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Artistopia Rank : 107
Member Since : 3/2006
Last Login : 4/18/2006
Views : 11,560
Songs : 2
Events : 12
Alliances : 0
Releases : 2
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| Latest Music By Earl Lewis & The Channels |
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Earl Lewis & The Channels - Ne
Published Date : 01/01/1991
Total Downloads : 50
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BLAST FROM THE PAST (originally published in NY Daily News September 2000) |
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| Published on 3/2/2006 |
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| By DAVID HINCKLEY - Daliy News Feature Writer |
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Artists like Earl Lewis, lead singer of The Channels and a legend for his breathtaking vocals on classics like 'The Closer You Are' and 'My Love Will Never Die' money is only part of it. Respect matters, too. Alot. "We laid down the foundation for everything that came after us", he says. The Temptations, The
Supremes, Boyz II Men, all of it. But somehow, and I have never figured out why, we've always been bypassed. We've been on the bottom rung ofthe ladder, like what we did wasn't serious music. You see commercials on TV that are using
our sound, what we created. But they aren't crediting us and they aren't using us. It's been frustrating. This is a great time for us" he says. ";We're so fortunate. We never thought there would be a resurgence like this."; He says he has even been approached about Off-Broadway projects. Lewis, who recently retired from the post office, says this is "the best time yet. We're working around the
world ; He grew up listening to groups like The Orioles, Flamingos. He was writing songs when he was 10 and singing them when he was 15. The Channels' soaring sound was an accident in the studio he says, and he admits he wasn't all that fond of it at first. But fans loved it, then and now. But the music also has younger fans, says Lewis, thanks to exposure from parents, remakes, commercials and movies. |
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| New York Daily News - Sept 2000 |
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