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The trio had left Motown after unsuccessfully arguing for higher royalties by reasoning that having their names attached to a record amounted to a brand and virtually guaranteed airplay. Profile: Soul - disco - funk singer Born on 18 May, 1948 in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. Married to Grace Tavares Brother to Chubby Tavares, Pooch Tavares, Ralph Tavares, Tiny Tavares, Victor Tavares and John Tavares, cousin to Peter "Boo" Nicholaus . He suggested that a good name for the group might be their, . Love from Chubby. ), Rock Your Baby and another record from the same year, Rock The Boat by The Hues Corporation, are historically regarded as the first two Disco records. The reviews are excellent and sales are strong. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. You may know me from my early days as the lead singer of the Grammy-nominated Tavares R&B group, also known as The Tavares Brothers. With their own backing band in place, they started performing in the nightclubs around New England and wound up working regularly over the next couple of years at Jim Nances Lounge, a club in Roxbury, Massachusetts owned by the Boston Patriots running back. Peace from Tiny, Butch, Ralph and Chubby. The Butcher's Wife. 1 R&B hit). Hed met George when The Preachers had backed The Parliaments in Boston a couple of years earlier. Center row: bassist Claude Puddin' Bell, saxophonist Leroy Country Gomes & guitarist/musical director Hank Smith. [Update December 21 20, 2018: Great news today, as Chubby posted the following on Facebook.]. During a visit in 1967 to The Brill Building in Manhattans Tin Pan Alley (the heart of the East Coast music business), they ran into Marvin Holzman. American TV audiences became familiar with Falana during the early 1970s. Their first album included their brother Victor, who sang lead on "Check It Out", but dropped out of the group shortly afterward. They gave FP and the Tavares brothers a song called More Than A Woman which they produced themselves at Capitol and turned over to the Gibbs and RSO Records for the soundtrack. One of five brothers, he would begin his singing career alongside them in 1959, spending his childhood performing as a group in between Massachusetts and Rhode Island. One of their friends happened to be in my store and I sent him out looking for them he found them at the Weybosset Street Pool Hall. Her first single, "My Baby", was recorded and released for Mercury Records in 1965. Other birthdays Thursday: Perry Como, 88; Albert Hammond, 58; Rick Wakeman (Yes), 51; William Wallace (Guess Who), 51; Special Ed, 27; and Darryl Allen (Mista), 20. By the time the smoke had cleared, Tavares and FP were honored with Grammy Awards when the soundtrack won the 1978 Album of the Year award. And this is where the story begins in Providence, Rhode Island. But even with the giant Capitol Records machine behind them, the record did not become the national hit all had hoped it would be. Feliciano Vierra "Flash" Tavares Sr. (1920-2008) - Find a Grave