Soultracks reporting the sad news of Double Exposure Co-founder and Lead singer Jimmy Williams passing on.
Double Exposure's great Ten Per Cent track certainly touched my days of youth back then in 1976
RIP Jimmy Williams
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The group formed in 1961 with Leonard "Butch" Davis, Chuck Whittington, Jimmy Williams and Joe Harris. They were originally known as the United Image and released two singles, "Love's Creeping Up on Me" on Stax Records in 1971 and "The African Bump" on Branding Iron Records in 1972.
They were signed to Salsoul Records in 1975 and released their debut album, Ten Percent in 1976. The album featured the title track, which was remixed by Walter Gibbons and reached No. 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 2 on the dance/disco charts. The tracks "Everyman (Has to Carry His Own Weight) and "My Love Is Free" were also popular club songs.
Soultracks article can be viewed here
http://www.soultracks.com/story-jimmy-williams-dies
Edited by mike
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