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Album, Reissue, Remastered. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1996 CD release of "Elvis (The Fool Album)" on Discogs.
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- The Sweet Inspirations
- Listen to 'Sweet Inspiration'
- First 'Solo' Recording
- Elvis Presley
- Fighting Racism
- A Little Deeper: They Were Bigger Than You Might Have Known !!!
- The Original Sweet Inspiration Song
- Myrna Smith
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The Sweet Inspirations were founded by 'Cissy' Houston (Born Emily Drinkard, married to Gary Houston at age 21 for two years) mother of Whitney Houston, and sister of Lee Warrick (herself the mother of well-known sisters, Myrna Smith's cousins Dee Dee and Dionne Warwick). Emily and Lee were members of The Drinkard Singers, a family group that had t...
Latest Audio (and video) updates:Video courtesy of Elvis Presley MP3 Audio Central. The Sweet Inspirations continued to work as sessions singers during this period, appearing on classic cuts by artists as diverse as Aretha Franklin (Chain of Fools), Dusty Springfield (Son of a Preacher Man), Van Morrison (Brown Eyed Girl) and Jimi Hendrix (Burning ...
The Sweet Inspirations recorded by themselves for the first time in April 1967 for Atlantic Records. That session produced the first two singles released by Atlantic, a version of Why (Am I Treated So Bad), a song previously recorded by 'The Staple Singers' and a soulful version of Let It Be Me, a French song which had been a pop and R&B hit for Be...
As stated above, the song Sweet Inspiration caught Elvis' attention, however it was the group, The Blossoms, who backed Elvis on his '68 Comeback Special that was first choice for his 1969 return to the stage in Las Vegas. When they were unable to come to Vegas because of prior commitments, Elvis didn't hesitate; he signed the 'Sweets' with no audi...
Elvis demonstrated his desire for racial reconciliationin the musicians he chose, and in the treatment they received. When he made his first appearance in texas at the Astrodome, according to Myrna Smith, Elvis was told, 'Well, you can leave the black girls home. You don't have to bring them'. Myna Smith: Elvis responded with, 'Well if they don't c...
When Emily 'Cissy' Drinkard was five years old, she began singing in a family Gospel group called The Drinkard Singers. Originally from Savannah, Georgia, the Drinkards moved to New Jersey in the early fifties. Emily's older sister, Lee, served as the manager of the group, which soon got noticed by Mahalia Jackson. In 1951, they would appear with J...
Latest Video Updates The ad that Atlantic ran in Billboard. All of which kind of makes Atlantic's decision to cut a Gospel album on them at the height of their success kind of strange. 'Songs of Faith and Inspiration' by 'Cissy Drinkard & The Sweet Inspirations' would be released in the summer of 1968, right in between 'Tighten Up' by Archie Bell &...
Born in Newark, New Jersey. Myrna Smith began singing at the age of five she when she sang Jesus Loves Mewith her father's gospel group, on 'The Sons of Harmony Radio Show'. By the time she was 8 years old, she was singing in a youth group called C.H. Walters Choir. She became a high school English teacher in South Brunswick, New Jersey in the 1960...
1967 : Sweet Inspirations : Atlantic 1968 : Songs of Faith & Inspiration : Atlantic 1969 : Sweets for my Sweet : Atlantic 1969 : What the World Needs Now is Love : Atlantic 1970 : Sweet Sweet Soul : Atlantic 1973 : The Estelle, Myrna and Sylvia : Stax 1979 : Hot Butterfly : RSO
#13 : Let It Be Me : R&B|Black singles : 1967 #94 : Let It Be Me Pop singles : 1967 #36 : Why (Am I Treated so Bad) : Black singles : 1967 #57 : Why (Am I Treated so Bad) : Pop singles : 1967 #5 : Sweet Inspiration : Black singles : 1968 #18 : Sweet Inspiration : Pop singles : 1968 #30 : To Love Somebody : Black singles : 1968 #74 : To Love Somebod...
The Sweet Inspirations are an American R&B girl group mostly known for their work as backup singers on studio recordings for other R&B and rock artists. A founding member of the group was Dionne Warwick , who was later replaced by her aunt, Cissy Houston .
Elvis is the eighteenth studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released on July 16, 1973. [5] . It sold over 1 million copies worldwide. To differentiate it from his eponymous 1956 release, it is sometimes called The "Fool" Album, after its first track which appears just below Elvis' name on the front cover.
The Sweet Inspirations fue un grupo musical femenino de soul compuesto por Cissy Houston, Doris Troy, Dionne Warwick ,, Dee Dee Warwick, Estelle Brown, , Sylvia Shemwell y Myrna Smith.
Led by Cissy Houston, the Sweet Inspirations were highly-in-demand female back-up singers featured on some of the most important pop and soul recordings of the 1960s and '70s. They toured and served as session background vocals on albums by various artists' including Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett and Dusty Springfield.
A menudo titulado como The Fool para distinguirlo del álbum homónimo de 1956, el disco vendió más de un millón de copias a nivel mundial a pesar de ser publicado poco después de su predecesor, Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite.
