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Soul singer Jackie Ross is so much more than a one-hit wonder
The 1964 Chess Records smash “Selfish One” just happened to be the best-selling single from her decades of great songs.
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Since 2004 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in the first place.
As much as people love the famous songs of so-called one-hit wonders, they don t get much respect. Legit soul and R&B hits such as Jean Knight s Mr. Big Stuff or the Capitols Cool Jerk often get lumped in with novelty numbers (Carl Douglas s Kung Fu Fighting, Vicki Lawrence s version of The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia ) on cheesy nostalgia-bait compilations. It s especially sad when an artist tagged a one-hit wonder actually had a substantial career making quality music, with a long list of forgotten minor successes in additi
A local R&B favorite by the Fabulous Turks gets resurrected after half a century
Chicago singer-songwriter RJ Griffith has released a cover of the most popular song by his uncle’s old band.
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Since 2004 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in the first place.
When I learned in March that the newest single from Chicago singer-songwriter RJ Griffith would be a cover of his uncle s old R&B band the Fabulous Turks, my ears pricked up I hadn t heard the group s name before. After making some inquiries, I quickly convinced myself I d found an untold story. Griffith and his manager, Tom Segal, kindly initiated the slow process of relaying my questions to the band and passing answers back to me. As a result, the Secret History of Chicago Music can bring you the tale of the Turks, as remembered by Grif
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