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It turned that Billy had composed Check It Out, but the group had never realized it was him. Singing the latest vocal group hits by such stars as The Moonglows, The Flamingos and The Five Keys, the act became a local sensation. When their new act was polished, they approached Associated Booking Corporation, one of the oldest and most prestigious agencies in the country. Ralph became a paratrooper in the Army Airborne Division and wound up stationed at Fort Campbell which straddled the Kentucky/Tennessee border. The same year, the group was asked to participate in the soundtrack to. Tavares (also known as The Tavares Brothers) is an American R&B, funk and soul music group composed of five Cape Verdean-American brothers. One of the earliest known photos of the group shows six boys, all dressed in matching Fox Point Boys Club t-shirts. Love from Chubby. ), At this time, Bernie Worrell graduated from the Conservatory and left the band to become musical director for George Clinton. 25 hit "Remember What I Told You to Forget", and their biggest hit, the Top 10 Pop/No. Both the album and the single were produced by Carla Olson, and the album was released by "Fuel Records"/Universal Records. Pooch and Billy Osborne at the press reception celebrating the success of Check It Out. Until he showed up at the party, the brothers had not realized their old friend from Providence had written their hit! When Gamble and Huff formed Philadelphia International Records in the early 70s, Martin stayed on and his arrangements utilizing the MFSB studio group for dozens of hits by The OJays, The Three Degrees, Billy Paul and Lou Rawls became the backbone of the Philadelphia Sound.. Opportunity came knocking in the form of two old friends, Brian Panella and Bobby Bowles. See Photos. In its initial run, the double album sold eight million copies and has since been certified by the RIAA as fifteen times Platinum. I cherish each day, and all of you. When they asked him what he was doing there, he told them hed stopped in to thank them for recording his song! Lola Falana suffers from multiple sclerosis and several other health problems which forced her to retire from the show business. Lola married Feliciano "Butch" Tavares Jr. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who's never seen a . Later in her career, she recorded under Frank Sinatra's record label. In 1976, Perren left Motown to join his Howard College friend Larkin Arnold at Capitol Records. Ralph Tavares, the eldest of the five brothers in the Grammy-winning R&B singing group Tavares, whose hits included "It Only Takes a Minute" and "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel," has died.. Tavares 2013: Tiny, Chubby, Pooch & Butch. Later albums, such as Madam Butterfly and Supercharged, strayed from the disco format and were less successful on the pop chart (although they continued to have Top 10 R&B hits such as "Never Had a Love Like This Before", and the popular sociopolitical "Bad Times", written by British singer-songwriter Gerard McMahon).