10 R&B исполнителей одного хита, перепевших весь свой жанр (1970-е)

In the 1970s, some of the greatest voices in R&B got exactly one shot at the top. Then the industry moved on. This is the story of ten of them. A New Orleans woman working in a university kitchen whose demo every major label turned down, until it went double platinum. A background singer whose record sat on a shelf for two years until her label spent its last dollars pressing it. A man who stepped up to the microphone only because the singer they'd booked didn't make it. A schoolteacher handed a song written for an eleven-year-old. A jazz-trained voice whose career was derailed by the one follow-up he begged his label not to release. And a mother whose lullaby for her baby daughter became a number one hit, just before the world learned how little time she had left. Jean Knight. The Floaters. The Hues Corporation. George McCrae. Timmy Thomas. Anita Ward. Thelma Houston. Dorothy Moore. Billy Paul. Minnie Riperton. You know the songs: "Mr. Big Stuff," "Float On," "Rock the Boat," "Rock Your Baby," "Why Can't We Live Together," "Ring My Bell," "Don't Leave Me This Way," "Misty Blue," "Me and Mrs. Jones," "Lovin' You." These are the stories behind them. The rejections, the shelved tapes, the chart battles, and the voices that deserved far more than one hit. Which of these ten deserved a second hit the most? Tell me in the comments. And if these stories meant something to you, subscribe to RnB Vinyl. There are more records in the crate. #RnBVinyl #70sSoul #OneHitWonders #SoulMusicHistory #ClassicRnB