Release Date: 20 May 2016
Label: Masterpiece
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8717438197357
Description
Process & the Doo Rags started when Rick James enlisted his back-up singer James "Bunty" Hawkins (aka Process), the brother of the funk legend’s guitarist and musical director Kenny Hawkins. He wanted to begin preparing some of his male backup singers to form a stand-alone act, much like the Mary Jane Girls. James and Kenny picked out Stacey "Wave" Lattimore, Henry "Gumps" Graham, Dennis "Shorty" Andrews and Michael "Smooth" Gibson and Process and the Doo Rags were born. The group was almost a quartet. Over 400 singers auditioned for the group and Lattimore, Graham and Gibson were picked to join the brothers Hawkins. Then Andrews asked for a late audition. "I'm a little guy," Andrews said at the time. "But I have a big voice." And he was in. The group travelled extensively and released in 1987 their second album, "Colorful Changes." "I Promise to Remember," a cover of a Frankie Lymon& the Teenagers 1950s doo-wop song was the first single and reached number 80 in the Billboard Hot Black Single chart. The follow-up single, "Call Me Up" peaked at #71 on Billboard's Hot Black Singles chart, staying there for 6 weeks and #38 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music\Club Play chart in October of 1987. One part of the album was produced by James in Buffalo, with the Stone City Band providing backup. The other was produced in Boston by the Aleem Brothers, twins Tunde-Ra and Taharqa, who were also Rick James associates. Although their second album was a modest success it is now highly in demand with record collectors. Their harmonies can still be heard backing up Rick James on several of his albums like "Reflections," "Glow," "Freak Flag" and "Wonderful."
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