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Lloyd Williams. 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 Brenda Joyce Evans on additional leads and background vocals.
The Undisputed Truth is the self titled debut album of the Motown group of the same name . Reception. Released in 1971, it was produced entirely by Norman Whitfield. The album includes the group's biggest hit single (and only US Top 40 hit), "Smiling Faces Sometimes", which peaked at #3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart.
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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...
The Undisputed Truth was a psychedelic soul act produced by Norman Whitfield, who also shaped The Temptations. Learn about their history, songs, and influences from this article.
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FAST FACTS: First Hit: “Save My Love For A Rainy Day”. Biggest Hit: “Smiling Faces Sometimes”. Biggest Album: The Undisputed Truth. Career Highlight: “Smiling Faces Sometimes” – which Motown historian Nelson George called “a dark, paranoid record that showed Norman had his finger on the public pulse”– became one of the ...
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Active. 1970s - 1980s. Formed. 1970. Disbanded. 1981. Genre. R&B. Styles. Soul, Funk, Pop-Soul, Motown, Psychedelic Soul. Group Members. Joe Harris, Billie Rae Calvin, Brenda Joyce Evans, Taka Boom, Tyrone Berkeley, Calvin Stephenson, Carl Smalls, Tyrone Douglas, Virginia McDonald. Discover. Articles. Staff Picks. Advanced Search. Remove Ads.
New recommendations. The Undisputed Truth was an American Motown recording act assembled by record producer Norman Whitfield to experiment with his psychedelic soul production techniques. Joe...
