Pervis Jackson | Music | The Guardian
MusicObituaryPervis JacksonBass singer with the Detroit Spinners for more than 50 yearsThe 1970s were the heyday of the Philly Sound in soul and R&B music, a soft, orchestrated, close-harmony vocal group style that sold millions of records. One of the main purveyors of the Philly Sound was the five-man Spinners group, whose long-serving bass singer, Pervis Jackson, has died of cancer aged 70.
The group had its origins among a gang of high school students in Detroit, although Jackson had been born in New Orleans.
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