Soul's Best Lead Singers: Philippe "Soul" Wynne

Behold the sensational Spinners! The Spinners were pretty clearly the BEST soul group of the `70's, though by that time they had already existed for years. They finally hit their peak after leaving Motown, and former lead singer G.C. Cameron (the It's a Shame guy), for Atlantic and new lead singer Philippe Soul Wynne. Like the Temptations at times, the Spinners were able to replace great with great. Philippe's style was cooler than G.C.'s and though he was called "Soul" what he really brought to the party was "Jazz" with his scat-style vocal runs. Sadly, there is not a lot of video available of Philippe and he died, tragically young, a few years after leaving the group to work on other projects. BTW, the dearth of video of some of the singers I had in mind for this feature is really gonna limit it, but here's Philippe and the Spinners doing "Rubberband Man." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0UFHOYFtIo&mode=related&search=