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The Cool Notes were a mid 1980s funk/pop group who had a string of chart hits in the UK between 1984 and 1986. The band consisted of seven members of both vocal and instrumental talent. They are best known for their UK number 11 hit "Spend The Night". .
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes were one of the finest soul groups of the '70s, based in Philadelphia, PA. Led by the great Harold Melvin, they formed as early as 1954, but struggled for many years until they finally broke through in 1972, much thanks to then-new lead singer Teddy Pendergrass, whose powerful, expressive baritone, alternating between singing and screaming, counts as one of the most distinctive voices in soul music. With the addition of Pendergrass, and the ornate, orchestral productions that Gamble & Huff supplied them with, the group found success with such tracks as "I Miss You",...
Port of Notes was formed in 1996 by Japanese musicians Daisuke Kojima (小島大介, guitar/production/lyrics) and Miyuki Hatakeyama (畠山美由紀, vocals). They play acoustic music inspired by bossa nova, jazz, and soul genres with a warm, nostalgic feel. .
The Bell Notes were an early American rock & roll group from Long Island, New York.
The Bell Notes were regular performers in The Bronx in the 1950s, and performed at a bar owned by the father of Ray Tabano; he and Steven Tyler (of Aerosmith) occasionally played between Bell Notes sets and covered their song "I've Had It". "I've Had It", released on Time Records, was a nationwide hit in the U.S. in 1959, peaking at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. They released four further singles in 1959 - "Old Spanish Town", "That's Right", "You're a Big Girl...
Kurran and the Wolfnotes bring an unmistakable noughties twist to the alt-folk sound, with an playful hint of The Strokes complementing their folk sensibilities. With New Yorker Kurran’s faltering, heartbroken croon and textbook Isle of White Festival circa-1968 guitar jangle it’s half medieval minstrel, half basement bar sleaze.
"The new school of Brit-Folk has arrived" - NME
"An endearingly melancholy affair, bringing to mind the Decemberists at their most wistful" - Artrocker
"Accounts of betrayal and deception laid over sparse arrangements and sung in ominous tones that recall everyone from Jesse Lacey to Iron & Wine" - Neon Gold
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