Henry Fambrough (Spinners)

https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2024/02/07/henry-fambrough-the-spinners-obituary/72515092007/

 

Henry Fambrough was the last surviving original member of the popular R&B vocal group, The Spinners. He managed to live long enough to enjoy the group’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2023, and he might own the all-time record for continuous participation in a single group, from its start in 1954 until his retirement last April.

 

I love much of their work (see below), although I have to admit that I never liked their duet with Dionne Warwick on “Then Came You” (“Every time I'm near ya, I get that urge to feel ya” indeed!), and didn’t especially care for their later disco-lite medley efforts either.

 

Favorite songs:

Games People Play

How Could I Let You Get Away

I’ll Be Around

One Of A Kind (Love Affair)

It’s A Shame

Living A Little, Laughing A Little

Could It Be I’m Falling In Love

Ghetto Child

Mighty Love - Pt. 1

I’m Coming Home

Shuffle #170

Hell Yeah – Lake Street Dive

Softly As I Leave You – Frank Sinatra

Eight Days A Week – The Beatles

Promises, Promises – Dionne Warwick

Things I Cannot Change – The Mavericks

Desire – U2

I Only Have Eyes For You – The Flamingos

Bombay Calling – It’s A Beautiful Day

Strange Magic – Electric Light Orchestra

I’ve Got You Under My Skin – The Four Seasons

Love Never Felt So Good – Michael Jackson

Wall Street warms to second Trump term

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/24/trump-wall-street-donors/

 

Yes, this is depressing. Especially this quote from Komal Sri-Kumar, president of Sri-Kumar Global Strategies, an economic consulting firm:

 

On questions of upholding democracy, Kumar added: “If you’re responsible to your shareholders and your shareholders judge you on your profitability, that can come from a more or less democratic administration.”