Top Of The Pops 1973.. When The Spinners signed to Atlantic in 1972, they were a respected but commercially unremarkable singing group who had never h
Top Of The Pops 1973.. When The Spinners signed to Atlantic in 1972, they were a respected but commercially unremarkable singing group who had never had a top-ten pop hit -- despite having been a recording act for over a decade. But under the helm of producer and songwriter Thom Bell, The Spinners would chart five top 100 singles (and two top tens) off their album The Spinners , released in 1972, and go on to be one of the biggest soul groups of the 1970s.
The Bobby Smith-led "I`ll Be Around" was their first top ten hit, (and their first million- seller), but it was actually the B-side of the first single, "How Could I Let You Get Away". Radio airplay for the B-side led Atlantic to flip the single over, with "I`ll Be Around" hitting #3 and "How Could I Let You Get Away" reaching #89.
Follow-up singles "Could It Be I`m Falling in Love" (#4, March 1973), "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" (#11, June 1973), and "Ghetto Child" (#29, September 1973) would cement the group`s sudden hit-making r
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What is the friggin deal this week with people snappin their wrists. I really dont get this one. I understand skateboarding or falling out of a tree
What is the friggin deal this week with people snappin their wrists. I really dont get this one. I understand skateboarding or falling out of a tree but why let your buddy push you down a flight of stairs for fun.
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