The Originals were a successful Motown R&B; and soul group during the late 1960s and the 1970s, most notable for the hits "Baby I'm For Real", "The Bells" and the disco classic, "Down to Love Town". Formed in 1966, the group originally consisted of bass singer Freddie Gorman, one of the writers of the Marvelettes hit "Please Mr. Postman", baritone Walter Gaines and tenors C.P. Spencer and Hank Dixon. Ty Hunter replaced Spencer when he left to go ...
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The Originals were a successful Motown R&B; and soul group during the late 1960s and the 1970s, most notable for the hits "Baby I'm For Real", "The Bells" and the disco classic, "Down to Love Town". Formed in 1966, the group originally consisted of bass singer Freddie Gorman, one of the writers of the Marvelettes hit "Please Mr. Postman", baritone Walter Gaines and tenors C.P. Spencer and Hank Dixon. Ty Hunter replaced Spencer when he left to go solo in the early 1970s. They had all previously sung in other Detroit groups - C.P. having been an original member of The (Detroit) Spinners and Ty, having sung with Scherrie Payne in the group Glass House.
The group found modest success in the latter half of the 60s, often working as backup singers for recordings by artists such as Jimmy Ruffin ("What Becomes of the Brokenhearted", 1966), Stevie Wonder's "For Once In My Life" in 1968 and David Ruffin ("My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)", 1969). The Originals found their biggest...
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