Archie Bell and the Drells
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Archie Bell & The Drells: Here They Go Again
Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 17 November 1972
IT'S BECOMING commonplace these days for Britain's pop public to turn on to American soul acts at a time when the artists' career is quiet ...
Archie Bell & the Drells: Here I Go Again (Atlantic)
Review by Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 20 January 1973
BELL HAS been not a little embarrassed by the rather belated success here of 'Here I Go Again'. Not that he isn't extremely pleased with ...
Interview by Tony Cummings, Black Music, October 1975
People's Choice and Archie Bell are disco hot! Tony Cummings reports… ...
Archie Bell and the Drells: Dance Your Troubles Away (TSOP PZ 33844)
Review by Dave Marsh, Rolling Stone, 26 February 1976
Do You Wanna Dance? ...
Live Review by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 6 March 1976
NEW YORK: A four-act show always runs the risk of dragging, even when the organisation is as meticulous as it was last Saturday at the ...
Archie Bell and the Drells Still Dance All Night
Profile and Interview by John Morthland, Rolling Stone, 8 April 1976
NEW YORK – Archie Bell interrupts his rushed, businesslike replies for a moment and works up the faintest trace of a smile: "I didn't know ...
Gamble & Huff: It's Got a Good Beat, and You Can Pray to It
Report and Interview by Tom Vickers, Rolling Stone, 20 May 1976
The only way for our music to go is the way the world goes. And where it goes negative, we're going to show where it ...
Archie & The Drells: here they go again
Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 1 June 1976
Mr. Bell an' the guys had a somewhat lean spell after leaving Atlantic. Now they're reunited with Messrs Gamble and Huff and dancin' up the ...
Review by Davitt Sigerson, Black Music, February 1977
ALTHOUGH IT doesn't scale the polyrhythmic peaks of their last perpetual player, Archie's guys' second set for PIR is far more consistent than their first. ...
Archie Bell & the Drells: Good time Bell
Interview by Robin Katz, Record Mirror, 25 June 1977
ARCHIE BELL doesn't leap on to his feet, jump around or give you a 'hip' rap as you walk into a room. ...
The State Visit by Archie Bell and the Drells
Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 5 July 1977
John Abbey talks to the man who was making disco records before Disco was even invented... ...
Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 6 December 1977
John Abbey talks to the group who found success in Philadelphia way before the whole Philadelphia thing happened... ...
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