Universal Music TV to release career-spanning collection of one of America’s best-loved soul groups, The Stylistics. Features the hits I’m Stone In Love With You, Donna, You Make Me Feel Brand New, People Make The World Go Round and Betcha By Golly, Wow. Coincides with highly anticipated UK tour.The Very Best Of The Stylistics released 29th October 2007 on UMTV. UK tour starts at Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall on 27th October.Following the success of the O’Jays, The Spinner’s and The Delfonics, America had just enough room for another highly successful soul group. That group came in the form of Philadelphia based quartet, The Stylistics. With their charisma, style and harmony, the group evolved into one of the best-selling soul acts of all time. At their peak in the early 1970s, The Stylistics had 10 straight top-ten hits cementing them firmly in the history of Soul music, and with artists including Johnny Mathis, Prince, The Beautiful Southand Smokey Robinson covering their repertoire, their influence of the world of popular music remains high.
In fact, such is the relevance of the group, that the Sugababes are set to cover their classic Betcha By Golly, Wow on a forthcoming Radio 1 anniversary album. N ow, to coincide with Philadelphia’s first men of Soul touring the UK, Universal Music TV will release The Very Best Of The Stylistics; a definitive collection released on 29thOctober, perfect for fans old and new.
In 1971, the group collaborated with producer Thom Bell, the ingenious creator of the Philly Sound to release their debut self-titled album.
The Stylistics would capture the imagination of the nation and the hearts of its women with their first single, You’re a Big Girl Now, which immediately became a top-ten hit.
The Stylistics had started a trend. It was the broad falsetto of lead vocalist Thompkins Jr., a voice unlike any of his contemporaries or predecessors that appealed to the masses. With his style and delivery, fans and artists alike were mesmerised.
Under the production of Bell, The Stylistics went on to produce top-ten hits from 1971 to 1974, culminating with their Grammy-Nominated hit, You Make Me Feel Brand New.
It seemed every song the quartet released, greeted the airwaves with fresh, artistic fervor. Their emphasis on smoother, sweeter ballads made them the antithesis of many of their popular contemporaries and their tempo and style would vary effortlessly with each song. The Stylistics had carved themselves a reputation as perhaps the premier soul group during that span.
Now nearly forty years on from their inception, their unique sound and spirit lives on. The 2007 personnel comprises original band members Herbie Murrell and Airrion Love, plus Harold ‘Eban’ Brown and Van Fields, who both joined the group in 2000.
Track-listing (Subject to change) 1. Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) No.1. 2. You Make Me Feel Brand New No. 2 3.. Sing Baby Sing No.3 4. Betcha By Golly, Wow No. 13. 5. Rockin' Roll Baby No. 6 6. I'm Stone In Love With You No. 9 7. Let's Put It All Together No. 9 8. Sixteen Bars No.7 9. Na Na Is The Saddest Word No.5 10. Peek-A-Boo No.35 11. Break Up To Make Up No. 34 12. Funky Weekend No.10 13. You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart) No. 24 14. 7000 Dollars And You No.24 15. You're A Big Girl Now - (US Chart - Black 7, Pop 73) 16. Hey Girl Come And Get It. (US Disco Chart 3) 17. Thank You Baby ( US Chart 7, Pop 70) 18. You Are Everything (US Chart - Black 10, Pop 9.) 19. People Make The World Go Round (US Chart Black 6, Pop 25) 20. Stop Look Listen (To Your Heart)( US Chart Black 6, Pop 39) 21. Heavy Fallin' Out (US Chart - Black 6 , Pop 41) Notes To Editors The Stylistics will be touring the UK later this year, see tour dates below.
SAT 27TH OCT LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SUN 28TH OCT CHATHAM CENTRAL THEATRE WED 31ST OCT TRURO HALL FOR CORNWALL THUR 1ST NOV CARDIFF ST. DAVID'S HALL FRI 2ND NOV BEDFORD CORN EXCHANGE SAT 3RD NOV HARROGATE NIDD HALL MON 5TH NOV PERTH CONCERT HALL TUES 6TH NOV STIRLING ALBERT HALLS WED 7TH NOV EDINBURGH JAM HOUSE FRI 9TH NOV DUNSTABLE LEISURE CENTRE SAT 10TH NOV SKEGNESS BUTLINS WED 14TH NOV BIRMINGHAM JAM HOUSE THUR 15TH NOV NORTHAMPTON ROYAL & DERNGATE FRI 16TH NOV DUDLEY CONCERT HALL SAT 17TH NOV BODELWYDDAN CASTLE NORTH WALES SUN 18TH NOV LONDON RONNIE SCOTT TUES 20TH NOV RHYL PAVILION WED 21ST NOV THE MUNI, COLNE THUR 22ND NOV BATLEY FRONTIER CLUB FRI 23RD NOV BARROW FORUM TWENTY EIGHT SAT 24TH NOV MARGATE WINTER GARDENS SUN 25TH NOV CHELTENHAM TOWN HALL TUES 27TH NOV WORTHING PAVILION WED 28TH NOV BASILDON TOWNGATE THEATRE THUR 29TH NOV BARNSTAPLE QUEENS THEATRE FRI 30TH NOV LAKESIDE COUNTRY CLUB SUN 2ND DEC ALBAN ARENA ST. ALBANS