The hit years of the Spinners with Philippé Wynne. I love his voacals and his dancing. 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. However, under the helm of producer and songwriter Thom Bell, the Spinners charted five top 100 singles (and two top tens) from their first post-Motown album, Spinners (1972), and went on to become one of the biggest soul groups of the 1970s. The Bobby Smith-led Ill Be Around, their first top ten hit, was actually the B-side of their first Atlantic single, (the Wynne-led) How Could I Let You Get Away. Radio airplay for the B-side led Atlantic to flip the single over, with Ill Be Around hitting #3 and How Could I Let You Get Away reaching #77. Ill Be Around was also the Spinners first million-selling hit single. The 1973 follow-up singles Could It Be Im Falling in Love (led by Smith), One of a Kind (Love Affair) (led by Wynne), and Ghetto Child (led by Wynne) cemented the groups reputation, as well as further that of Bell, a noted Philly soul producer. Following their Atlantic successes, Motown also issued a Best of the Spinners LP which featured selections from their Motown/V.I.P. recordings. They also remixed and reissued the 1970 B-side Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music as a 1973 A-side. In the midst of their Atlantic hits, it crawled to number #91 US. The groups 1974 follow-up album, Mighty Love, featured three Top 20 hits, Im Coming Home and Love Dont Love Nobody.
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