DATE: APRIL 24, 2023

FROM: LYNDIE WENNER/MARCEE RONDAN

THE SPINNERS—
4 X CURRENT ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME NOMINEES
MOTOWN LEGENDS, INFLUENTIAL HITMAKERS
AND ORIGINATORS OF THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA—
MAKE SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE AT
PHILADELPHIA MUSIC ALLIANCE GALA (APRIL 20)

EVENT PERFORMANCE PAID TRIBUTE TO MUSICAL PEERS
HONORING 2023 WALK OF FAME INDUCTEES
AND LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT HONOREES

THE SPINNERS6 x Grammy-nominated and 4x Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees for 2023 induction–made a special guest appearance Thursday evening (April 20) at the Philadelphia Music Alliance Gala. Held in the heart of Philadelphia’s Center City at Broad Street’s “Vie,” the event celebrated 2023’s Walk of Fame inductees along with Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, and the late Grammy-winning producer, writer and arranger Thom Bell who produced a string of hits for the evening’s special guest performers. Bell produced “I’ll Be Around,” “Ghetto Child,” and “The Rubber Band Man” as well as the chart-topping “Then Came You” featuring Dionne Warwick and more during their time recording for Atlantic Records where The Spinners went on to become one of the biggest soul groups of the 1970’s and helped to cement The Sound of Philadelphia. Along with THE SPINNERS’ performance, a musical tribute was given to Bobby Rydell, Thom Bell, Charlie Gracie and others.

Inductees to the Walk of Fame included Leslie Odom Jr., The Bacon Brothers, The Tymes, and the late James De Priest. WDAS FM’s Patty Jackson and John DeBella were inducted onto Radio Row, and Larry Magid received a Founders Award for creating the Philadelphia Music Alliance in 1985. Governor Rendell also received a Founders Award for creating the Avenue of the Arts in 1993.


Left to right: Ronnie Moss, Marvin Taylor, CJ Jefferson and Jessie Peck
Photo Credit: T. Lynn Jackson

The Spinners, an influential R&B vocal group formed in 1954 in suburban Detroit, celebrate a 60+ decade career which has included consistent touring and massive hits. With their awe-inspiring vocal range and harmonic abilities on songs that elegantly merged smooth Philly soul with glistening pop, THE SPINNERS have left a big mark on the musical world.

2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees will be announced in May, with the induction ceremony taking place this fall. The top five artists selected through fan voting will be tallied along with the ballots from the Rock Hall’s international voting body to determine the Class of 2023. Fans can vote online every day through April 28 at: https://vote.rockhall.com/en/

“It’s a pleasure being selected by this,” founding member Henry Fambrough told Billboard last month in a feature (2/1/23). “We’ve been in this position over years and years, but we just haven’t won anything yet. But it’s a pleasure being selected like this. When you’re nominated like that, at least someone is thinking about you. You’re not sitting at home not hearing anything–you know what I’m saying?”

THE SPINNERS have remained an actively touring group for decades, performing their beloved hits to audiences of all ages, and released a new album in 2021, Round the Block and Back Again. Their current line-up–Jessie Peck, Ronnie Moss, CJ Jefferson, and Marvin Taylor–is presently on the road performing shows with The O’Jays, Earl Young and the Trammps, The Commodores and Average White Band (AWB). See the tour dates below.

Their first single “That’s What Girls Are Made For” peaked at No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart in 1961. Then, after almost a decade with Motown, THE SPINNERS signed to Atlantic Records in 1973. The group also received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1976 and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999. THE SPINNERS continue to record music and their cultural impact extends into movies and TV.

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TOUR DATES

MAY 7 SUN

Columbus Association for the Performing Arts

Columbus, OH, United States

MAY 11 THU

Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom

Hampton Beach, NH, United States

MAY 12 FRI

NYCB Theatre At Westbury

Westbury, NY, United States

MAY 13 SAT

Toyota Oakdale Theatre

Wallingford, CT, United States

MAY 14 SUN

MGM Music Hall at Fenway

Boston, MA, United States

MAY 20 SAT

Music Hall for the Performing Arts

Detroit, MI, United States

MAY 28 SUN

Braden Auditorium – Illinois State University

Normal/Bloomington, IL, United States

JUN 9 FRI

Disney

Epcot – America Gardens Theatre

Orlando, FL, United States

JUN 10 SAT

Disney

Epcot – America Gardens Theatre

Orlando, FL, United States

JUN 16 FRI

Blue Note

Honolulu, HI, United States

JUN 17 SAT

Blue Note

Honolulu, HI, United States

JUN 18 SUN

Blue Note

Honolulu, HI, United States

JUN 24 SAT

North Star Mohican Casino Resort

Bowler, WI, United States

JUL 11 TUE

Village Green – Zettek Municipal Complex

Elk Grove Village, IL, United States

JUL 18 TUE

Redlands Bowl

Redlands, CA, United States

AUG 18 FRI

Grandstand

Hamburg, NY, United States

SEPT 28 THU

Tropicana Casino

Atlantic City, NJ, United States

OCT 20 FRI

Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art

Pawleys Island, SC, United States