Gotsoul Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 Between the fifties teen idols[Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers-Little Anthony & The Imperials] and the Motown sensations[The Jackson Five]of the late sixties, there were Burke family group-The Five Stairsteps who had a string of hits-1966-71 under the tuteledge of Curtis Mayfield they were the first family of soul and later were joined by little[Cubie]a shoutout to a good soul teen group. 2
Roburt Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 What a group ........... AND of course MS superstar Keni Burke (+ the Invisible Mans Band) came out of the group ......... 1
Kev Cane Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 7 hours ago, Gotsoul said: Between the fifties teen idols[Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers-Little Anthony & The Imperials] and the Motown sensations[The Jackson Five]of the late sixties, there were Burke family group-The Five Stairsteps who had a string of hits-1966-71 under the tuteledge of Curtis Mayfield they were the first family of soul and later were joined by little[Cubie]a shoutout to a good soul teen group. running almost parallel with The Burkes at this time was The Simmons family, originally calling themselves The 5 Stepping Stars they then became The Family Circle, the groups leader and writer in chief was the multi talented Charles "Chas" Simmons who I am glad to say is still involved with music projects to this day, had a few conversations with him and he told me they had worked alongside The Burkes. Two very talented Family groups indeed Kev 1
Roburt Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 (edited) A Pittsburgh show back in November 68 for the group ................... Edited March 14, 2016 by Roburt
Roburt Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 The 5 Stairsteps in New York this time (Jan 70) .........
Guest oldsoulgit Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 Got a few of their records, great group. Cheers Jim.
Roburt Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 One of Keni's MS anthems .............. don't get no betta than this ............... Invisible Mans Band .............. I remember when you could pick up copies of their albums in Yanks, Manchester for 49p (sometimes even less ) !!
Roburt Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 The group before they got on Curtom .... I just love this 45 label with the 2 distinctive Chitown skyscrapers on it .......... 2
Gotsoul Posted March 14, 2016 Author Posted March 14, 2016 39 minutes ago, Roburt said: The group before they got on Curtom .... I just love this 45 label with the 2 distinctive Chitown skyscrapers on it .......... Right on, this gem is a killer.
Roburt Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 Wanna book the Stairsteps, just ring Universal Attractions on 212 - 582 - 7575 ............
Gogger Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 fantastic group , love em , gonna get this one in before someone else does
kevinsoulman Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 On 14/03/2016 at 14:19, Roburt said: More IMB stuff ............ loved this from my disco/jazz funk days after the casino closed and i lost my way for a while kev
Platters 81 Posted March 16, 2016 Posted March 16, 2016 this is one of my favorite tracks by them from the Loves Happening lp.........did this come out on 45 anywhere? 1
Hayden Road Posted March 16, 2016 Posted March 16, 2016 One of my favourite groups......... love that Chicago sound 1
Tricky Posted March 16, 2016 Posted March 16, 2016 Have often played You cant see.Cheap as chips records on a great label Windy C. Dont have to be mega bucks does it. 2
Maark Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 I think this is a cracking tune, cost me a fiver or so.
Maark Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 And this completes my fave top 3 Five Stairsteps tunes.
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