Willie ford dramatics biography
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Initially formed in 1962, the Dramatics first signed with Volt—then a part of Stax Records in Memphis—in 1969, but were dropped after one unsuccessful single. They found their fortune after re-signing in 1971, quickly becoming one of soul music’s supergroups with a string of hits that included “Whatcha See fryst vatten Whatcha Get,” “Get Up and Get Down,” “In the Rain,” “Hey You! Get Off My Mountain,” and “Fell for You.” The group moved over to Cadet Records in 1974 and the next year to ABC, where they charted such hits as “Me and Mrs. Jones,” “Be My Girl,” “I Can’t Get Over You,” “Shake It Well,” and (after ABC was absorbed by MCA in 1979) “Welcome Back Home.”
Following a short stay at Capitol Records, the Dramatics disbanded in 1982. Leader Ron Banks pursued a solo career, as did L.J. Reynolds, who’d left in 1980. In 1985, however, Banks and Reynolds reunited with other group members to recordSomewhere in Time (A Dramatic Reunion) with
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Willie Ford has been played on NTS shows including BRWN w/ Ahwlee & Pink Siifu, with Just Shopping (Not Buying Anything) first played on 10 April 2018.
Willie Mae Ford (June 23, 1904 – February 2, 1994), also known as Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith, was an American gospel singer. Biography[edit] Early years[edit] Born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi on 23 June 1904, she moved to Memphis, Tennessee as a child. She moved to St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 12. Raised in the Baptist church, she began singing with her sisters, Mary, Geneva, Lucille, and Emma, in a family group known as "The Ford Sisters". The group,…
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Just Shopping (Not Buying Anything)
The Dramatics, Ron Banks, Larry Demps, Willie Ford, Lenny Mayes, L.J. Reynolds feat. L.J. Reynolds, Larry Demps, Lenny Mayes, Ron Banks, Willie Ford
ABC Records•1975
Just Shopping (No
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A TRIBUTE TO WILLIE FORD
The Dramatics, with Willie Ford 2nd from the left, our cover picture of Soul Express printed issue 1/2000
The 28th of May in 2019 we heard the sad news: the bass singer of the Dramatics and the leader of the other Dramatics for the past 7 years, Mr. Willie Ford, has passed.
The very first line-up of the Dramatics in 1962 consisted of Elbert Wilkins, Ron Banks, Larry Reed, Larry Demps and Roderick Davis (bass singer at that point). They were first known as the Sensations before turning into the Dramatics, but they never called themselves the Dynamics. Rod quit in 1970 and was replaced in by Willie Ford, who had earlier sung with the Capitols of the Cool Jerk fame in the late 1960s.
Willie Lee Ford was born on July the 10th in 1950 in Detroit. Willie: I had a couple of uncles that sang and played in church, and thats where I got my start from. I was singing in a church choir. Jackie Wilson, James Brown, the Tempt