album Rising Force For Change.
Henry Fambrough, the last original surviving original member of the Michigan-based R&B group the Spinners, died of natural causes on Feb. 7. He was 85. Fambrough died in his home in Virginia after ...
The Spinners were nominated for six Grammy Awards and they received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, [3] the second star for a musical group consisting of Afro Americans. Henderson remained with the group for exactly half a century, until 2004. [1] [2] He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023 as a member of ...
At Their Best is a 1999 studio album by American soul music vocal group The Spinners, released on Click Records.This album re-records several of the band's hits and is their first new recordings in a decade; this album would also be their last new material until 2021's 'Round the Block and Back Again.
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