The Spinners Live

The Spinners of Detroit sing "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love"

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Entertainment

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• HenryFambrough
• Spinners
• atlantic
• soul
• live
• BobbySmith
• PervisJackson
• BillyHenderson
• JohnEdwards

[MusicXman]

Well said Detroitspinner1. Thanx

[MusicXman]

What's with the who's better Phillipe or Bobby? It was the perfect ingredients that made it work. It all worked better together than apart. As for how Bobby sounds now, he's been singing frontman for over 50 yrs and he's over 70 years old. I still love his stage flare. Phillipe was a bad motha... A hit ain't always the best song. Henry Fambrough sang on some great songs. I wish they would use some of them in their shows. Pervis & Billy Rest in Peace.

[anemieasy]

great finger poppin' here. thanks!

[detroitspinner1]

Vintage Spinner's...."Truly Yours'...my all time fave from the Motown era...Bobbie at his best. Bobbie had that unique voice. Some singers lose their voice, some don't. We should be happy that we heard bobbie in his prime, and also sharing his gift with us to this day. How soon we forget.! Why be so hard.! I still enjoy Bobbie and the Spinner's. Bobbie and Phillipe traded leads as did Ruffin & Kendrick, Levert & Williams, Banks & Reynolds.....Lets all appreciate what they have shared with us.!

[rrrickster3137]

I grew up loving the Spinners The 1972-1976 Spinners, keeping it real Bobby's voice in later years is terrible you would think being a professional somebody would have said hey man somebody has to do lead your voice has gotten a little wacky over the year sorry.....The R&B Beast

[SHGlover007]

@ilalfisto You know there's some great old footage on here of Bobbie singing live. Check out Could it Be I'm Falling In Love Live 1973, Mighty Love Live 1970's. He sounds great on those and I don't think he was having timing issues or anything. He's over 70 at this point, I just think his voice isn't as strong now but still a great performer in my book.

[ewiz06]

@ilalfisto Well I have talked to a number of friends/family who saw the Spinners live during the height of their popularity in the mid 70's, and to a person they said Bobbie was great in concert. Of course you aren't going to see video footage of a concert 30+ years ago though. If you want to hear him live, why don't you just check out the Spinners Live album. That should give you a pretty good idea of how he sounded before he began having voice issues

[ilalfisto]

@ewiz06 Nope, Bobby Smith was always just... PLEASANT, to me, even in the studio (from the MoTown days) and I've NEVER heard a good live performance by him. Never ON IT, somehow, and he seems to struggle with the timing sometimes - I might do some research for evidence of engineers / producers having problems getting it right in the studio, where all you need is ONE good take!

Post a link (altered re "dotcom") of a good Bobby Smith LIVE performance - I'd love to see it.

[ewiz06]

@ilalfisto your comments show that you really don't know much about the Spinners. Of course at 70 yrs old Bobbie's voice is not great. If you ask anyone who saw them in the 70s he was GREAT. How can you say that they were only great backing vocalists--HELLO--Bobbie led "I'll Be Around, Games People Play", co-led on Mighty Love and Then Came You.  Philippe was/is my favorite Spinner but he was not carrying the group on his own. It was his combination with Bobbie that made them magical.

[ilalfisto]

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Sorry, but Bobby Smith is a TERRIBLE live singer. I'll bet it took a couple thousand takes to get it right in the studio!

The Spinners were just great backing vocalists before and after Phillipe Wynne.

[xa25]

@superman21980 your an old ass loser!