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Jayotis Washington. Raymond Sanders. The Persuasions were an American a cappella group that formed in Brooklyn, New York in 1962, singing under corner streetlights and in subway corridors. Their style combined gospel, soul, early rock, and jazz into melodic five-part harmonies.
Audrey Auld. Kossoy Sisters. New recommendations. The Persuasions were an American a cappella group that formed in Brooklyn, New York in 1962, singing under corner streetlights and in subway...
Welcome to the official website of the original, authentic, world-renowned Kings of A Cappella, The Persuasions. It exists to celebrate and perpetuate their history and legacy, under the auspices of the group’s co-founder, lead singer and arranger, Jerry Lawson.
16 de dic. de 2008 · Listen to the harmonious voices of The Persuasions as they sing "Up on the Roof", a classic acappella song from 1963.
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The Persuasions are an a cappella group that formed in Brooklyn, New York in 1962. In 1969, Frank Zappa heard The Persuasions singing live over the phone in a New Jersey record shop, picked his jaw up off the ground and promptly flew the group to Los Angeles to record their first album “A Cappella”.
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Rock critic and author Greil Marcus once called The Persuasions’ style a “perfect marriage of passion and intelligence,” and Rolling Stone rated their 1977 album, Chirpin’, as one of the hundred best works of the 1970s. Mix Magazine proclaimed “The Persuasions are four parts of one voice, one spirit.”
