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The Spinners

THE SPINNERS

YEAR

2023

INDUCTED BY

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CATEGORY

Performers

The Spinners remain one of the most beloved R&B vocal groups in the world celebrated by fans and artists alike. They came to define the Philadelphia Sound despite their Motor City origins.

John Edwards

John Edwards

Henry Fambrough

Henry Fambrough

Pervis Jackson

Pervis Jackson

Bobbie Smith

Bobbie Smith

Philippé Wynne

Philippé Wynne

William Henderson

William Henderson

HALL OF FAME
ESSAY

By Herb Powell

No matter how much someone loves another person, if that love is to last, eventually there will be some kind of sacrifice. That pure sacrifice – the one that is beyond being right or wrong. Writers of sacred literature, marriage counselors, and others have all tried to communicate this truth. Unfortunately for them, they didn’t have the smooth symphonic soul of the Spinners.

Their elegant, soulful, sometimes ebullient, sometimes melancholy music – coupled with their incomparable stage performances – would grace us for almost seventy years.

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Class of 2023
Those songs, man. That was the soundtrack to our lives.
Nathan Morris (Boyz II Men)
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