The Astors
THE LATEST FROM THE ASTORS
The Astors
Sweet Soul From Memphis
CD $11.98 $8.98
RELEASE DATE: 27 Aug 1996
SCD-8597-2
GENRE: R&B, BLUES, SOUL & STAX
Sweet soul music of the gritty Southern variety that Arthur Conley once celebrated is what characterized Stax Records of Memphis. The sweetly harmonized sounds of the two Memphis vocal groups in this collection are of a different sort: the grooves are decidedly Southern, but the singing owes more to the Detroit/Philadelphia neo-doo-wop tradition. The Astors' tracks span the years 1961 to 1967 and include the group's biggest hit, "Candy," with its unforgettable "On the Trail&quo… MORE
