Looking for the group line-up and group info of the Tempos on Riley's.

 

Anyone help out please?

 

Have not looked in the usual places and any info gratefully received

 

Cheers

 

Richard

 

 

There was an advert for 1969 club date in Detroit for The Final Decisions, saying that they were formerly The Tempos (has to be Riley's Detroit Tempos).  They had Charles Beverly listed as The Final Decisions' lead singer.  I assume that Charles Beverly had also been a member of The Tempos.  But i don't know if he was their lead singer.  I do remember some Soulful Detroit threads discussing The Tempos, and Diamond Jim Riley and his labels.  But I don't know if most were lost in the reformatting of the website.

An old SDF thread here ...........

https://soulfuldetroit.com/archives/6593/10470.html?1095982582

 

EXTRACT ........ Jay Davis's song was recorded in NY. I have an "Abbott" promo photo of him which he gave me when I interviewed him. He was also in The Moments that recorded on the Hit label in Detroit - and then The Tempos for Diamond Jim... The Final Decisions on Bumpshop etc. His name was James Davis and he's still living in Detroit.

A bit more info on the Final Decisions (+ Charles Beverly) here ........ an Airwave 45 also featured ..........

https://www.raresoulie.co.uk/page-101.html

 

... and even more here ........... PLUS Boba knows the SP on this group .....

 

https://www.sirshambling.com/artists_2012/F/final_decisions/index.php

Edited April 25, 201312 yr by Roburt

Rob Moss will tell you. He did an article on here telling the story of The Tempos.

https://www.soul-source.co.uk/articles/soul-articles/the-tempos-story-by-rob-moss-r2058

Thanks for all the info guys - much appreciated   

 

Cheers

 

Richard