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THE TEMPREES

BIOGRAPHY

Jasper "Jabbo" Phillips, Harold "Scotty" Scott and Deljuan "Del" Calvin have been together since the mid 60s, from their junior high school years in their home town of Memphis, Tennessee, along with Jimmy Dodson, future lead singer of the Bar-Kays.

The nickname of Lovemen was chosed because "they built their lives and shows on love".

During the shows, they always tried to have people as much at ease with them as possible. That was really the aim of the group, to do their best to make as many people happy as they can.

They had no less than 3 LPs and 12 singles in the early 70s on Tom Nixon's and Carl Hampton's We-Produce Stax subsidiary label, backed by the fabulous Bar-Kays, the Isaac Hayes Movement and the South Memphis Horns, including several hits. They performed among the best black singers of the time in front of more than 100.000 people at WattStax '72 in Los Angeles, which remains the biggest black music festival of all times.

They made a few more singles, recorded in Philadelphia on CBS' Epic subsidiary in the second part of the 70s, after the demise of Stax and reunited in Memphis in the mid 90s.

Sadly, Jasper "Jabbo" Phillips died on February 21st, 2001.

WE-PRODUCE DISCOGRAPHY

Singles

XPA-1801   (Follow Her) Rules And Regulations / I'm For You, You For Me
XPA-1803   I Love You, You Love Me / (Girl) I Love You
XPA-1805   My Baby Love / If I Could Say What's On My Mind
XPA-1807   Explain It To Her Mamma / Love... Can Be So Wonderful
XPA-1808   Dedicated To The One I Love / I Love You, You Love Me
XPA-1810   A Thousand Miles Away / Chalk It Up To Experience
XPA-1811   Love's Maze / Wrap Me In Love
XPA-1812   At Last / Love... Can Be So Wonderful
XPA-1813   You Make The Sunshine / You Make Me Love You
XPA-1814   Mr Cool That Ain't Cool / Lovin' You Is So Easy
XPA-1815   I Love, I Love / Your Love (Is All I Need)
XPA-1816   Come And Get Your Love / I'll Live Her Life

Albums

XPS-1901 - LOVEMEN

Explain It To Her Mama/If I Could Say What's On My Mind/(Girl) I Love You/I Love You You Love Me/We've Only Just Begun//Dedicated To The One I Love/My Baby Love/I'm For You You For Me/Love… Can Be So Wonderful.  (reissued on CD)

XPS-1903 - LOVE MAZE

Love's Maze/Wrap Me In Love/Something So Right/At Last//You Make The Sunshine/You Make Me Love You/Come On Y'All/Trust In Me/People Make The World Go Round.  (reissued on CD)

XPS-1905 - 3

Mr. Cool That Ain't Cool/Your Love (Is All I Need)/Loving You Is So Easy/I Love I Love/The Whole Bit Of Love//Come And Get Your Love/You Make Me Feel So Good Baby/Medley: Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight-Love Song/I'll Live Her Life.  (reissued on CD)

ACE / FANTASY CDs

SD-8524-2 - THE BEST OF THE TEMPREES

SCD-88017-2 - DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE (with bonus tracks)

SCD-88025-2  LOVE MAZE (with bonus tracks)

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