Spyder Turner

Born Dwight Turner in 1947 in Beckley, WV, he grew up in Detroit, MI. As a teenager, Turner sang in doo wop groups and in glee clubs. Producer/engineer Clay McMurray submitted a demo of Turner performing "guess-timating" imitations of <a href="spotify:artist:4VnomLtKTm9Ahe1tZfmZju">Jackie Wilson</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3FZn8Z2B7mfaSOU8NE62KR">David Ruffin</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:21llKqnS025UdaAMslJS4J">Billy Stewart</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0h9smro0z3HqUbD94jotU8">Smokey Robinson</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:64wglyu5BoOzwMXYjtAbfS">Chuck Jackson</a> singing "Stand By Me" to MGM Records. MGM issued the demo as a record. Spyder Turner's cover of "Stand By Me went to number three R&B, number 12 pop on Billboard's charts in February 1967. MGM released a 1967 album, Stand By Me, which reached number 14 R&B/number 158 pop in spring 1967. The follow-up single, "I Can't Make It Anymore," charted number 95 pop that same year. In 1996, the Collectables label reissued the album as Golden Classics Edition: Stand By Me. Turner stayed active in the business, doing concerts and working behind the scenes. The singer/songwriter's "Do the Dance" was a number four R&B/number 39 pop smash for <a href="spotify:artist:1OxJzMLmR9l5zPLap9OxuO">Rose Royce</a> on former Motown producer <a href="spotify:artist:1EVNxK3nqJ9gy9BwAZ3w3Q">Norman Whitfield</a>'s (<a href="spotify:artist:3RwQ26hR2tJtA8F9p2n7jG">the Temptations</a>' 70s hits) Warner Bros.-distributed label Whitfield Records. In 1998, Detroit-based Turner had a regional hit on an independent release. ~ Ed Hogan, Rovi

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