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The Undisputed Truth c. 1971. (clockwise from top) Joe Harris, Brenda Joyce Evans, Billie Rae Calvin. The Undisputed Truth was an American Motown recording act assembled by record producer Norman Whitfield to experiment with his psychedelic soul production techniques. [1] Joe "Pep" Harris served as main lead singer, with Billie Rae Calvin and ...
Oct 24, 2013 · Undisputed Truth consisted of members Joe Harris, who was the lead singer, and Billie Rae Calvin and Brenda Joyce, who were formerly part of The Delicates. The group is known for their “psychedelic soul” look and sound. They sported unusual costumes with large white afros and white makeup on their faces. Under Berry Gordy’s label ...
May 13, 2024 · Billie Calvin was one of the original members of The Undisputed Truth who later wrote Rose Royce’s classic slow jam “Wishing on a Star.”. Born and raised in Los Angeles, during the late sixties Billie Rae Calvin sang with her friend Brenda Joyce Evans in an L.A.-based female vocal group known as The Delicates.
1970 – 1981 (11 years) Founded In. Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States. Members. Billie Calvin. Lloyd Williams. Marcy Thomas. Taka Boom (1975 – 1979) The Undisputed Truth was a 1970s Motown recording act, assembled by record producer Norman Whitfield as a means for being able to experiment with his psychedelic soul production ...
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The Undisputed Truth were formed in 1970 with singers Billie Rae Calvin, Brenda Joyce Evans, and Joe Harris. Calvin and Evans had worked together in a vocal group called The Delicates, while Harris had been with The Fabulous Peps. Neither group was setting the charts on fire, but when Motown artist Bobby Taylor saw The Delicates, their fortunes cha...
The Undisputed Truth’s third album, Law of the Land, would be the last with the original lineup. The new album had a song that the group thought would finally take them out of the shadows of The Temptations and put them on top of the charts: “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone.” Calvin, like the other members, was often frustrated by being seen as not much m...
In the mid-1970s, soul went to space. The psych-soul of just a few years earlier was giving way to the funk. In his book Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of the One, Rickey Vincent describes it as the “James Brown Bomb,” an undeniable shift in how music was played and felt. Funk, Vincent writes, “became an essential aspect of any black a...
Not only did the mid-70s bring a change to the group artistically, it also brought a label change. Whitfield was frustrated with the Motown structure, and how his projects weren’t getting the support he felt they needed. Whitfield left the label in 1975, and took The Undisputed Truth with him to record on his own Whitfield Records. The Undisputed T...
Jan 30, 2018 · The Undisputed Truth was an American soul-psych group from Detroit, best known for their 1971 R&B crossover hit “Smiling Faces Sometimes.” They released six albums (1971–75) on Motown’s Gordy imprint and two titles on producer Norman Whitfield’s label. Members: Joe Harris (lead vocals), Billie Rae Calvin (lead vocals, 1970-74), Brenda Joyce Evans (lead vocals, 1970-74), […]
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The Undisputed Truth were the brainchild of producer Norman Whitfield, who formed the group in 1970, allowing him to showcase the team's musical and artistic expressions. Joe Harris (formerly of the Preps) served as the main lead singer for the group, with Billie Rae Calvin and Brenda Joyce, formerly of The Delicates (who recorded for Roulette), on further lead and background vocals.
