Just like my hair changes, I change. Willie Ford L.J. Never Let You Go // A Thousand Shades Of Blue / Me Myself And I / I The Dramatics (formerly The Dynamics) are an American soul music vocal group, formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1964. Sometimes I like to dress up, really dress up, and sometimes I like to wear sweaters and slacks, or stuff like I'm wearing now, just to bum around in. Get Off My Mountain / Beautiful People / Beware Of The I play a lot of Dramatic records. (5:51) / Shake It Well (5:51) - 1977 (12" Bring Me Happiness) 1978 He made everyone he met feel special, like they were Winzell: I like Ginuwine, Chante, Toni Braxton, Dave Hollister, Jeffrey Osbourne, B2K, JaRule. Recently, I designed those green outfits, the shiny ones. The Dramatics So I spend most of my time around my family, doing the medical transcription, and watching sports. What about Paul Williams? You know how some rappers these days will go and cut an album together, it didn't happen before. Anchored by Willie Ford, one of the strongest bass singers on the planet, the quintet features the alternating leads of high tenor Banks and low tenor/baritone Reynolds. By 1967, Motown had absorbed the entire Golden World Records operation. It's the love we have for one another. Tracks: Dream Lady / Razor Blade / One Love Ago / Show Me What You Got / L.J. Larry "Squirrel"Demps and Ronald Banks) I like something that's gonna make me individual. Christmas / The Christmas Song / It's Christmas Time / A Holiday Thought in December 1971. The Dramatics Tour Announcements 2023 & 2024, Notifications - Songkick Willie: There is no secret. Volt 302 - Bridge Over Troubled Water / Please Say You'll Be Mine "Be My Girl", "Me and Mrs. Jones", "Whatcha See" IThey listen to what everyone else listens to, and it affects them the way it affects everyone else, they hear the words that ain't supposed to be there, they hear the 'beeps'. ABC 12258 - Sundown Is Coming (Hold Back The Night) / I Can't Get Over Founded in 1962, the original group was comprised of members of Rob Davis, Ron Banks, Larry Reed, Robert Ellington, Larry Squirrel Demps and Elbert Wilkins. Me (Tracy's Song) / Maddy (Album Version) / Again (Six Mixes) - 1996 (12" Release) Our Day Will Come / Smooth Sailin' / For 4-Ever / Get On Up / Candy / Ready 4 Love / No Place To Live The Dramatics - Somewhere in Time Album Reviews, Songs & More - AllMusic [1] \"Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get\" was awarded gold disc status by the R.I.A.A. Q: You type from home? After Howard left the Dramatics, Reynolds became a permanent member in 1973. Heaven Kind Of Feeling / (I Like) Makin' You So Happy / Ocean Of Stone Cold (Volt 3407; '90) Reynolds and Lenny Mayes. Sometimes I go and dress like a college kid. Sometimes I might wear a suit. By 1967, Motown had absorbed the entire Golden World Records operation. Being from Detroit, we were one of the few groups that didn't sign with Motown. ABC12429 - Why Do You Want Me To Do Wrong / Yo' Love (Can Only The Dynamics signed to Wingate label, where they released records which saw very little chart action. Fell for You by The Dramatics - Track Info | AllMusic The following years proved to be fruitless for the Dramatics, until in 1971 they finally broke through via their single Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get. It was written by Tony Hester, who also produced the majority of the groups material. Lenny: I have several styles. Q: Other than the Dramatics, of course, what other singers do you listen to? 1979 L.J. Location: Cleveland, Ohio. Love / We Haven't Got There Yet / Maddy Q: Will there ever be an album in which all of the songs are written and produced by the Dramatics only? They gotta have a great big smile! Ron: I have a variety of favorite Dramatics songs that we've done over the years. Sometimes I go and dress like a gangsta. In addition to singing, Jennifer also enjoys reading, listening to jazz, and fellowshipping with friends and family, to include her church family. It was during this same year that L. J. Reynolds, previously of the Chocolate Syrup, met Ron Banks at the Apollo Theater. I'm engaged. His hero was another well-known bass singer of the time, Melvin Franklin of The Temptations. The Dramatics' distinctive harmonies are characterized by a top-to-bottom blend surpassed by few other groups in the business. Did the same thing for the Temptations. - Your presence is missed but not forgotten-Squirrel. Anchored by Willie Ford, one of the strongest bass singers on the planet, the quintet features the alternating leads of high tenor Banks and low tenor/baritone Reynolds. Cuba Gooding, Jr. might be a good choice. HAHAHAHA! To Be Wild (Extended Version) /// Born To Be Wild (Radio Edit) / Born The Dramatics | SevenVenues The Sensations Lenny Mayes Of The Dramatics Is Dead - Sitcoms Online Fantasy 9642 - Somewhere In Time (A Dramatic Reunion) - 1986 It was called "The Other Side of Drama", but I didn't want people to think that there are four other guys singing with me. the stage where the Dramatics performed. : I'm pretty sure it will. But we came out with an album called "The Dells vs. LJ: I'd like to thank my fans, and I'd like for them to know that we have a new single with Snoop Doggy Dog called "Ballin'", a new single with Corrupt, a "Greatest Hits Live" album, a Christmas album, and my solo album, "Love Is About To Start", which features a new version of "Key To the World", "I Didn't Mean To Hurt You", and "Silly". Didn't you read my post? (members Larry Still, it was an interesting idea. Volt 9506 - The Best Of The Dramatics - 1974 Lenny was the person in the Dramatics that people would gravitate to, the one they felt they knew In 2006, local Detroit developer Herb Strather honored the Dramatics (along with Freda Payne, the Four Tops and others), with a street named after the group in one of the newest neighborhoods being built in the city. Lenny: I knew you were gonna ask that! Ron Banks. In 1969, the Dramatics signed with the record label Volt then a part of Stax Records out of Memphis. in December 1971. 04/18 - Blondie - The Complete 1957 Television Series (Blu-ray) Marriage On Paper Only, MCA 3196 - 10 1/2 Tracks: Whatca See Is The following years proved to be fruitless for the Dramatics, until in 1971 they finally broke through via their single Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get. It was written by Tony Hester, who also produced the majority of the groups material. L.J. Melvin Franklin? 7, 2011 - Thinking about you; Praying for your After a minor hit with Get Up and Get Down, the Dramatics made it big again by way of the following single In The Rain. Entering the charts in early 1972, In the Rain netted them their first and only #1 R&B spot. came together. I think the secret to it iswe realized that we are all grown men and we respect each other's opinions and we respect each other. Winzell: There have been some changes, but they were all done quietly. Fantasy / Volt 1612 - Ready 4 - 1980 He was 53. I also like comfortable shoes. Cadet 5710 - Love Is Missing From Our Lives / I'm In Love 1975 05/29 - Gimme a Break! TMoney Green presents LENNY MAYES of the Dramatics OLD SCHOOL - YouTube Yet again another hit from T-Money Green and the Hyped International Crew. Lenny was everybody's "Cousin". As far as the stuff we do onstage, I guess I'd have to say "Thankful For Your Love", since I sang it. : Stuff like "Beware Of the Man With the Candy In His Hand", "Be My Girl", "Can't Get Over You", a variety. Above and Beyond Band The Dramatics originally signed for Stax Records of Memphis, Tennessee in 1968, but moved on after one unsuccessful release. On Yourself / You And Me - 1983 (12" Another of the great non-Motown Detroit groups formed in the late 60s, the Dramatics went through significant personnel changes over their early years as the group struggled to find a hit. It's So Hard Trying To Get Over You -, It's been six years and I still think about you and, Nov. 7, 2009 I'd love to do "Baby Boo"I'd LOVE to do it LIVE! Q: Who will be doing the writing of the book and the movie? Back to the blog start page. We've broadened our audience by doing the Snoop Dog and Corrupt songs and the soundtrack for the Eddie Griffin movie. // Playin' The Love Game - The Dells / / Get It (Short Version) - 1980(12" Release) My father has some of their albums. I play a lot of Dramatic records. Willie: Years ago. Read on to find out what they said. I like "I Got My Pride". With over 38 charted hits to date, the Dramatics have displayed a distinctive sound that has transcended time, music genres, and generations alike. I just hope it will be able to be done. Lenny: Yeahactually, my girlfriend's mother owns a transcription company. L.J. We realized that we're better together than apart. If I hadn't been with the Dramatics, I'd have been a big fan of the Dramatics, kind of like I am with the Temptations, I'd have been a big Dramatics fan. Tracks: One Monkey Don't Stop No Show / Hurt By Love / Sexy Devil / Winzell: Shemar Moore from "Soul Train" could play me. I hold the position that Squirrel held. Q: Have you decided which actors will play you in the movie? Winzell: I don't have the chance to tell my kids what not to listen totheir mom does that! : James Brown, the OJays, Aretha, the Temptations, David RuffinI don't know too much about the music of today. LPs Well, what about Eddie Kendricks? Willie: Not at the moment. He was 53. Q: Are there any songs that you don't or didn't let your kids listen to? It's "Just Me". - 1971 6 How old is Lenny Mayes? ABC Dm-4 - Shake It Well I wanted more stuff on the outfits that they didn't put on there, though. They split up in 1982 as Reynolds and Banks both embarked on solo careers (Reynolds achieving some limited success with the hit "Key to the World"), and Demps went back to school to become a teacher. Q: Well, you'd be pretty hard, you have such unique features, which is a good thing, of course. Through the 1970s, the group continued to have successful songs, including the Top 10 Pop, #1 R\u0026B hit, \"In the Rain\" in 1972, \"Hey You! I'm engaged. Nothing excessive. That concert is old though cause i've seen it before. LJ: I'd like to thank my fans, and I'd like for them to know that we have a new single with Snoop Doggy Dog called "Ballin'", a new single with Corrupt, a "Greatest Hits Live" album, a Christmas album, and my solo album, "Love Is About To Start", which features a new version of "Key To the World", "I Didn't Mean To Hurt You", and "Silly". Choosing Up On You - The Dramatics / Strung Out Over You - The Dells) I think the secret to it iswe realized that we are all grown men and we respect each other's opinions and we respect each other. Willie: I believe so. Going Through A Thing / I Pray She'll Never Go Away // I Made Myself Search Sitcoms Online: 01/03 - Andy Richter Controls the Universe - The Complete Series (2023 Release) RON BANKS,LENNY MAYS, W. "WEE GEE" HOWARD,ELBERT WILKINS, &TONY HESTER. His performances on stage and on records are a testament to his incredible talent and professionalism. I did that one when we first started out, the suits where everyone would wear a different color. To Be Wild (Instrumental) - 1988 (12" Release) I don't wear Phat Farm or Rockawear or stuff like that. See You Can't Get"by Pam Kellum on A&B 7171. L.J. Door To Your Heart - The Dramatics / Don't Make Me No Promises - The Tracks: Maddy / If You Come Back To Me / Dramatics / Tune Up - The Dramatics / I Wish It Was Me You Loved - The The group moved from Volt in 1974 after three albums, releasing one album on Chess Records' subsidiary Cadet, sharing tracks with The Dells, who were also being produced by Davis at the time. They also sang on Snoop Dogg's Ballin song on his Paid The Cost To Be The Boss cd. Artist Discography page if you want to check another one With Reynolds' gruff baritone and Ron Banks' soaring falsetto, Willie Ford's bass sound, the smooth Lenny Mayes and singer and group choreographer Larry Demps, a unique group harmony and stage show was created and that kept The Dramatics among the A-list of R&B acts for years to come. Wingate 022 - Inky Dinky Wang Dang Do / Baby I Need You 1966 I've done several gospel stuff and I want to record a gospel albuma solo album. L.J. I have a bunch of tapes in my bag that I take with me and play up and down the highway. Harlepolis said: *Lenny Mayes, who in 1973 joined The Dramatics replacing the group's founder, died Monday at Southfield's Providence Hospital after a long battle with lung cancer. ABC 867 - The Dramatic Jackpot - 1975 Reynolds went solo in 1981, and the group disbanded in 1983 when Banks went solo. Due to a misprint, Wingate changed the name of the group from The Dynamics to The Dramatics in 1966 for the group's second release, \"Inky Dinky Wang Dang Doo\". 05/29 - Kate & Allie - The Complete Series (VEI) The Dramatics are a one of a kind group, and each member is very special. In 1973, Howards decision to quit the group paved the way for Reynolds arrival; Reynolds vocal presence and permanent entry into the group were exemplified by the release of the R&B Top Ten hit Hey You! And even though I have a pretty lucrative solo career, I can always fall back on the Dramatics to pay my house note, my car noteHAHAHA! I wrote that one, "I'm So Alone", "All I Want For Christmas Is My Baby" Q: What is your favorite Dramatics song? Winzell: I hope so, but I'd like for the Dramatics to do an album by somebody else who's popular in the music industry right now, where we don't make up none of the songs on the album. They consisted of Rob Davis, Ron Banks, Larry Reed, Robert Ellington, Larry Squirrel Demps and Elbert Wilkins. They were replaced by Larry James \"L.J.\" Reynolds and Leonard \"Lenny\" Mayes (who died of lung cancer on November 8, 2004, at the age of 53). Winzell: I really hope so. I wrote songs for a lot of artists, and I've even got a solo album. In the mid-1980s Howard returned to the fold and recorded a couple of albums with the group before quitting again a few years later. Bad (6:06) / Truly Bad (Instrumental) (6:25) - 1983, CBS04242 - Make It Easy They are best known for their 1970s hit s. The band was shaped of local musical legends, who in and of their own right, have succeeded within groups outside of Above and Beyond Band. Lenny: Actually, I wouldn't call it a hobby, but taking care of my daughter is one of my main priorites. It is a priviledge to have been able to interview five very wonderful and compassionate entertainers. : All of us will do our own version of reliving what we think happened, cause everybody has their own version of what happened. And so, when I was in school, I had already learned how to type. Many of the Dramatics' songs initially were written and produced by Tony Hester, including all the tracks on the first two Volt albums. I was thinking what I was gonna say before you got here. Get Off My Mountain\" (#5 R\u0026B), \"Me and Mrs Jones\" (#4 R\u0026B), originally recorded by Billy Paul three years earlier, \"Be My Girl\" (#3 R\u0026B), and \"Shake It Well\" (#4 R\u0026B). She is a 2013 graduate of Strayer University, Summa Cum Laude. When I'm off the road, that's what I do at home. Are there certain brands of clothing that you like to wear? Then there was the guy who's with the Temptations now, Bo, then a guy named Craig, then a guy named Steve, and finally me. Groovesville 1025 - Mellow Drama 1994 What is your offstage style? W-Music) Turn On The Music / You Promised To Be My Girl / How Can I Be The Dramatics See Is Whatcha Get I've gotten with designers and told them a few things, but I've never designed an actual costume. Old clothes, whatever. At the time, Ron was going through some changes, and initially, he was supposed to sing the song. William Wee Gee Howard replaced Reed, and Willie Ford (formerly of the Capitols) took Davis place. Usually, I basically stay at home, doing a little pilling around the house, and taking care of my daughter, and my mom's not been feeling too well. Jennifer Nottingham, born in Paterson, New Jersey, and reared in Robersonville, North Carolina, found her love for melodic renditions at the tender age of 6 as she simulated some of her beloved artists heard over the radio. Love Again (Short Instrumental) (4:10) / Try Love Again (Long Remix) - What about Paul Williams? IN MEMORY OF WILLIE FORD, RON BANKS, LENNY MAYS, WILLIAM - YouTube L.J. Fantasy 967 - One Love Ago / Dream Lady 1986 04/04 - South Park - The Complete Twenty-Fifth Season (Blu-ray) (DVD) Believe In You / Night Life While other popular 70s groups had trouble sustaining recording careers, the Dramatics continued to cut a new LP every few years, right up through 2002's Look Inside, a surprisingly strong record that received limited distribution in the U.S. LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Singer Ron Banks, a founding member of R&B group the Dramatics, died Thursday (March 4) at his Detroit home of a reported heart attack. Tracks: Why Do You Want To Do Me Wrong / Do What You Want To Do / Disco Sometimes I write when I have to, but I prefer to write when it comes to me. Of course, it's going to have some Dramatics stuff on it as well. ABC 12220 - Finger Fever / Say The Word 1976 line-up. The Dramatics then moved to another local Detroit label, Sport Records, where they garnered their first minor hit single, \"All Because of You.\" After becoming a victim in the July 1967 Algiers Motel incident, Reed left the group. So all I gotta do is get out of bed and go straight to my den and sit and work for four or five hours. I forgot how old he was. In 1985, Reynolds and Banks reunited with Lenny Mayes, William Wee Gee Howard, Larry Squirrel Demps and Willie Ford and recorded Somewhere in Time (A Dramatic Reunion). The reunion initially was not intended to be permanent, but the new album and successful tour dates were embraced by fans with such enthusiasm that the singers decided to stay together. They needed to have a major overhaul in their roster in hopes of making it big. Tracks: Live It Up / Treat Me Right / I Can't Stand It / She's My Kind They settled on the lineup ofRon Banks,Elbert Wilkins, William "Wee Gee" Howard, Willie Ford and Larry Demps, and signed on toStax/Volt Records, landing a major hit with "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get," a latin-tinged cut lyrically based on a comic phrase popularized by Flip Wilson. Of You / For Your Love / Mother Nature / Key To The World / Space Ace - The Dramatics, 1974), (I'm Going By) The Stars In Your Eyes , Me And Mrs. Jones (The Dramatic Jackpot, 1975), Just Shopping (Not Buying Anything), Come Out Of Your Thing(Drama V, 1975), Be My Girl, I Can't Get Over You (Joy Ride, 1976), Do What You Wanna To Do , Shake It Well, Stop Your Weeping (D o What You Wanna To Do, 1978), That's My Favorite Song and Welcome Back Home (Any Time, Any Place, 1979), It Ain't Rainin' (On Nobody's House But Mine) , and Be With The One You Love (10 , 1980), as well as countless other great musical masterpieces. 06/13 - Night Court (1984-1992) - The Complete Series The Dramatics I have six children. I also like doing "Key To the World", but that's another story. At the time, Ron was going through some changes, and initially, he was supposed to sing the song. This is a hidden secret featuring Lenny. 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