The Spinners member Henry Fambrough speaks on the Motown Museum on Could 19, 2023, in Detroit. Fambrough, the final surviving unique member of the enduring R&B group, whose hits included “It is a Disgrace,” “May It Be I am Falling In Love,” and “The Rubberband Man,” died on Wednesday at age 85. Carlos Osorio/AP conceal caption
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The Spinners member Henry Fambrough speaks on the Motown Museum on Could 19, 2023, in Detroit. Fambrough, the final surviving unique member of the enduring R&B group, whose hits included “It is a Disgrace,” “May It Be I am Falling In Love,” and “The Rubberband Man,” died on Wednesday at age 85.
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DETROIT — Henry Fambrough, the final surviving unique member of the enduring R&B group The Spinners, whose hits included “It is a Disgrace,” “May It Be I am Falling in Love” and “The Rubberband Man,” died Wednesday, a spokesperson for the group stated. He was 85.
Fambrough died peacefully of pure causes in his northern Virginia house, spokesperson Tanisha Jackson stated in a press release.
The group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame in November. Together with Fambrough, Billy Henderson, Pervis Jackson, Bobby Smith, Philippé Wynne and John Edwards have been listed as inductees.
Final Could, Fambrough took a tour of Motown’s Studio A in Detroit as a part of a ceremony that included the donation to the Motown Museum of 375 outfits worn by the group throughout performances.
It “was a very long time in the past,” Fambrough stated on the time of the Sixties, when he first walked into the studio. “I used to dream about this place.”
He advised reporters that he needed to persuade his spouse that the studio was the place he was going for 3 a.m. rehearsals and recording periods with different members of the group. Their first massive hit for Motown was “It is A Disgrace,” which peaked at No. 14 on Billboard’s Scorching 100 chart in 1970.
The Spinners would later signal with Atlantic Information and end up a string of hits that included “Then Got here You,” which featured singer Dionne Warwick and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Scorching 100 in 1974.
Their songs acquired six Grammy Award nominations and earned 18 platinum and gold albums.
Initially known as The Domingoes, the group was shaped in 1954 simply north of Detroit in Ferndale. The Spinners joined Motown Information 10 years later.
Fambrough’s survivors embody his spouse of 52 years, Norma, and daughter Heather Williams.
