Occupation: Vocalist Birth: March 21, 1940 Death: October 10, 2010
Leonard Chess passed, and that was the end of the Chess label for that time..
I didn't need to borrow money from the record company, because if I had my own publishing company, and I had my own writers, I'd have enough to get a….
If one of us is chained, none of us are free....
The secret was to just be cool, stay in God's graces, and work it out..
Apollo Records signed me for my gospel ability..
I was signed to MGM. I was in Vegas for sixteen weeks at the Sands Hotel..
My manager was Buddy Glee, who put me together with Mike Curb, and was basically the idea to bring some soul to the label and bring something differe….
Girls were coming from every angle. I couldn't love them all. But I tried..
Sometimes its controversy, but we all have our choices that we make..
As you grow older, you learn to understand life a little better..
I didn't do the marching down the streets, jumping in front of the lines and holding hands... that wasn't me..
I want to be a soul singer..
Im still amazed people remembered and didnt give up on me..
I don't need to make a fortune, I need to survive..