Honey Cone

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Honey Cone was an American soul band from the late 1960s and early 1970s .

Honey Cone
General information
Genre (s) soul
founding 1969
resolution 1972/73
Last occupation
Edna Wright
singing
 Shellie Clark
singing
 Carolyn Willis

history

Before the three singers Edna Wright , Shellie Clark and Carolyn Willis formed a group, they had already been sought-after choristers. Edna had sung with the Raelettes , Carolyn with The Girlfriends and Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans and Shellie with Ike & Tina Turner and Little Richard .

In 1969 the three were allowed to accompany Burt Bacharach on a television show . Eddie Holland , part of the famous Holland – Dozier – Holland songwriting team , saw the group and was so excited that he immediately signed them. He gave them the name "Honey Cone" and from 1969 to 1972 produced several bestsellers with them. Your first single While You're Out Looking For Sugar? was able to place itself in the lower half of the singles charts, as did her second singles Girls It Ain't Easy . Her first million seller was the single "Want Ads" , which reached number 1 on the US charts in June 1971 .

At the end of 1972 the trio disbanded and the members started working as studio singers again. In 1976, Carolyn Willis sang the female voice on a hit by the Seals & Crofts group ("Get Closer") .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US R&B R&B
1971 Sweet replies US137 (8 weeks)
US 		R&B14 (11 weeks)
R&B
Soulful tapestry US72 (20 weeks)
US 		R&B15 (21 weeks)
R&B
1972 Love, Peace & Soul US189 (4 weeks)
US 		R&B41 (5 weeks)
R&B

More albums

  • 1970: Take Me with You
  • 1970: When Will It End

Compilations

  • 1984: Girls It Ain't Easy
  • 1990: Greatest Hits
  • 1998: Cone to the Bone: The Best of Honey Cone
  • 2001: Soulful Sugar: The Complete Hot Wax Recordings
  • 2002: The Best of Honey Cone

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US R&B R&B
1969 While You're Out Looking for Sugar?
Take me with you 		US62 (6 weeks)
US 		R&B26 (8 weeks)
R&B
Girls It Ain't Easy
Take Me with You 		US68 (6 weeks)
US 		R&B8 (9 weeks)
R&B
1970 Take Me with You
Take Me with You 		- R&B28 (4 weeks)
R&B
1971 Want Ads
Sweet Replies 		US1
gold
gold

(16 weeks)US 		R&B1 (14 weeks)
R&B
Stick Up
Soulful Tapestry 		US11
gold
gold

(12 weeks)US 		R&B1 (13 weeks)
R&B
One Monkey Don't Stop No Show
 US15 (11 weeks)
US 		R&B5 (12 weeks)
R&B
1972 The Day I Found Myself
Soulful Tapestry 		US23 (11 weeks)
US 		R&B8 (10 weeks)
R&B
Sittin 'on a Time Bomb (Waitin' for the Hurt to Come)
Love, Peace & Soul 		US96 (4 weeks)
US 		R&B33 (6 weeks)
R&B
Innocent 'Til Proven Guilty
Love, Peace & Soul 		- R&B37 (3 weeks)
R&B

More singles

  • 1970: When Will It End
  • 1972: Ace in the Hole
  • 1973: If I Can't Fly
  • 1976: Somebody Is Always Messing Up a Good Thing (feat. Sharon Cash)

literature

  • Jon Pareles, Patricia Romanowski (Eds.): The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia Of Rock & Roll . London: Rolling Stone Press / Michael Joseph, 1983, pp. 257f
  • Frank Laufenberg, Ingrid Hake: Rock and Pop Lexicon. Vol. 1: ABBA - Kay Kyser . Düsseldorf / Vienna: Econ Verlag, 1994, p. 706
  • Jay Warner: The Billboard Book Of American Singing Groups. A History 1940-1990 . New York City / New York: Billboard Books, 1992, pp. 491 f.
  • Julia Edenhofer: The Great Oldie Lexicon . Bastei-Lübbe, 1991, ISBN 3-404-60288-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hot Wax catalog number 6901
  2. ↑ Hot Wax catalog number 6903
  3. ↑ Fred Bronson: The Billboard Book of Number One Hits . 3rd revised and expanded edition. New York City, New York: Billboard Publications, 1992, p. 293
  4. ↑ a b Chart sources: US
  5. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US