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Atlantic Records must have felt conflicted when they signed the Sweet Inspirations to a record deal in 1967. On one hand, the group was clearly one of the finest female vocal groups (arguably the finest) in the history of R&B, featuring four outstanding singers who could dazzle individually or in harmony. But at the same time, the Sweet Inspirations were in great demand as backing vocalists, having worked magic on sessions for some of Atlantic's biggest stars, including Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Solomon Burke, and Esther Phillips, and by making them stars on their own, the label could spoil a formula that had been working well for them. Between 1967 and 1971, Atlantic released 17 singles by the Sweet Inspirations, and while several of them fared well on the R&B charts, none of them became major crossover hits or pushed them into true soul stardom, even though they were teamed with some of the best producers and arrangers in the business. If the Sweet Inspirations didn't earn much chart action, it was never a matter of talent or the quality of their product, as confirmed by a listen to The Complete Atlantic Singles Plus, which pulls together the A- and B-sides from those 17 45s, along with four bonus tracks, three seeing their first release here. The Sweet Inspirations -- Cissy Houston (Whitney's mother), Myrna Smith, Estelle Brown, and Sylvia Shemwell, with Ann William replacing Houston in 1969 -- never sound less than expert on any of these 37 tracks, and put a soulful stamp of their own on tracks that were already hits for others, including "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby," "I've Been Loving You Too Long," and "To Love Somebody" (the latter recorded while the Bee Gees looked on in amazement). Atlantic clearly spared no expense on these sessions, with Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, and Ugene Dozier among the producers and arrangers who worked on this material, and the graceful strut of the music is as much of a pleasure as the fine voices they accompany. The Sweet Inspirations are ultimately better remembered for their work behind the scenes than their recordings as headliners, but these sides make it clear they were four of the finest vocalists birthed by the Southern soul movement of the '60s; this set ignores the gospel sides they recorded for Atlantic, making it less than a definitive overview of their career, but if you're only looking for their soul sessions, this is pure magic, and as good as it gets.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Roebuck Staples, Composer, Writer - Tommy Cogbill, Producer - The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - TOM DOWD, Producer - Cissy Houston, Vocals - Myrna Smith, Vocals - Sylvia Shemwell, Vocals - Estelle Brown, Vocals
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Wexler, Composer, Writer - The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - Cissy Houston, Vocals - BERT RUSSELL, Composer, Writer - Myrna Smith, Vocals - Sylvia Shemwell, Vocals - Estelle Brown, Vocals
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
M. Curtis, Writer - The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - G. Becaud, Writer - P. DELANOE, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atlantic Records
Isaac Hayes, Writer - The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - David Porter, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atlantic Records
The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - Cissy Houston, Vocals - Myrna Smith, Vocals - Sylvia Shemwell, Vocals - Estelle Brown, Vocals - Roosevelt Jamison, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Otis Redding, Writer - The Sweet Inspirations, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Butler, Writer - Jerry Butler, Writer - Redding, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corp.
The Sweet Inspirations, Vocals, MainArtist - D. Carter, Writer - L. Oldham, Writer - W. Pennington, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atlantic Records
Wilson Pickett, Writer - The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - Steve Cropper, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atlantic Records
Chips Moman, Writer - The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - Dan Penn, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atlantic Records
The Sweet Inspirations, Vocals, MainArtist - Burt Bacharach, Writer - H. DAVID, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atlantic Records
Tommy Cogbill, Producer - The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - TOM DOWD, Producer - Cissy Houston, Vocals - Myrna Smith, Vocals - Sylvia Shemwell, Vocals - Estelle Brown, Vocals - Lindon Oldham, Writer - Wallace Pennington, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - I. Turner, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Atlantic Records
The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - Cissy Houston, Vocals - Barry Gibb, Writer - Myrna Smith, Vocals - Sylvia Shemwell, Vocals - Robin Gibb, Writer - Estelle Brown, Vocals
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
The Sweet Inspirations, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Emily Houston, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corp.
The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - Cissy Houston, Vocals - Alex North, Writer - Myrna Smith, Vocals - Sylvia Shemwell, Vocals - HY ZARET, Writer - Estelle Brown, Vocals
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - Cissy Houston, Vocals - Myrna Smith, Vocals - Sylvia Shemwell, Vocals - Estelle Brown, Vocals - Ruby Clark, Composer, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - Burt Bacharach, Writer - Hal David, Writer - Cissy Houston, Vocals - Myrna Smith, Vocals - Sylvia Shemwell, Vocals - Estelle Brown, Vocals
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - Cissy Houston, Vocals - Myrna Smith, Vocals - Sylvia Shemwell, Vocals - Estelle Brown, Vocals - Cissy Drinkard Houston, Composer, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
DISQUE 2
Carole King, Writer - The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - Cissy Houston, Vocals - Howard Greenfield, Writer - Myrna Smith, Vocals - Sylvia Shemwell, Vocals - Estelle Brown, Vocals
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Booker T. Jones, Composer - The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - Cissy Houston, Vocals - Myrna Smith, Vocals - Sylvia Shemwell, Vocals - Estelle Brown, Vocals - William Bell, Composer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - Doc Pomus, Writer - Mort Shuman, Writer - Cissy Houston, Vocals - Myrna Smith, Vocals - Sylvia Shemwell, Vocals - Estelle Brown, Vocals
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - Cissy Houston, Vocals - Myrna Smith, Vocals - Sylvia Shemwell, Vocals, Writer - Estelle Brown, Vocals - Emily Houston, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - Cissy Houston, Vocals - Myrna Smith, Vocals - Valerie Simpson, Writer - Sylvia Shemwell, Vocals - Estelle Brown, Vocals - Jo Armstead, Writer - Nikolas Ashford, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - Cissy Houston, Vocals - Myrna Smith, Vocals - Sylvia Shemwell, Vocals - Estelle Brown, Vocals - Frank Wilson, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
The Sweet Inspirations, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Gamble, Writer - Huff, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corp.
The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - Ugene Dozier, Composer, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp.
The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - Gamble, Writer - Huff, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp.
The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - Gamble, Composer, Writer - Huff, Composer, Writer - Chambers, Composer, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp.
The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - Ugene Dozier, Composer, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp.
The Sweet Inspirations, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Shapiro, Writer - Friedman, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corp.
The Sweet Inspirations, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Holt, Writer - Friedman, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corp.
The Sweet Inspirations, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Moore, Writer - Jackson, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corp.
The Sweet Inspirations, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Dave Crawford, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corp.
The Sweet Inspirations, MainArtist - Gamble, Composer, Writer - Martin, Composer, Writer - Chambers, Composer, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp.
The Sweet Inspirations, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Tate, Writer - Whitsett, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corp.
The Sweet Inspirations, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - John Lennon, Writer - Paul Mccartney, Writer - White, Writer - Russell, Writer - Franklin, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corp.
The Sweet Inspirations, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Burt Bacharach, Writer - Hal David, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corp.
Chronique
Atlantic Records must have felt conflicted when they signed the Sweet Inspirations to a record deal in 1967. On one hand, the group was clearly one of the finest female vocal groups (arguably the finest) in the history of R&B, featuring four outstanding singers who could dazzle individually or in harmony. But at the same time, the Sweet Inspirations were in great demand as backing vocalists, having worked magic on sessions for some of Atlantic's biggest stars, including Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Solomon Burke, and Esther Phillips, and by making them stars on their own, the label could spoil a formula that had been working well for them. Between 1967 and 1971, Atlantic released 17 singles by the Sweet Inspirations, and while several of them fared well on the R&B charts, none of them became major crossover hits or pushed them into true soul stardom, even though they were teamed with some of the best producers and arrangers in the business. If the Sweet Inspirations didn't earn much chart action, it was never a matter of talent or the quality of their product, as confirmed by a listen to The Complete Atlantic Singles Plus, which pulls together the A- and B-sides from those 17 45s, along with four bonus tracks, three seeing their first release here. The Sweet Inspirations -- Cissy Houston (Whitney's mother), Myrna Smith, Estelle Brown, and Sylvia Shemwell, with Ann William replacing Houston in 1969 -- never sound less than expert on any of these 37 tracks, and put a soulful stamp of their own on tracks that were already hits for others, including "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby," "I've Been Loving You Too Long," and "To Love Somebody" (the latter recorded while the Bee Gees looked on in amazement). Atlantic clearly spared no expense on these sessions, with Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, and Ugene Dozier among the producers and arrangers who worked on this material, and the graceful strut of the music is as much of a pleasure as the fine voices they accompany. The Sweet Inspirations are ultimately better remembered for their work behind the scenes than their recordings as headliners, but these sides make it clear they were four of the finest vocalists birthed by the Southern soul movement of the '60s; this set ignores the gospel sides they recorded for Atlantic, making it less than a definitive overview of their career, but if you're only looking for their soul sessions, this is pure magic, and as good as it gets.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
À propos
- 2 disque(s) - 37 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 01:43:06
- Artistes principaux : The Sweet Inspirations
- Compositeur : Various Composers
- Label : Rhino Atlantic
- Genre : Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Records, A Warner Music Group Company
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