Robert Popwell
Encyclopedia
Career
Known as "Pops", he played with The Young Rascals, The CrusadersThe Crusaders
The Crusaders are an American music group popular in the early 1970s known for their amalgamated jazz, pop and soul sound. Since 1961, more than forty albums have been credited to the group , 19 of which were recorded under the name "The Jazz Crusaders" .-History:In 1960, following the demise of a...
and the Macon Rhythm Section. The Young Rascals were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is dedicated to archiving the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, engineers and others who have, in some major way,...
May 6, 1997. They were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2005. He has played on albums by Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
, George Benson
George Benson
George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist....
, Ron Wood
Ron Wood
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, Al Jarreau
Al Jarreau
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, Bobby Womack
Bobby Womack
Robert Dwayne "Bobby" Womack is an American singer-songwriter and musician. An active recording artist since the early 1960s where he started his career as the lead singer of his family musical group The Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career has spanned more than 40...
, Terry Bradds
Terry Bradds
Terry Lee Bradds is an American jazz guitarist. He was born in Jamestown, Ohio and attended Greeneview High School.- Career :Bradds has been playing guitar since the age of 5 years old...
, Larry Carlton
Larry Carlton
Larry Carlton is an American jazz, smooth jazz, jazz fusion, pop, and rock guitarist and singer. He has divided his recording time between solo recordings and session appearances with various well-known bands...
, Joe Sample
Joe Sample
Joseph Leslie "Joe" Sample is an American pianist, keyboard player and composer.He is one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders, the band which became simply The Crusaders in 1971, and remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991 .- Biography :Sample began playing the piano...
, Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson
William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy...
, Bette Midler
Bette Midler
Bette Midler is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known by her informal stage name, The Divine Miss M. She became famous as a cabaret and concert headliner, and went on to star in successful and acclaimed films such as The Rose, Ruthless People, Beaches, and For The Boys...
, Greg Allman, Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
, B. B. King
B. B. King
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and Randy Crawford
Randy Crawford
Randy Crawford is an American jazz and R&B singer. She has been more successful in Europe than in the United States, where she has not entered the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist...
, among others.
He has also toured with Bette Midler
Bette Midler
Bette Midler is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known by her informal stage name, The Divine Miss M. She became famous as a cabaret and concert headliner, and went on to star in successful and acclaimed films such as The Rose, Ruthless People, Beaches, and For The Boys...
and Olivia Newton John. Popwell appeared in the movie Hard to Hold
Hard to Hold
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with Rick Springfield
Rick Springfield
Rick Springfield is an Australian-born singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. He was a member of pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971 and then started his solo career with his début single "Speak to the Sky" reaching the top 10 in Australia. In mid-1972, he relocated to the United States...
. Featured in the 1982 "Olivia Newton John, Live" concert video. Co-writer of "Boy Meets World" with Rap star Erick Sermon
Erick Sermon
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. Also wrote "Feelin Funky" on The Crusades album Those Southern Knights
Those Southern Knights
- Track listing :#"Spiral" - – 6:10#"Keep That Same Old Feeling" – 5:34#"My Mama Told Me So" – 4:47#"Til' the Sun Shines" – 2:44#"And Then There Was the Blues" – 9:36...
.
Discography
- 1970: Johnny Jenkins - Johnny JenkinsJohnny JenkinsJohnny Edward Jenkins was an American left-handed blues guitarist, who helped launch the career of Otis Redding...
- 1972: Young, Gifted and BlackYoung, Gifted and BlackYoung, Gifted and Black is a Top 10 Gold-certified album by Aretha Franklin, released in 1972. It takes its title from the Nina Simone song "To Be Young, Gifted and Black", which is the record's title track....
- Aretha FranklinAretha FranklinAretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All... - 1972: Amazing GraceAmazing Grace"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn with words written by the English poet and clergyman John Newton , published in 1779. With a message that forgiveness and redemption are possible regardless of the sins people commit and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God,...
- Aretha Franklin - 1974: Southern Comfort - The CrusadersThe CrusadersThe Crusaders are an American music group popular in the early 1970s known for their amalgamated jazz, pop and soul sound. Since 1961, more than forty albums have been credited to the group , 19 of which were recorded under the name "The Jazz Crusaders" .-History:In 1960, following the demise of a...
- 1976: Free As the Wind - The Crusaders
- 1976: Those Southern KnightsThose Southern Knights- Track listing :#"Spiral" - – 6:10#"Keep That Same Old Feeling" – 5:34#"My Mama Told Me So" – 4:47#"Til' the Sun Shines" – 2:44#"And Then There Was the Blues" – 9:36...
- The Crusaders - 1978: Images - The Crusaders
- 1978: Letta - Letta MbuluLetta MbuluLetta Mbulu is a South African jazz singer born and raised in Soweto. She has been active since the 1960s, but left for the United States in 1965 due to Apartheid. In the U.S. she worked with Cannonball Adderley, David Axelrod and Harry Belafonte...
- 1979: Gimme Some NeckGimme Some NeckGimme Some Neck is Ronnie Wood's third solo album, released in 1979. It was a minor hit and his best performance on the charts to date, peaking at #45 on Billboard with 13 weeks on the Top 200...
- Ron WoodRon WoodRonald David "Ronnie" Wood is an English rock guitarist and bassist best known as a former member of The Jeff Beck Group, Faces, and current member of The Rolling Stones. He also plays lap and pedal steel guitar.... - 1979: Praying Spirit - Gloster Williams and Master Control
- 1980: Strikes Twice - Larry CarltonLarry CarltonLarry Carlton is an American jazz, smooth jazz, jazz fusion, pop, and rock guitarist and singer. He has divided his recording time between solo recordings and session appearances with various well-known bands...
- 1982: "Baked potato Superlive!" - [The Greg Mathieson Project]
- 1990: Collection - Larry CarltonLarry CarltonLarry Carlton is an American jazz, smooth jazz, jazz fusion, pop, and rock guitarist and singer. He has divided his recording time between solo recordings and session appearances with various well-known bands...
- 2006: Sumner Sessions - Terry BraddsTerry BraddsTerry Lee Bradds is an American jazz guitarist. He was born in Jamestown, Ohio and attended Greeneview High School.- Career :Bradds has been playing guitar since the age of 5 years old...
- 2007: Master Hands - Terry BraddsTerry BraddsTerry Lee Bradds is an American jazz guitarist. He was born in Jamestown, Ohio and attended Greeneview High School.- Career :Bradds has been playing guitar since the age of 5 years old...
- 2009: Touch of Spice - Terry BraddsTerry BraddsTerry Lee Bradds is an American jazz guitarist. He was born in Jamestown, Ohio and attended Greeneview High School.- Career :Bradds has been playing guitar since the age of 5 years old...
and Nioshi Jackson
Personal
Robert Popwell was born in DaytonaDaytona
Daytona may refer to:* Daytona Beach, Florida* Daytona Beach Shores, Florida* South Daytona, Florida-Motor racing:* Daytona Beach Road Course* Daytona International Speedway, a NASCAR speedway, which hosts:** the Daytona 500 NASCAR race...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. He has a brother who is an actor. Has three daughters. Resides in Nashville, TN.
See also
- Terry BraddsTerry BraddsTerry Lee Bradds is an American jazz guitarist. He was born in Jamestown, Ohio and attended Greeneview High School.- Career :Bradds has been playing guitar since the age of 5 years old...
- The RascalsThe RascalsThe Rascals were an American blue-eyed soul group initially active during the years 1965–72. The band released numerous top ten singles in North America during the mid- and late-1960s, including the U.S. #1 hits "Good Lovin'" , "Groovin'" , and "People Got to Be Free"...
- Those Southern KnightsThose Southern Knights- Track listing :#"Spiral" - – 6:10#"Keep That Same Old Feeling" – 5:34#"My Mama Told Me So" – 4:47#"Til' the Sun Shines" – 2:44#"And Then There Was the Blues" – 9:36...
- Gimme Some NeckGimme Some NeckGimme Some Neck is Ronnie Wood's third solo album, released in 1979. It was a minor hit and his best performance on the charts to date, peaking at #45 on Billboard with 13 weeks on the Top 200...
- Young, Gifted & Black
- List of jazz bassists
- List of bass guitarists
- List of nicknames of jazz musicians
- The CrusadersThe CrusadersThe Crusaders are an American music group popular in the early 1970s known for their amalgamated jazz, pop and soul sound. Since 1961, more than forty albums have been credited to the group , 19 of which were recorded under the name "The Jazz Crusaders" .-History:In 1960, following the demise of a...