The Friends of Distinction
| The Friends of Distinction | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Pop , soul |
| founding | 1968 |
| resolution | 1975 |
| Last occupation | |
singing |
Floyd Lawrence Butler |
singing |
Harry James Elston |
singing |
Jessica Cleaves |
singing |
Barbara Jean Love |
The Friends of Distinction was an American vocal quartet .
history
Floyd Lawrence Butler and Harry James Elston began their music careers in a band called The Hi Fi's, which also included Marilyn Mc Coo and La Monte McLemore, who later formed the group Fifth Dimension . The Hi Fi's broke up after a short time and Butler and Elston founded The Friends of Distinction with Jessica Cleaves and Barbara Jean Love in 1968. In late 1969, the quartet received a record deal from RCA Records . Her first two singles Grazin im Gras and Going in Circles were million sellers and each received a gold record . In 1975 the group disbanded.
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 US
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R&B
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| 1969 | Grace |
US35 (25 weeks) US |
R&B10 (43 weeks) R&B |
|
| Highly Distinct |
US173 (6 weeks) US |
R&B14 (15 weeks) R&B |
||
| 1970 | Real Friends |
US68 (21 weeks) US |
R&B9 (15 weeks) R&B |
|
| Whatever |
US179 (3 weeks) US |
R&B72 (5 weeks) R&B |
||
| 1971 | Friends & People |
US166 (7 weeks) US |
- | |
More albums
- 1973: Love Can Make It Easier
- 1975: Reviviscence - Live to Light Again
Compilations
- 1973: Greatest Hits
- 1989: Golden Classics
- 1996: Best of the Friends of Distinction
- 2005: Going in Circles
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
US
|
R&B
|
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| 1969 | Grazing in the grass |
US3  (16 weeks)US |
R&B5 (17 weeks) R&B |
|
| Going into circles |
US15th (20 weeks)US |
R&B3 (19 weeks) R&B |
||
| Let Yourself Go |
US63 (5 weeks) US |
- |
B-side of Going in Circles
|
|
| 1970 | Love or Let Me Be Lonely |
US6 (13 weeks) US |
R&B13 (9 weeks) R&B |
|
| Time Waits for No One |
US60 (8 weeks) US |
R&B37 (5 weeks) R&B |
||
| 1971 | I need you |
US79 (5 weeks) US |
R&B28 (7 weeks) R&B |
|
More singles
- 1971: Down I Go
- 1971: Let Me Be
- 1972: Love Is the Way of Life (The Humble Stranger)
- 1972: Thumb Tripping (I'll Be Movin 'On)
- 1973: Easy Evil
- 1973: Love Can Make It Easier
- 1975: Honey Baby Theme
- 1975: Love Shack (Opened Up a Shop) Pt. 1
literature
- Julia Edenhofer : The Great Oldie Lexicon . Bastei-Lübbe 1991, ISBN 3-404-60288-9 .
- Rick Simmons: Carolina Beach Music from the '60s to the' 80s: The New Wave . History Press 2013, ISBN 1-609-49750-3 , pp. 84-87 .
Web links
- The Friends of Distinction at Discogs (English)
- The Friends of Distinction on allmusic , accessed May 7, 2013