Live Wire
Friday 18 June 2021
16:00 to 17:00
Celebrity interviews on Hope Radio
Ling chats to George Kerr (Motown) American singer, songwriter and producer born in Ocilla, Georgia but generally connected to the NY/NJ area. He sang lead for Little Anthony & The Imperials prior to learning production from Raynoma Liles Gordy.
Kerr wrote for and/or produced soul artists including Linda Jones, The Whatnauts, The Moments, Manhattans, Lonnie Youngblood, The Escorts, Phyllis Hyman,, Eddie Fisher and especially for the roster of Sylvia Robinson’s All Platinum label.
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Marshall Thompson of The Chi-Lites. The American soul/R&B singer and musician he is best known as an original member of the Chicago-based vocal group The Chi-Lites, in the 1970s.
Their songs included Pop and R&B hits" Oh Girl", "Have You Seen Her", "The Coldest Days of My Life (Part 1)", "Stoned Out of My Mind" and "(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People". Twenty-one of their recordings appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Chart and thirty-nine appeared on Billboard Soul/R&B Chart, with 11 making the Top Ten list.
Live Wire interview with John Fiddler - Medicine Head.