UNSUNG HEROES OF SOUL #1970s

Black Ivory was a Harlem-based trio who made the Soul top forty four times in the early to middle 1970s.

A Philadelphia group, Brenda & The Tabulations were clearly influenced by the doo-wop harmonies of the 1950s. Brenda Payton’s voice was sweet and occasionally rough-edged, making the group sound paradoxically innocent and world-weary.

Otis Clay was a Grammy Award nominee and a Blues Hall of Fame inductee who became massively popular in Japan.

For twenty years, Walter Jackson's mellifluous baritone graced the Chicago soul scene.

Bettye LaVette wallowed in obscurity for forty years until her career finally took off in the 2000s.

A Louisiana native who recorded in Los Angeles, Bettye Swann wrote her own #1 Soul hit in 1967.