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Spinners

Spinners has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 24 episodes and was first played on 23 March 2014.

American soul group, originally from the Detroit, MI area, associated with the Motown soul sound in the 1960s, as well as Thom Bell's Philadelphia soul sound in the 1970s.

Original members: Bobby Smith, George Dixon, Billy Henderson, Henry Fambrough, Pervis Jackson. The group formed in the early 1960s, releasing their earliest singles on Harvey Fuqua's Detroit-based Tri-Phi Records. The group then signed with Motown records, releasing a string of singles from 1964-1971, culminating with the Stevie Wonder penned "It's A Shame " which was released on Motown's V.I.P. subsidiary.

In the early 1970s, Motown dropped the group, and they signed with Atlantic, who released another run of singles. The most successful was The Rubberband Man which reached #2 on the Billboard charts in 1976, as well as Could It Be I'm Falling In Love which hit #4 in 1973. Both were produced by Thom Bell. Their biggest hit came in 1980 with the Medley: Working My Way Back To You / Forgive Me, Girl, which reached #2 on the Billboard charts in 1980, and was produced, arranged, conducted by Michael Zager.

For UK releases the group was billed as "The Detroit Spinners" and "The Motown Spinners" to avoid confusion with the British folk group The Spinners.

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Spinners

Spinners has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 24 episodes and was first played on 23 March 2014.

American soul group, originally from the Detroit, MI area, associated with the Motown soul sound in the 1960s, as well as Thom Bell's Philadelphia soul sound in the 1970s.

Original members: Bobby Smith, George Dixon, Billy Henderson, Henry Fambrough, Pervis Jackson. The group formed in the early 1960s, releasing their earliest singles on Harvey Fuqua's Detroit-based Tri-Phi Records. The group then signed with Motown records, releasing a string of singles from 1964-1971, culminating with the Stevie Wonder penned "It's A Shame " which was released on Motown's V.I.P. subsidiary.

In the early 1970s, Motown dropped the group, and they signed with Atlantic, who released another run of singles. The most successful was The Rubberband Man which reached #2 on the Billboard charts in 1976, as well as Could It Be I'm Falling In Love which hit #4 in 1973. Both were produced by Thom Bell. Their biggest hit came in 1980 with the Medley: Working My Way Back To You / Forgive Me, Girl, which reached #2 on the Billboard charts in 1980, and was produced, arranged, conducted by Michael Zager.

For UK releases the group was billed as "The Detroit Spinners" and "The Motown Spinners" to avoid confusion with the British folk group The Spinners.

Tracks featured on

Most played tracks

I'll Be Around
The Spinners
IT0
I'll Be Around
Detroit Spinners, The
Atlantic1982
I'll Be Around (Album Edit)
Rappin' 4-Tay, The Spinners
Rag Top Records, EMI Records, Chrysalis1995
I'll Be Around
The Spinners
Atlantic1972
Right Or Wrong
Spinners
Atlantic1984
Not Just Another Lover
The Spinners
SoulMusic Records, Second Disc Records2024
Since I Been Gone
The Spinners
SoulMusic Records2023
I’m Tired Of Giving
The Spinners
SoulMusic Records2023
Sweet Thing
The Spinners
Motown1964
Message From A Blackman
The Spinners
Hip-O Select2008