Posted on 03/18/2013 8:30:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
I always like that song, “Rubberband Man”. The lead singer on that one died a few years ago, IIRC.
I always enjoyed their cover of “Working My Way Back To You”.
RIP, Bobby Smith. And thanks for creating some of the music that still plays in my head. I am better for it.
RIP.
One of the greatest.
I miss the days when black music actually contained alot of MUSIC!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojCikI9npJQ
The Spinners were one of my favorite groups. I especially liked “Could It Be I’m Falling In Love,” “One of a Kind (Love Affair),” and “Working My Way Back to You.”
I second that emotion! I was a big fan of the Spinners, the Four Tops, the Stylistics, Al Green, Wilson Pickett, et al.
But I have absolutely no interest whatsoever in the crap "music" of Jay-Z, Kanye West, 50 Cent, or whoever these clowns are.
I should have added the Chi-Lites to that list.
Guaranteed to blow your mind..so high you won’t come down....hey ya’’ll, prepare yourself for the rubber band...
Great song.
Earth Wind and Fire, Kool and the Gang, Marvin Gaye, heck, even the early Jackson Five had some damn catchy tunes!
Motown... them was the days.
Indeed - always puts a smile on my face to hear it. Some team mates called me “Rubberband Man” in high school basketball because I loved the song, and had real long arms. ...”hand me down my walking cane....”
Another sad loss, after Richard Street of the Temps a couple of weeks ago - http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/27/showbiz/temptations-singer-dead
“Papa” and the Rubberband Man will be harmonizing tonight.
Lol!
Backup babes in sparkling bell-bottoms!
I wish we could go back to the days when famous people didn’t do crap like spit on somebody else...
Give some of them folks a couple million and the real trash comes out!
Same with football, I guess.
What about Al Wilson and Green Pickett? Oh wait, there was no Green Pickett. Should have been.
But there was an O'Jays.
Some bizarre Billboard singles chart trivia from the 1970’s - name the only group act to have a song hit the top five in each year from 1972-1976.
It was The Spinners!
1972 - “I’ll Be Around” peaked at #3
1973 - “Could It Be I’m Falling In Love” peaked at #4.
1974 - “Then Came You” (with Dionne Warwick) reached #1.
1975 - “Games People Play” peaked at #5
1976 - “Rubberband Man” peaked at #2
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