This single was released in Nov 2020 but has only just been posted on YT (4 Feb
2021).
D'Y-Ann Marie Mathis aka Diane Hogan dated Stevie Wonder for 2 years whilst she was at college. She joined The Debonaires as lead singer (aged 15) after they recorded their first single, which to my calculation would make her 70/71 this year.
The Debonaires recorded
four singles on Golden World followed by two on Solid Hit. She also released a solo single on Capitol in 1969 as Diane Hogans.
In the seventies, she was on the road with The Undisputed Truth and various other Detroit groups.
The Debonaires were a young girl group from Detroit who started out as a trio Elsie Baker, Dorothy Garland and Joyce Vincent. Diane Hogan joined after the first single.
Discogs states
that the original members were Thelma Hopkins, Joyce Vincent, Diane
Hogans and Elsie Baker, however an article on
SoulfulDetroit
says it was Dorothy Garland, Joyce Vincent, Diane Hogan and Elsie Baker
i.e Dorothy Garland not Thelma Hopkins.
Thelma (Telma) Hopkins became an actress in the late 70s after she had been a member of Tony Orlando's Dawn. There are several articles about her on
the net and none of them menton her being in The Debonaires so I tend to
defer to the Soulful Detroit account.
Joyce Vincent was later known as Joyce Vincent Wilson and joined Tony Orlando's
Dawn at the same time as Telma Hopkins around 1970/71. Prior to this Dawn were actually two sessions singers, but Orlando needed to form a group to tour after the success of a couple of singles. It is also claimed that she was chosen to replace
Mary Wilson in The Supremes but the goup was disbanded by Motown as no
original members remained with the group, but she did later perform with
FLOS
(Former Ladies Of The Supremes).
I can't find any info on Dorothy Garland as have to plough through dozens of pages referring ot Judy Garland's character in Wizard Of Oz! Neither can I find anything on Elsie Baker.
The Debonaires - Discography
1964 -
Please Don't Say We're Through
/
A Little Too Long
[GW-17]
A: Doo-Wop / early 60s
B: Doo-Wop / early 60s
1965 -
Eenie Meenie Gypsaleenie
/
Please Don't Say We're Through
[GW-26]
A: Northern Soul
B: Doo-Wop / early 60s
1966 -
How's Your New Love Treating You?
/
Big Time Fun
[GW-38]
A: Northern Soul
B: Poppy early 60s girl group sound
1966 -
C.O.D. (Collect On Delivery)
/
How's Your New Love Treating You?
[GW-44]
A: Northern Soul
B: Northern Soul
1966 -
Headache In My Heart
/ Loving You Takes All My Time [SH-102]
A: Northern Soul
B: ?
1967 -
I'm In Love Again
/
Headache In My Heart
[SH-104]
A: Northern Soul
A: Northern Soul
Diane Hogans
1969
How Does It Feel
/
Love Is All Around
[Capitol #2478]
A: ?
B: Sweet Soul Ballad
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