Spotify Release Info
Track: I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun - Remastered
Artist: Rotary Connection
Album: Hey, Love
Artist Bio
Name: Rotary Connection
Spotify Genres: classic soul
Followers: 21,917
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Biography
The classically trained [a=Charles Stepney] honed his skill as a jazz pianist and vibraphone player through his work for the Chess label in the 1960s, eventually graduating to sheet writer, arranger, and producer. His friend [a=Marshall Chess]—son of label owner Leonard Chess—had founded Cadet Concept as a younger subsidiary of the Cadet label, and their first release was the 1967 debut by a conceptual group called The Rotary Connection, formed by Marshall Chess with Stepney acting as co-producer and arranger. The group was designed as a way for the label to tap into the psychedelic era, combining a little-known white rock group called [a=The Proper Strangers] with the voices of Black singers [a=Sidney Barnes] and [a=Minnie Riperton]—the latter of whom Stepney had first worked with on her solo single “Lonely Girl” under the name Andrea Davis. It was Stepney’s studio genius that made Rotary Connection’s mix of acid-laced rock, classical strings (courtesy of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra), and Riperton’s operatic voice hang together. The group released six albums during their time together, produced & arranged by Charles Stepney for Chess Records.
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Discogs Release Info
Release: Rotary Connection - Black Gold: The Very Best Of Rotary Connection
Year: 2006
Genres: Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop
Styles: Pop Rock, Soul, Jazz-Funk, Psychedelic Rock, Easy Listening, Vocal, Gospel, Folk