1 pop hit in 1974 on “Then Came You,” a collaboration with Dionne Warwick. The group sent 11 songs into the Top 20 between 19, starting with “I’ll Be Around” and “Could It Be I’m Falling in Love,” which went to No. Cameron left in 1972, to be replaced by Phillipé Wynne, just as The Spinners were reaching their pop peak.14 on the Billboard 200 albums chart-the first in a string of six consecutive Top 40 pop albums, three of which went to No. The LP topped the R&B chart and peaked at No. After their first two albums, in 19, made little impression on the charts, The Spinners jumped to Atlantic Records for a self-titled album in 1973.Edwards left in 1967, and was replaced by G.C. Dixon left The Spinners in 1963 and was replaced by Edgar “Chico” Edwards, whose brother, James Edwards, was one of the founding members.They wouldn’t have another Top 40 song until 1965’s “I’ll Always Love You.” The Spinners’ debut single, 1961’s “That’s What Girls Are Made For,” reached No.By the early ’60s, the lineup had solidified into Henry Fambrough, Billy Henderson, Pervis Jackson, Bobby Smith, and George Dixon, and The Spinners began releasing songs on Tri-Phi. The group began in 1954 when five friends from a housing project in suburban Detroit began singing together.R&B vocal group The Spinners kicked around Tri-Phi Records, and then Motown, for a decade starting in 1961 before finding success in the ’70s on Atlantic.
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