we all know about Jimmy & David Ruffin, Brenda & Patrice but who else can you name?

any real obscure ones that would surprise a few?

Shane

Edited May 19, 200619 yr by ShaneH

  ShaneH said:

we all know about Jimmy & David Ruffin, Brenda & Patrice but who else can you name?

any real obscure ones that would surprise a few? Shane

Barbara & Brenda Gaskins.

Eddy & Jamie Holland.

  ShaneH said:

we all know about Jimmy & David Ruffin, Brenda & Patrice but who else can you name?

any real obscure ones that would surprise a few?

Shane

Thelma & Cissy Houston & of course Whitney .............. not sure which one is her mother .

  asboannie said:

Barbara & Brenda Gaskins.

Eddy & Jamie Holland.

Brenda is Barbara's niece, not her sister.

Soul Twins

Soul bros Inc

Sisters love

  garv said:

Thelma & Cissy Houston & of course Whitney .............. not sure which one is her mother .

Cissy I think - and isn't Dionne Warwick her auntie??

Randy and Bert Brown of The Newcomers

Pops Staples and the Clan - Mavis, Cleotha, Yvonne and Pervis

Not sure if George 'King' Scott and Charlie Scott of The Hesitations were brothers.

Fred and James Ferguson of Mad Dog and The Pups fame - whose lead singer was Oliver Cheatham of Get Down Saturday Night fame (apparently).

Moses and Joshua Dillard

I'm off t'bar anyway - don't want to get too associated with the anorak fraternity

  Rich said:

Cissy I think - and isn't Dionne Warwick her auntie??

Randy and Bert Brown of The Newcomers

Pops Staples and the Clan - Mavis, Cleotha, Yvonne and Pervis

Not sure if George 'King' Scott and Charlie Scott of The Hesitations were brothers.

Fred and James Ferguson of Mad Dog and The Pups fame - whose lead singer was Oliver Cheatham of Get Down Saturday Night fame (apparently).

Moses and Joshua Dillard

I'm off t'bar anyway - don't want to get too associated with the anorak fraternity

Yeah , forgot about that .

What about the Womack clan???

Billy and Jerry Butler were brothers

Mr and Mrs Butler did a bloody good job!

How do you lot know all this trivia?!! Do you sit researching on the net or are you just very very knowledgeable ... I know nowt

  Mandy said:

How do you lot know all this trivia?!! Do you sit researching on the net or are you just very very knowledgeable ... I know nowt

i had the family over for tea

Tina Roberts ('One Way Or The Other' on Security) is Tina Leverett. Her and, I think 2 sisters, comprised the Leverett Sisters - 'A Place For Me' on Kayden

  Matt Male said:

Brenda is Barbara's niece, not her sister.

Cheers for that .........you learn something new every day ehhhhhhh.

  ShaneH said:

we all know about Jimmy & David Ruffin, Brenda & Patrice but who else can you name?

any real obscure ones that would surprise a few?

Shane

Nobody's mentioned the Scott twins (Walter and Scotty) from the Whispers, yet. or Eddie Cornelius (Cornelius Brothers) and Prince Gideon of "Smooth Sailing" fame...

...Or try this one on for size:

The late Al Perkins was the brother of (the happily still very much with us) Vee Allen, who used to be married to (and is still friends with) Na Allen, whose sister is Denise La Salle. All true, I swear!

TONE

Edited May 19, 200619 yr by TONY ROUNCE

  ShaneH said:

we all know about Jimmy & David Ruffin, Brenda & Patrice but who else can you name?

any real obscure ones that would surprise a few?

Shane

Marvin and Frankie Gaye....

Louvain Demps of the Andantes and Larry 'Squirrel' Demps of the Dramatics are brother and sister.

Jean Terrell of the Supermes and Ernie Terrell the boxer are brother and sister.

Mable John and Little Willie John are brother and sister.

Obvious ones

Eddie and Lamont Dozier

Amet and Neshui Ertegun

Mayfield Singers

Me and Mark.

  in town Mikey said:

Obvious ones

Eddie and Lamont Dozier

Amet and Neshui Ertegun

Mayfield Singers

Me and Mark.

Eddie Holland's brother is called Brian, Lamont Dozier doesn't have a brother but his son Beau is playing hide the sausage with Joss Stone....

The Mayfield singers are Leroy Hutson and Donny Hathaway among others - none of whom are related to each other, much less to Curtis Mayfield!

I'll allow you Ahmet and his late brother Nesuhi, though, and I'll even spell them properly for you!

TONE

  garv said:

Yeah , forgot about that .

What about the Womack clan???

Cecil is Bobbys brother and Cecils wife Linda (Womack and Womack) is Sam Cookes daughter..

Also heard that Charles Johnson is George Bensons father in law.

sisters sledge are related to a form of winter transport

  ShaneH said:

any real obscure ones that would surprise a few?

Shane

Dee Dee & Dionne (of course!)

Gladys & Bubba.

Eddie & Gerald Levert.

And Jaheim (Contemporary Soul Boy) is the nephew of the late Hoagy Lands.

Sean Hampsey

Edited May 19, 200619 yr by Sean Hampsey

  gert mark said:

Cecil is Bobbys brother and Cecils wife Linda (Womack and Womack) is Sam Cookes daughter..

And Linda Womack didn't mind either of the brothers. Was married to Bobby then went off with Cecil. I suppose it saves changing your last name if you keep it in the family.

Also aren't the Jackson's brothers?

Here's a couple of interesting ones for you:

N'Cole on Millennium is Teddy Pendergrass' brother

Michael Walker on Thunder (the excellent "I Got A Notion, You Got The Motion") is Phillippe Wynne of the Spinners/Funkadelic's brother.

Diane Lewis ("I Thank You Kindly") is Pat Lewis' sister

Milton Wright, Jeanette Holloway, Leno Phillips/Phillip Wright and Betty Wright are all siblings

Martha Reeves and Lois Reeves (Vandellas/Quiet Elegance) are sisters

Jodi Mathis is Johnny Mathis sister (he lied - but all the rest are true!)

TONE

The Stairsteps (Burke family)

Not really siblings, but a mother and her children...

Johnnie Mae Matthews offspring are Black Nasty, but I would have to get on my hands and knees to rummage about for the LP to get there names and frankly I can't be bothered

Edited May 19, 200619 yr by Guest

Patrice, Brenda and Lolleata are all Holloways, was Stanley their Dad and do they own a prison in th UK

Isn't Gladys Knight's brother one of the Pips.

I can't believe we haven't mention them Franklin girls.

Oh go on then.

Aretha , Carolyn, Erma.

Inez & Charlie Foxx

TP

Following the relationship thread - more connections between old and new:

Jaheim/ hoagy lands was mentioned

Ledisi/ Larry Saunders

Asaph Womack cousin Bobby Womack

New York artist Chandlar's uncle is Kermit Chandlar of the Sheppards

lets keep the relationship thread in one place please.

topics merged

Shane

Greg & Jeff PERRY

Lamont Dozier and his big brother

Bull.

Sorry

Tony

Edwin Starr (Charles Hatcher) cousin to Will Hatcher and Roger Hatcher.

JJ Barnes brother to Orthea Barnes,and i think Dena also?.

Bessie Banks & Larry Banks husband & wife.

Emotions on Twins tacks/Columbia, three sisters.

Dave f....................

Maurice and Verdine White of Earth Wind and Fire

Tony

Emerson Rogers and Bobby Rogers were cousins and both in the Matadors prior to the Miracles and then Emerson was replaced by his sister Claudette who then went on to marry Smokey.....

johnm

Al Broomfield, Eugene Wilde and Dee Dee Wilde. Plus many other talented family members.

Lola Falana and Fluffy Falana - brother and sister.

  johnm said:

Emerson Rogers and Bobby Rogers were cousins and both in the Matadors prior to the Miracles and then Emerson was replaced by his sister Claudette who then went on to marry Smokey.....

johnm

...And of course Bobby Rogers also marred Wanda Young of the Marvelettes....

TONE

I posted this once before but it seems to have vanished when the threads were bring merged -

How about a few talented parents and their recording-artist relatives?:

Eddie Levert and sons Gerald and Sean

Millie Jackson and daughter Keisha

Donny Hathaway and daughter Lalah

Bobby Byrd/Vicki Anderson and daughter Carleen

McKinley Jackson and recently shot rapper Proof

Fontella Bass and nephew David Peaston

Johnnie Taylor and son Floyd

...anymore for anymore?

TONE

H.B.Barnum and Billy Barnum from the Apollas, I thought they were brother and sister... but someone else is saying there cousins.........anybody enlighten on that one please .

sandy wynns (aka edna wright) & darlene love are sisters so i was told when i was a lad

  TONY ROUNCE said:

Eddie Holland's brother is called Brian, Lamont Dozier doesn't have a brother but his son Beau is playing hide the sausage with Joss Stone....

The Mayfield singers are Leroy Hutson and Donny Hathaway among others - none of whom are related to each other, much less to Curtis Mayfield!

I'll allow you Ahmet and his late brother Nesuhi, though, and I'll even spell them properly for you!

TONE

Good job I was sent home from work. I was clearly halucinating.

Thinking Holland Dozier and Holland, and couldnt think which 2 were related

Back to bed with man flu.

  sharona said:

And Linda Womack didn't mind either of the brothers. Was married to Bobby then went off with Cecil. I suppose it saves changing your last name if you keep it in the family

I thought Bobby married Lindas mother (Sam Cookes widow) so was her step father?

Very intercesting facts!!

  sharona said:

Also aren't the Jackson's brothers?

Apart from Michael who has yet to have his sex determined!

  jocko said:

I thought Bobby married Lindas mother (Sam Cookes widow) so was her step father?

Yes, that's right, he married Barbara Campbell Cooke less than 9 months after Sam was shot. Talk about your dead man's shoes. Thus Linda was both his stepdaughter and, once she married Cecil, his sister in law. And you thought it was only three toed hillbilles who got up to this sort of thing...

TONE

what about the ogletree brothers...gonna keep a check on you....treetop

i just bought this on ebay...top toon

plus there is a spanish fireman who sings with his two sons

jose and hose b

  TONY ROUNCE said:

Yes, that's right, he married Barbara Campbell Cooke less than 9 months after Sam was shot. Talk about your dead man's shoes. Thus Linda was both his stepdaughter and, once she married Cecil, his sister in law. And you thought it was only three toed hillbilles who got up to this sort of thing...

TONE

Off topic sorry !

Story went as far as I was told

Bobby was with Mother and Daughter. Then daughter fell for Cecil, there was a big fight ! They fell out and have not spoken sice ? So he was well into dead mans shoes ?

All very messy and odd !

This came from a freind who left the U.K as he got together with one of the backing singers, when they were over hear in the 80s. He ran off with her to L.A. That didn't work out I might add.

Andy Weeks rest in peace xx

Edited May 19, 200619 yr by Gavin Page

Tone will have to help me out on the connections but there are:

The Latimores

The Ingrams

The Sylvers - Foster Sylvers - Misdemeanour....takes me back Brixton '87

and weren't Levert sons of the O'Jays?

I could be wrong on all of the above

Jo

And the Brothers Johnson? Jo

How about The Five Stairsteps . . . Clarence Burke, Jnr. (lead), Aloha Burke (contralto), James Burke (first tenor), Kenneth Burke (second tenor), Dennis Burke (baritone), Cubie Burke (lead), Clarence Burke, Snr. (guitar).

NOW THAT IS KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY!

Martin

P.S. Are any of them related to Keni Burke who did the brilliant "Risin' to the top"??

Edited May 19, 200619 yr by martinsbox

  jocko said:

Apart from Michael who has yet to have his sex determined!

So would that make Michael one of the Jackson Sisters

Mike and Bernie Winters

  soulfulsaint said:

Lola Falana and Fluffy Falana - brother and sister.

I've been wondering if she was related to Fluffy! I have a late 60's blaxploitation movie(can't remember the title off hand), and she sings the title song. Thanks for that! Been driving me nuts.....!

-Mike