The Spinners

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R&B group musical group soul music group vocal group

The Spinners are an American R&B vocal group best known for their smooth Philadelphia soul sound and a string of 1970s hits like "I'll Be Around" and "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love."

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
The Spinners canonical 15
Detroit Spinners 2
American vocal group The Spinners 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf R&B group ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
soul music group ⓘ
vocal group ⓘ
activePeriod 1970s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Spinners ⓘ
surface form: Detroit Spinners

Motown Spinners ⓘ
associatedAct Dionne Warwick ⓘ
Philadelphian soul musicians ⓘ
Thom Bell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decadeOfPeakPopularity 1970s ⓘ
formedIn 1954 ⓘ
formedInCity Detroit ⓘ
formedInState Michigan ⓘ
genre Philadelphia soul ⓘ
R&B ⓘ
pop ⓘ
soul ⓘ
influencedGenre contemporary R&B ⓘ
quiet storm ⓘ
lyricalTheme love and heartbreak ⓘ
romantic relationships ⓘ
notableAlbum Happiness Is Being with the Spinners ⓘ
Mighty Love ⓘ
New and Improved ⓘ
Pick of the Litter ⓘ
Spinners ⓘ
notableSongType danceable soul tracks ⓘ
love ballads ⓘ
notableWork Could It Be I'm Falling in Love ⓘ
Games People Play ⓘ
Ghetto Child ⓘ
I’ll Be Around ⓘ
surface form: I'll Be Around

Mighty Love ⓘ
One of a Kind (Love Affair) ⓘ
The Rubberband Man ⓘ
Then Came You ⓘ
originRegion Detroit music scene ⓘ
recordLabel Atlantic Records ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
styleCharacteristic lush orchestration ⓘ
rhythmic groove ⓘ
string arrangements ⓘ
vocalArrangement lead and background harmonies ⓘ
vocalStyle smooth harmonies ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dionne Warwick → associatedAct → The Spinners ⓘ
Linda Creed → associatedAct → The Spinners ⓘ
Linda Creed → wroteForArtist → The Spinners ⓘ
Las Meninas → follows → The Spinners ⓘ
Then Came You → performer → The Spinners ⓘ
Then Came You → recordedBy → The Spinners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dionne Warwick and The Spinners
Then Came You → hasArtist → The Spinners ⓘ
Then Came You → mainPerformer → The Spinners ⓘ
The Spinners → alsoKnownAs → The Spinners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Detroit Spinners
Funny How Time Slips Away → hasCoverVersionBy → The Spinners ⓘ
Zaire 74 music festival → performer → The Spinners ⓘ
subject surface form: Zaire 74
G.C. Cameron → memberOf → The Spinners ⓘ
G.C. Cameron → associatedAct → The Spinners ⓘ
The Rubberband Man → performer → The Spinners ⓘ
The Rubberband Man → artist → The Spinners ⓘ
The Rubberband Man → performedBy → The Spinners ⓘ
this entity surface form: American vocal group The Spinners
The Rubberband Man → performedBy → The Spinners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Detroit Spinners
The Rubberband Man → partOf → The Spinners ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Spinners discography
Thom Bell → associatedWith → The Spinners ⓘ
Creed → wroteFor → The Spinners ⓘ
subject surface form: Linda Creed