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Though originally helmed by onetime <a href="spotify:artist:382aCtCMEd2Rg2DmcU9xw9">Left Banke</a> mastermind Michael Brown, Stories ironically scored their lone hit, the 1973 chart-topper "Brother Louie," following Brown's exit from the lineup. After leaving <a href="spotify:artist:382aCtCMEd2Rg2DmcU9xw9">Left Banke</a> in 1967, Brown -- the keyboardist who composed the group's classic "Walk Away, Renee" and "Pretty Ballerina" -- cut a 1969 LP with the band <a href="spotify:artist:7JdRNdQrfxjoaucIppc3LO">Montage</a> which closely recalled the pioneering baroque pop approach of his previous work; he then formed Stories with vocalist <a href="spotify:artist:1imvLPBvQHkf3PN8wKz5zg">Ian Lloyd</a>, guitarist Steve Love, and drummer Bryan Madey. Following the group's self-titled 1972 Kama Sutra label debut, the mercurial Brown abruptly resigned, at which point the remaining Stories recruited bassist <a href="spotify:artist:6iOG0AwAyO6WpDSyYWJ9kn">Kenny Aaronson</a> and pianist Ken Bichel to record 1973's About Us. "Brother Louie," a tale of interracial romance penned by <a href="spotify:artist:72VzFto8DYvKHocaHYNWSi">Hot Chocolate</a>'s Errol Brown, hit number one that summer, but Stories never again returned to the Top 40. Brown, meanwhile, resurfaced in 1976, leading the short-lived Beckies before spending the following decades out of the limelight. He died of heart failure at his home in Englewood, New Jersey in March 2015 at 65 years of age. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
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