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The Ebonys Songs

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The Ebonys were a seventies Philly-soul group remembered for their gripping, dramatic ballads. Formed in Camden, New Jersey, USA, and comprising Jenny Holmes, David Beasley, James Tuten and Clarence Vaughan, the Ebonys had minor success in the early 70s with a Dells-styled approach of baritone lead with answering falsetto second lead. The group was discovered by Gamble And Huff and recorded consistently for their Philadelphia International Records label in the early 70s, but achieved only two sizeable hits on the R&B charts, 'You're The Reason Why' (number 10 R&B, number 51 pop) from 1971, and 'It's Forever' (number 14 R&B, number 68 pop) from 1973. The group recorded for Buddah in 1976 with little success, with only a minor single, 'Making Love Ain't No Fun (Without The One You Love)' (number 83 R&B), making the charts. It was their last chart record.

Below is a list of Ebony's songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: P.I.R. 3529
chart position: RandB #14, US #68
written by: Leon Huff
album: The Ebonys / The Best Of Philadelphia
The Ebonys It's Forever
1973 P.I.R.
2 record label: P.I.R. 3503
chart position: RandB #10, US #51
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
The Ebonys You're the Reason Why
1971 P.I.R.
3 record label: P.I.R. 3541
chart position: RandB #34
written by: Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl and Al Stillma
album: The Ebonys
The Ebonys I Believe
1974 P.I.R.
4 record label: P.I.R. 3510
chart position: RandB #46
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
The Ebonys Determination
1971 P.I.R.
5 record label: P.I.R. 3514
chart position: Cashbox RandB #51
written by: Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff
album: The Ebonys
comments: [northern soul]
The Ebonys I'm So Glad I'm Me
1972 P.I.R.
6 record label: P.I.R. 3548
chart position: RandB #69
written by: Phil Terry and Theodore Life
album: The Ebonys
The Ebonys Life in the Country
1974 P.I.R.
7 record label: Buddah 537
chart position: RandB #83
written by: Norman Harris & Allan Felder
album: Sing About Life
The Ebonys Making Love Ain't No Fun (Without the One You Love) (Part 1)
1976 Buddah
-- record label: Buddah 5679
written by: Tony Camillo
album: Sing About Life
comments: [album cut]
The Ebonys Neighborhood Gossip
1977 Buddah




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