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One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 1) 3:31 ░░ 02. One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 2) 4:17 ░░ 03. Don't Count Your Chickens (Before They Hatch) 3:03 ░░ 04. A Little More 3:24 ░░ 05. Stick Up 3:04 ░░ 06. Want Ads 3:50 ░░ 07. Who's It Gonna Be 5:58 ░░ 08. How Does It Feel 3:12 ░░ 09. V.I.P. 3:50 ░░ 10. The Day I Found Myself 3:06 ░░ 11. All The King's Horses (All The King's Men) 3:51 ░░ ░░ ░░ ╔═══════════════╗ ░░ ║ N O T E S ║░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░ ╚═══════════════╝▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░░ ░░ Edna Wright, Carolyn Willis, and Shellie Clark comprised the vocal trio ░░ Honey Cone, who only stayed together for four years but were still one of ░░ the best female soul groups of the early '70s. Although Honey Cone (which ░░ lead singer Wright formed in 1968) was based in Los Angeles, their ░░ recordings were Northern-style soul - specifically, Detroit soul. ░░ ░░ Martha & the Vandellas and the Marvelettes - two of the female vocal ░░ groups that epitomized Motown Records' sound in the '60s - were among ░░ Honey Cone's main influences, and the group (which favored a blend of ░░ sweetness and grit) worked closely with three producer/songwriters who ░░ used to work at Motown: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland. ░░ However, Honey Cone's members had been in the music industry before they ░░ joined forces with the famous Holland/DozierHolland team. ░░ ░░ Willis (born 1946, Los Angeles, California) had been with Bob B. Soxx & ░░ the Blue Jeans, who were known for '60s hits like "Why Do Lovers Break ░░ Each Other's Heart?" and "Not Too Young to Get Married." Clark (born in ░░ 1943, Brooklyn, New York) was an ex-member of the Ikettes, (Ike & Tina ░░ Turner's female backup singers), while Wright (born 1944, Los Angeles, ░░ California) had been with the Blossoms. In fact, Wright's older sister is ░░ singer/actress Darlene Love, who was a member of Bob B. Soxx & the Blue ░░ Jeans as well as the Blossoms (in addition to doing a lot of recording by ░░ herself). ░░ ░░ Wright also recorded as a solo artist in the '60s; her Champion single "A ░░ Touch of Venus" (recorded under the pseudonym Sandy Wynns) was a small ░░ regional hit in Southern California. And like so many of the soul singers ░░ who were active in the '60s and '70s, Wright wasn't without gospel ░░ credentials. She had a Christian upbringing and sang gospel with the ░░ Church of God in Christ Singers, but ended up making secular R&B her ░░ primary focus. Wright, Clark, and Willis had only been together a few ░░ months when, in 1969, they caught the attention of Eddie Holland (who ░░ came up with the name Honey Cone). ░░ ░░ The prolific Holland/DozierHolland team (which wrote countless mega-hits ░░ for Motown artists) had recently left Motown and started their own ░░ Detroit-based soul label Hot Wax/Invictus, and Honey Cone became the ░░ company's first signing. Honey Cone's first release, a 1969 single titled ░░ "While You're Out Looking for Sugar," was also Hot Wax's first release. ░░ The very Motown-sounding tune was not a major hit; it reached number 26 ░░ on Billboard's R&B singles chart and number 62 on the magazine's pop ░░ singles chart. ░░ ░░ But for a small upstart label, that single was a decent start. Honey ░░ Cone's next single, "Girls, It Ain't Easy," was equally Motown-sounding ░░ and did become a major hit, reaching number eight on Billboard's R&B ░░ singles chart. After that, Honey Cone enjoyed their biggest hits of all. ░░ Released in late 1970, the infectious "Want Ads" (which Taylor Dayne ░░ covered in 1988) got off to a slow start and the song had been out four ░░ months before it even charted in either Billboard or Cash Box ░░ (Billboard's main competitor at the time). ░░ ░░ But when "Wants Ads" finally took off, it really took off and soared to ░░ number one on Billboard's R&B and pop singles charts. In 1971, Honey Cone ░░ had another number one R&B hit with "Stick Up," which was also a number ░░ 11 pop hit. And a few more major hits followed in 1972, including the ░░ ballad "The Day I Found Myself" and the Latin-influenced "One Monkey ░░ Don't Stop No Show" (a number five R&B single and a number 15 pop hit). ░░ But as big as Honey Cone was from 1969-1972, it didn't fare nearly as ░░ well in 1973; none of the three Honey Cone singles that Hot Wax put out ░░ in 1973 ("If I Can't Fly," "The Truth Will Come Out," and "Ace in the ░░ Hole") were big hits. ░░ ░░ Sadly, Hot Wax/Invictus found itself experiencing a serious cash flow ░░ problem in 1973, despite having put out big sellers by Honey Cone as well ░░ as Freda Payne, 100 Percent Aged in Soul, Laura Lee, and the Chairmen of ░░ the Board. The problem wasn't that Hot Wax/Invictus' releases lacked ░░ commercial appeal; the problem, allegedly, was that the company was not ░░ getting paid by its independent distributors. In 1973, Honey Cone broke ░░ up, and Hot Wax/Invictus went out of business the following year. ░░ ░░ Wright went on to record by herself, providing the solo LP Oops! Here I ░░ Go Again for RCA in 1976. All five of the LPs that Honey Cone recorded ░░ for Hot Wax - Honey Cone in 1969, Take Me with You in 1970, Sweet Replies ░░ and Soulful Tapestry in 1971, and Love, Peace & Soul in 1972 - went out ░░ of print when the label folded. However, all of Honey Cone's major hits ░░ are included on a 14-song Greatest Hits CD that Fantasy assembled in ░░ 1990. And the comprehensive Soulful Sugar, which Castle put out in 2001, ░░ boasts no less than 45 tracks. Founding member Edna Wright died on ░░ September 12, 2020 following a heart attack; she was 76 years old. ░░ ░░█ ░░███ ░█ ░░░░██ █▓█ ████░ ░░░░░██ y o o v e e y o o █████ █████ ░░░░░░██ g o t t h e ▒████░ ██▒▒██ ░░░░░░░█ ░ ██▓██ ▓█▒██ ░░░░░░░█ ███ ███ ███ ███ ███ ████ ▒▓███ ▒███ ░░░░░░░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ █░█ █░█ ░███████ ████░ ░███ ░░░░░░░█ ░███░███░█ █░███░███ █████████▒ █████ ██ ░░░░░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░░░█ ██████████████ █████ █ ░░░░░░██ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ██████████████████ ████▓ ░░░░░██ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ████████████████████▒ ░░░░██ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ▓██████▒▒▒▒███████░ ░░░██ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ▓█████▒███████████ ░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ █████▒▒░████████ ░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ██▓██▒██▓███▒ ░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░░░█ ██████████ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░███░█ ░███ ▒███████ /─────────────────────────\ ░░░██ ███ ░| hip-hop . rap . r&b |░ ░░░░██ ████ ░| soul . funk . jazz |░ ░░░░░██ █████ ░| beats . grooves |░ ░░░░░░███ ████▒ \─────────────────────────/ ░░░░░░░▓▓█████████████▒ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ https://store.tidal.com/us/album/174700572