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Frankie Beverly

real name Howard Beverly

Philadelphia, United States

Frankie Beverly is credited on 532 releases across 195 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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532

Credits

195

Albums

7

Decades active

135

In collections

Biography

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American singer, songwriter, and producer, born on December 6, 1946, in North Philadelphia and died on September 10, 2024, aged 77.
At age nine, he saw Frankie Lymon who had a profound influence on him and consequently he became known as "Little Frankie".
His first band as leader was The Blenders, a short-lived a cappella doo-wop group. In 1963, he founded The Butlers (opens in a new tab) and recorded for various labels, including:, and. In 1970, Frankie started a new band called Raw Soul (opens in a new tab). They got their big break when Janis Hunter saw the band and told her fiancé Marvin Gaye about them. Marvin was impressed and they opened for him on his I Want You tour. He persuaded them to change their name and they became Maze.
Maze signed to Capitol Records in 1977.

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Credited work

532 releases · 195 albums · active 1963–2023

  • Performance · 704
  • Production · 255
  • Other credits · 7
  • Engineering · 7

Studios: Record Plant, Sausalito · Dynamic Sounds Studios · Fantasy Studios · Universal Amphitheatre

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