Mel & Tim

Cousins Mel Hardin and Tim McPherson, both from Holly Springs, Mississippi, were discovered by Gene Chandler in Chicago.

Mel's mother, Yolanda Hardin, signed them to her label [l123078] in 1969. Their first single, "Backfield in Motion", went gold in 1969 with over one-million sales.

In 1971, they were signed by Barry Beckett at Muscle Shoals sound studio and recorded "Starting All Over Again", which master was bought by Stax Records, starting a string of Stax hits and sort of filling the gap left by Sam & Dave after the split with Atlantic in 1968. Unfortunately, Tim passed away in 1986.