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The Spellbinders

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The Spellbinders were a harmonizing bunch from New Jersey whose spellbinding harmonies undoubtedly inspired their name. Robert Shives' classy, suave falsetto leads further defined the slick mixed male/female quintet of the Spellbinders. Shives, James Wright, Ben Grant, McArthur Munford, and Elouise Pennington signed with Columbia Records in 1965 and befriended <a href="spotify:artist:0bShb58TO0fM5jOjXhB1WT">Van McCoy</a> to write and produce for them.

The Spellbinders' first single, "For You," is one of <a href="spotify:artist:0bShb58TO0fM5jOjXhB1WT">McCoy</a>'s best and their biggest hit. "A Little on the Blue Side" b/w "Chain Reaction" didn't go, but the third release, "We're Acting Like Lovers," nearly duplicated the success of "For You..." A rendition of "Danny Boy" sold poorly and soured the Columbia deal, despite the two hit singles. Their last single appeared on Date Records, a subsidiary of Columbia. However, the mellow version of "Since I Don't Have You" b/w "I Believe" failed to make an impression and the crooners faded into obscurity.

Wright began with <a href="spotify:artist:5nWXc0rIdenVzbvP1Y8kyg">the Creators</a>, who waxed their first single on T-Kay Records with "I'll Never Do It Again" b/w "Boy He's Got It," and two more singles on Phillips: "Yeah He's Got It," and "I'll Stay Home." The 45s didn't sell much and <a href="spotify:artist:5nWXc0rIdenVzbvP1Y8kyg">the Creators</a> soon disbanded. Hughie Harris and Danny Austin revised <a href="spotify:artist:5nWXc0rIdenVzbvP1Y8kyg">the Creators</a> into <a href="spotify:artist:3ahRanZQnsZmAVMNqRsimM">the Ad Libs</a> ("The Boy From New York City"); Elouise Pennington performed with a '70s edition of <a href="spotify:artist:3ahRanZQnsZmAVMNqRsimM">the Ad Libs</a>. ~ Andrew Hamilton, Rovi

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