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Group member Airrion Love sang only the opening harmony with Russell. The actual background vocals were done by Russell, producer Thom Bell, Carl Helm, Bunny Sigler, Kenny Gamble, and Phil Hurtt. The rest of the Stylistics never sang on the first three albums that Thom Bell produced, as Russell explained in several interviews.
The Stylistics also found a path on to adult contemporary airwaves, and the group made Billboard magazine's Easy Listening singles chart twelve times from 1971 to 1976, with three entries ("Betcha by Golly, Wow", "You Make Me Feel Brand New" and "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)") reaching the Top 10.
"Thank You Baby" 70 7 — — — 85 — — Thank You Baby "Sing Baby Sing" — — — — 90 — 5 3 BPI: Silver [6] "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" 51 18 34 — 36 74 1 1 BPI: Gold [6] "Na-Na Is the Saddest Word" — — — — — — 3 5 BPI: Silver [6] You Are Beautiful "Funky Weekend" 76 23 — — — 70 6 10 1976 "You Are ...
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.
"Everything" is a song by American singer Mary J. Blige. It was written and produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for Blige's third album, Share My World (1997). The song contains samples from "You Are Everything" (1971) by American soul group The Stylistics and "The Payback" (1973) by American singer James Brown, also incorporating elements from "Sukiyaki" (1961) by Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto.
"You Make Me Feel Brand New" also reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1974. [8] The Stylistics' recording sold over one million copies in the US, earning the band a gold disc [3] The award was presented by the RIAA on May 22, 1974. [3] It was the band's fifth gold disc. [3]
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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 ...