I'm not quite sure why now, but The Whispers have
re-recorded "And The Beat Goes On" and released it on Friday (9
Sep). Coincidentally, Parkes Stewart's new single, and follow up to "Blackpearl", is a cover of the song which is set for released this Friday (16
Sep).
The song was first recorded in 1979 and is the first of two R&B #1 hits by The Whispers.
The other is "Rock Steady" (1987) .
In a career spanning almost 60 years, they were formed in 1964, they have
amassed around 50 R&B hit singles (15 were top 10) but, as is often
sadly the case, only a dozen of them crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100
with, perhaps surprisingly "Rock Steady" being their biggest hit reaching
#7 Hot 100.
The song featured here did much better in the UK reaching #2 on the UK pop
chart in 1980 spending 12 weeks on the chart. They had another UK top 10 hit
with "It's A Love Thing" reaching #9 the following year, and had a total of nine UK chart entries
but only those two and one other (a cover of The Temptation's "My Girl" which made zero impact stateside as it wasn't released as a single there)
were Top 40.
I've had a Whisper's post lined up for months just waiting for the right
opportunity to post it. The mainstays of the group, who are still
performing, are twins Walter and Wallace Scott and it is their 79th birthday
on 23rd Sep, so perhaps that will be a good time. They have recorded some
superb music especially in the 60s/70s before they 'made it big' and have to
be one of my favourite male vocal groups.
Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.
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| Rating: | 8.4 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Modern Soul |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Self Released |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 09/09/2022 |
| Key/BPM: | 10A/115 |
| Price: | £1 |
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One of the best and yet underrated bands. Hear everything the Whispers have done and enjoy. Perfection !!!
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The Whispers are re-recording their musical catalogue with their longtime producer Magic Mendez so they can, like Taylor Swift and Anita Baker did recently, own their masters and thus, control the marketing of their hits. Twin Walter Scott expressed this sentiment: “Record contracts have not always been artist-friendly. We and other artists have historically been disadvantaged by the contracts that we've signed.” The new release of And the Beat Goes On is epic!
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