“And the last thing he said, before he left, was ‘Man, I don’t know what’s gonna happen here, but keep this going, man, don’t stop, keep it going.’”Did Smith have a premonition about his fate when he told his musical partner of over 50 years to keep the music alive?“I think he knew a little more about what was going on (with his health) than we did,” Fambrough says. We get the same recognition from the audience that we got then. The Spinners pride themselves on giving back and have been giving back ever since they became known according to Fambrough.

“It helped create a lot of Spinners fans.”And it earned them a nomination — for the third consecutive year — for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.“Maybe this year the third time will be the charm,” he says. I guess I'm a purist and they're now a touring group. With the Spinners, music was always the key factor.

He would simply do what he’d been doing whenever the group lost a member: Start looking for a replacement.Finding voices to replace those that had been silenced was both easy and hard, Fambrough, 77, explains. We do the same type of show. Might get someone that’s strung out on dope. Cameron, Phillippe Wynne, or John Edwards.
Maybe just a little bit more then than now because it was the originals.” But, newer territory doesn’t seem to be a concern for this lead Spinner, because overall, he says the group is still getting “all the praises and recognition.”With changes of record labels, group members, and a passage of time, Fambrough was always be content with the true identity of The Spinners. Some people have fantastic voices, but you could tell the personality’s not there,” he explains. “Our contract ran out… we were planning to leave Motown anyway. “I introduced new guys. Fambrough mentions The 20 Grand, a famous Detroit club where Motown patriarch Berry Gordy saw The Spinners perform and shortly after signing them to Motown.Success was on the horizon for the group as they received their star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1976 --- a moment that Fambrough shares with great pride.The ride to the top has not always been an easy one for The Spinners who have been coined However, Fambrough assured me that The Spinners have no animosity towards the Motown label and credits Motown for their success by Motown being the group’s “college,” or training ground.

Fambrough informed me on how he learned to achieve such success.
A tight, four-piece band backed up the group. Everything started happening on a good note.” With the help of Stevie Wonder and, shortly after, a new beginning at Atlantic Records, The Spinners then met with Producer Tom Bell. “Almost the same,” assured the vocalist. The same songs. Having already lost original members C.P. The only problem was that they still had to work day jobs while waiting for their careers to take off.Three of the five Spinners actually worked for Motown during the week, but not in a musical capacity.Smith, for instance, was a driver for the bigger stars.

You can’t make an audience love you. Fambrough, who recently turned 80 years old, says that he still feels the same as he did when he was 20.

Henry Fambrough, the group's lone surviving original member, warmly remembered his friend and groupmate of more than half a century. She encouraged the Spinners to sign with Atlantic Records, which they did.“I’m not going to say we were tired of being with Motown but, yeah, we were tired of being with Motown because they weren’t doing anything for us,” Fambrough says very matter-of-factly during a recent phone call.Leaving Motown for Atlantic while they had a hit climbing the charts worked in the Spinners’ favor.“When you can leave a company like (Motown) with a big hit, and then you go to a company (Atlantic) that wants you, there’s not too much to lose there,” he says.

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