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"Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" is a 1972 song recorded by the American R&B vocal group The Spinners (known as "Detroit Spinners" in the UK). It was co-written by Melvin and Mervin Steals, two songwriter brothers working for Atlantic, who were sometimes credited as "Mystro and Lyric."
The 1973 follow-up singles "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love", [7] (led principally by Smith, with Wynne leading on the tune's fade out), which was another million-seller, [12] "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" (led by Wynne), and "Ghetto Child" (led by Fambrough and Wynne) cemented the group's reputation, as well as further that of Bell, a noted ...
Spinners member Phillippe Wynne took over lead duties at the very end of the song, as he did on another one of the group's big hits, "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love". While Warwick was signed to Warner Bros. at the time, this release actually came out on Atlantic Records, which was the Spinners' label, but also a sister label to Warner Bros.
"Could It Be I'm Falling In Love" (later a hit for David Grant and Jaki Graham) is the keynote; sung by Smith, it is beautiful, optimistic and upbeat. Often cited as the birth of the Philadelphia Sound, Spinners yielded five American top 100 hits, and two UK chart successes." [5]
Spinners: 1974 "Mighty Love (Part 1)" 20 1 — — 19 — Mighty Love "I'm Coming Home" 18 3 — — 27 — "Then Came You" (with Dionne Warwick) 1 2 3 59 7 29 RIAA: Gold [4] New and Improved "Love Don't Love Nobody (Part 1)" 15 4 — — 34 — Mighty Love: 1975 "Living a Little, Laughing a Little" 37 7 — — 43 — New and Improved "Sadie ...
Robert Steel Smith (April 10, 1936 – March 16, 2013), [1] 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 [2] [3] (also known as the Detroit Spinners or the Motown Spinners), throughout its history. He was the principal ...
"It's a Shame" is a song co-written by Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright and Lee Garrett, and produced by Wonder as a single for The Spinners on Motown's V.I.P. Records label. [1] Recorded in 1970, it became the Detroit -reared group's biggest single on the Motown Records company since they had signed with the company in 1964 and also their biggest ...
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