Chairmen Of The Board
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John and Yoko Envisage Super Jam
Report by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 2 January 1970
IT'S A WELL known fact that John and Yoko Lennon were in Toronto and Ottawa recently to talk about their Peace Festival to be held ...
Eddie Holland: A Musical Magician, Once of Motown, Bidding for His Own 'Detroit Sound'
Interview by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 8 February 1970
Yes, Holland-Dozier-Holland DID Split with the Giant; Yes, Eddie Holland DID form Invictus Records; Yes, Invictus IS Climbing the Charts ...
Chairmen of the Board: 'We Turned Each Other On to Our Talents'
Interview by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 13 March 1970
TIME CAN be dangerous and it can be helpful. The old think of the past and enter depression. The young think of the future and ...
Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 25 September 1970
FOR MANY YEARS, I have been singing the praise of a certain Norman Johnson, who was the lead voice with the Showmen. ...
Comment by Charlie Gillett, Record Mirror, 28 November 1970
FOUR years ago, there were a lot of people who made a point of going into their local record shops and asking, can I hear ...
Chairman of the Board: In Session (Invictus)
Review by Dave Marsh, Creem, March 1971
THIS IS REPUTEDLY a live set, recorded in Harlem at the Apollo but I doubt that. But regardless of that little caveat emptor, the Chairmen ...
Report and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 11 June 1971
HAVING HAD three consecutive chart records in this country and with 'Pay To The Piper' gradually edging its way into the Top 30, the Chairmen ...
Live Review by Dave Marsh, Creem, September 1971
The Motown Variations ...
General Johnson & the Chairmen: back to basics
Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 17 March 1972
AS EXCLUSIVELY reported in B&S, the Chairmen Of The Board are back working but as a trio. ...
Chairmen of the Board: Long Wait for a seat on the Board
Report by Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 28 October 1972
AFTER WAM-bam-slamming onto the soul scene with a run of hit singles of which 'Give Me Just A Little More Time' was the real biggie ...
Chairmen Of The Board: Night Of The General
Interview by Robin Katz, Disc, 28 October 1972
GENERAL JOHNSON writes stories about people and puts them to music. In three minutes he covers an entire biography where some people take an entire ...
Interview by Bob Fisher, New Musical Express, 3 May 1975
IT WAS THE Chairmen of the Board's umpteenth tour of the UK, but this time round, the venues were a little classier, with week long ...
Book Excerpt by Phil Hardy, Dave Laing, Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music, 2001
"General" Norman Johnson, b. 23 May 1943, Norfolk, Virginia, USA; Eddie Curtis; Harrison Kennedy, b. Ontario, Canada; Danny Woods, b. 10 April 1944, Atlanta, Georgia. ...
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