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Dick Pierson was an unknown gospel singer who was a member of the vocal group called The Vanguards .  The Vanguards became known with the hit single " Somebody please " which was released in the late 60s. In the early 80s, Dick Pierson released a single entitled " At my worst you found me / Rise again " on Gospel Creation Enterprise, probably in 1981. Both of these songs were recorded at Soundsmith Recorders Indianapolis. In 1978 Mark and Wanda Dodd formed Soundsmith Recordings. The musicians who appeared on these recordings were Larry Sauer on drums, Steve Dokken on bass, Rex Thomas on guitar, Pete Schmutte on piano, Jeff Lantz on synthesizers, Larry Wiseman on trumpet, Jim Beckel on trombone, Jerry Montgomery on french horn and Greg Imboden on harp. I have chosen " At my worst you found me " which was first recorded by Dallas Holm in 1978. Arranged by Greg Imboden. Produced by Dick Pierson.   Note: The

Saint Charles Thurman was born in 1950. He is a singer, songwriter, arranger and producer. He is CEO and founder of  Solar Music Group.  He has released some singles in his career. One of them was released under the name " Chucky Thurmon " on Thurmoe Blast Records out of Vallejo. This single entitled " Turn it over / Tickets for doomsday " was released in 1972. This record was sold the last summer for $2658 . In 1976 he released another single under the name " Saint Charles " entitled  " Rock me in your arms / Thank you for the party " on Rowena Records. My favorite song is " Rock me in your arms ". This song was written by himself. Arranged by himself and Bob Berry. Produced by Gradie O'Neal owner of Rowena Records. The other side " Thank you for the party " is a funky song. Note: The above posted single is not played in full

I was fortunate when I found this album in Greece for 3 euro in about 1995-6. Yes, I had bought it for about 3 euro (or 1000 drachmas). As I remember I bought it in Athens between Solonos Street and Skoufa Street. It was a small shop that was selling vinyls. Some months later I discovered that this album was very expensive because I was receiving lists from the  England shop called " Soul Brother Records ". I want to note that I'm the first man in the world who presents a rare biography of Karin Jones which until nowadays never came out on the public. Karin Jones was born and raised in Philadelphia. She took her first musical steps singing in church. She was gifted with an extremely talented ear, she was an accomplished pianist, percussionist and drummer, mostly developed without formal training. She was in pre-teens when she and her two older sisters were formed a group called The Jonesettes . The group was managed by their father. They released a single entitled &

William (Billy) Hinton was born on January 28, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois from Johnnie and Patti Hinton. He graduated from Parker High School, he voluntarily enlisted in the US Navy (1968-1971). He received training in the martial arts when he served in the US military. Since 1967 the martial arts were his life. He became known as an athlete as well as an instructor. He practiced martial arts for over forty years. He earned placement on four US National Karate Teams in 1983, 1984, 1988, and 1989. Except for martial arts Billy Hinton had a passion for music. In 1973, he formed a singing group called Biege . Later he founded a record label " Loretta Records ". On Loretta Records some singles were released under the name Cold T , but I don't know if Billy Hinton used this name for himself or it was another artist. In 1981 he released an album entitled " Dawn Of Beige " with his group Beige  on his own label. Most of the songs of the album are funky.

The Muglestons was a five-member family group which appeared in various places with artists such as Frank Sinatra, Pat Henry, Judy Lynn, Barbara Mandrell, Bob Hope and Charlie Rich. It has also appeared on the " Merv Griffin Show ". In addition,  it was possibly one of the first musical groups to perform on Dick Clark's " American Bandstand " without a recording. The group has started singing together since the late 60s. They consisted by the brothers and sister  Bob , Blaine , Troy , Lance and Desiree . In the mid 70s the group signed with the Mike Curb's label, called AOA. In 1977 the group released an album on ECI (Entertainment Consultants International). This album was the second album from the Mugleston Family. The group sold nearly 2000 copies. The album was produced by Darwin Lamm. Arranged by Ken Harrison. Vocal arranged by Desiree Mugleston. I have chosen a great song entitled " Do me wrong but do me ". This song was writte