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Henry Lee Fambrough (May 10, 1938 [1] [2] – February 7, 2024) was an American vocalist, known for being a member of the R&B quintet The Spinners [3] (also called The Detroit Spinners and The Motown Spinners) [4] from 1954 until his retirement in April 2023. He was the last surviving original member of The Spinners from 2013 until his death.
Lead singer Bobby Smith died on March 16, 2013. [23] In 2017, the Spinners were inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame. [24] Charlton Washington left the group in 2020 to pursue a solo career and was replaced by C. J. Jefferson. [25]
The current Spinners lineup performs at the funeral of the group's cofounder Henry Fambrough at St. Stephen A.M.E. Church in Detroit on Feb. 17, 2024.
Henry Fambrough, the last original surviving original member of the Michigan-based R&B group the Spinners, died of natural causes on Feb. 7. He was 85. Fambrough died in his home in Virginia after ...
Philippé Wynne (aka Philippe Escalante Wynn; né Walker; April 3, 1941 – July 14, 1984) was an American singer, best known for his role as a lead vocalist of The Spinners (a role he shared with fellow group members Bobby Smith and Henry Fambrough).
Henry Fambrough, the last surviving original member of the iconic R&B group The Spinners, whose hits included “It’s a Shame,” “Could It Be I’m Falling in Love" and “The Rubberband Man ...
Smith battled lung cancer, and died of pneumonia and influenza on March 16, 2013, at the age of 76. [11] With the deaths of fellow Spinners members C. P. Spencer in 2004, Billy Henderson in 2007, Pervis Jackson in 2008, and Henry Fambrough in 2024, there are no original members of the group living today. As the last member, Fambrough continued ...
Thom Bell with his parents and an older brother in 1950 US census. Bell was born on January 26, 1943, in Kingston, Jamaica, [3] to Anna and Leroy Bell, and brought to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the age of four by his parents, according to an interview Bell gave to Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air.