2014 biography of the whispers
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Last weeks UnSung episode featuring the mighty Whispers was one of my favorite yet, and I must admit, it’s mostly a Bay thang. There have been several Bay Area based episodes on UnSung, including the Sly Stone episode, Shiela E, and the great Con Funk Shun episode. The Whispers show both shed some light on the SuperFly atmosphere of Oakland in the 1970s and also impressed me with the story of a musical group that was hardworking, talented, loyal to one another and truly worthy of all the props we could give them for hanging in the music business for fifty years.
Finally, the Whispers origins were clarified to the satisfaction of this Oakland based blogger. I’d heard some things about the Whispers being from LA. and other reports about them being from the Bay. Several friends of mine recall seeing them perform during their high school years at various now defunct Bay Area nightclubs. Turns out Walter and Scotty were born in Houston and raised in Los Angeles, which is where the group came together. However, they were adopted so well by audiences in the Bay Area that they decided to make that their home base. I’ve heard many things about how the Bay Area of that time had a very strong performance circuit, that was able to sustain several groups, such as the Ba
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The Whispers
American rhythm and blues group
This article is about the American band. For the Australian band, see Ray Brown & The Whispers. For the television series, see The Whispers (TV series). For other uses, see Whisper (disambiguation).
The Whispers | |
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The Whispers at Gardner's Basin in Atlantic City on August 24, 2013 | |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | R&B, soul, disco |
| Years active | 1963–present |
| Labels | Soul Clock Janus Solar Capitol |
| Members | Wallace Scott Walter Scott Leaveil Degree |
| Past members | Marcus Hutson Gordy Harmon Nicholas Caldwell |
The Whispers are an American vocal group from Los Angeles, California. Scoring hit records since the late 1960s, they are best known for their two number-one R&B singles, "And the Beat Goes On" in 1979 and "Rock Steady" in 1987. The Whispers scored 15 top-ten R&B singles,[1] and 8 top-ten R&B albums with two of them, The Whispers and Love Is Where You Find It, reaching the No. 1 spot.[2] They have earned two platinum and five gold albums by the RIAA.[3]
Career
[edit]The Whispers formed in 1963 in Watts, California. The original members included identical twin brothers Wallace "Scotty" and Walter Scott, along with Gordy Harmon, M