Solar

The Whispers

3 Releases

35 Tracks

Soul group

Formed in 1964 in Watts, California, U.S. based in Los Angeles, The original members were the texan twin brothers [a=Wallace Scott] and [a=Walter Scott] plus [a=Gordy Harmon], [a=Marcus Hutson] and [a=Nicholas Caldwell]. In 1973 [a=Gordy Harmon] injured his larynx in a driving accident and was replaced by [a=Leaveil Degree]. [a=Marcus Hutson] left the group in 1992 due to his illness (prostate cancer). After his death in 2000 the group vowed to never replace him and since then they perform as a quartet. The group is active more than 50 years and has released 25 albums. They have recorded mainly for the labels [l=Dore] (1965 - 1967), [l=Soul Clock] (1968 - 1970), [l=Roker Records] (1971) [l=Janus Records] (1971- 1974), [l=Soul Train] (1976 - 1977), [l=Solar] (1978 - 1990), [l=Capitol Records] (1990 - 1995), [l=Interscope] (1997) and Kingdom (2006 - 2009). They were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2003 and in 2014 in the R&B Music Hall of Fame. They have scored 49 hit singles in the R'n'B chart, the biggest of which are their two No.1's, 1978's [url=http://www.discogs.com/Whispers-And-The-Beat-Goes-On/release/208460]"And The Beat Goes On"[/url] and 1987's [url=http://www.discogs.com/Whispers-Rock-Steady/release/443720]"Rock Steady"[/url] plus 1970's [url=http://www.discogs.com/Whispers-Seems-Like-I-Gotta-Do-Wrong-Needle-In-A-Haystack/release/4725609]"Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong"[/url] (No.6 R'n'B charts) their 1977 cover of [a=Bread] [url=http://www.discogs.com/Whispers-Make-It-With-You-You-Are-Number-One/release/1278695]"Make It With You"[/url] (No.10 R'n'B charts), 1979's [url=http://www.discogs.com/Whispers-Lady-I-Love-You/release/1539923]"Lady"[/url], (No.3 R'n'B charts), 1980's [url=http://www.discogs.com/Whispers-Its-A-Love-Thing-Girl-I-Need-You/release/2063033]"It's A Love Thing"[/url] (No.2, R'n'B charts), 1982's [url=http://www.discogs.com/Whispers-In-The-Raw-Small-Talkin/release/648708]"In The Raw"[/url] (No.8 R'n'B charts), 1983's [url=http://www.discogs.com/Whispers-Tonight-Small-Talkin/release/1711447]"Tonight"[/url] (No.4, R'n'B charts), 1983's [url=http://www.discogs.com/Whispers-Keep-On-Lovin-Me/release/1574234]"Keep On Lovin' Me"[/url] (No.4, R'n'B charts), 1990's [url=http://www.discogs.com/Whispers-Innocent/release/1463319]"Innocent"[/url] (No.3, R'n'B charts), 1990's [url=http://www.discogs.com/Whispers-My-Heart-Your-Heart/release/6127777]"My Heart Your Heart"[/url] (No.4, R'n'B charts), 1991's [url=http://www.discogs.com/Whispers-Is-It-Good-To-You/release/1056546]"Is It Good To You"[/url]. They have performed their tribute to [a=Donny Hathaway], the [a=Carrie Lucas]-penned [url=http://www.discogs.com/Whispers-A-Song-For-Donny/release/3615094]"A Song For Donny"[/url] (1978) and has covered [a=Barbara Lewis]' classic [url=http://www.discogs.com/Carrie-Lucas-Hello-Stranger/release/2792531]"Hello Stranger"[/url] along with [a=Carrie Lucas] in 1985. They have performed as well the cover of [a=Russ Freeman (2)] and [a=The Rippingtons] on "The Caravan Of Love" along with [a=Phil Perry (2)] in 1996. In 1997 they had their last hit single with [a=Babyface]'s "My My My" (originally a hit for [a=Johnny Gill] in 1990) out of their album [url=http://www.discogs.com/Whispers-Song-Book-Volume-One/release/2080667]"Song Book Volume One"[/url] in which they performed songs written by [a=Babyface]. They have contributed vocals in releases of [a=Pattie Brooks] (1977), [a=Carrie Lucas] (1980), [a=Collage (3)] (1981), [a=Gary Taylor] (1988, 2006), [a=Phil Perry (2)] (1998).