we all know about Jimmy & David Ruffin, Brenda & Patrice but who else can you name?

any real obscure ones that would surprise a few?

Shane

Edited May 19, 200619 yr by ShaneH

Mike and Bernie Winters

And what relation was the dog? (Not sure how to spell it's name, but it was a St Bernard)

And what relation was the dog? (Not sure how to spell it's name, but it was a St Bernard)

Snorbitz.................. should i really admitt to knowing that

Greg & Jeff PERRY

And Oscar makes three ?

Eloise, Ronnie, Hubert & Debra LAWS

Snorbitz.................. should i really admitt to knowing that

That's right. A slobbery old thing... ... dog was cute too.

off the cuff one's so could be dodgy

leo and lloyd price - brothers

can't remember off hand if priscilla price was wife or sister

gene and sharon redd father and daughter

Mike and Bernie Winters

Elsie and Doris 'Gert and Daisy' Walters and Jack 'Dixon Of Dock Green' Warner (siblings)

Bob and Alf Pearson (did the original of Ken Dodd's "Tears", built the house I live in, too!) (brothers)

The Mills Brothers (one of whom was actually their dad!)

Arthur and Anthea Askey (father and daughter - couldn't resist another chance to big up 'Big')

The King Brothers (siblings)

Lionel and Joyce Blair (siblings)

Marty and Kim Wilde (father and daughter)

Frank and Nancy Sinatra (father and daughter)

Bing and Bob Crosby (brothers, bob was a famous 30s-40s bandleader)

Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey (famous 30s bandleading brothers)

Pinky and Perky (presumably)

Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques (make believe TV twins)

Ted and Robin 'Magpie presenter' Ray (father and son)

Janet Ellis and Sophie Ellis Bextor (mother and daugher)

John Hammond (famous discoverer of Billie Holiday, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan etc) and John Hammond (respectes blues artist) (father and son)

Bill and Ben (again, presumably)

...anymore for anymore?

TONE

And Oscar makes three ?

Sorry, Gav, but the late OP was not related to Jeff and Greg. Their other two brothers, also songwriters, are Leonard and Zachary...

TONE

Eloise, Ronnie, Hubert & Debra LAWS

Good call and I'd forgotten that Ronnie was the sax player for EWF....I've still got the promo t-shirt for 'Always There'..I doubt if i could get it over my wrist now here's an interesting link https://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Ronnie%20Laws.html - lots more info. The piece also mentions Doug & Jean Carne....Jo

Elsie and Doris 'Gert and Daisy' Walters and Jack 'Dixon Of Dock Green' Warner (siblings)

Bob and Alf Pearson (did the original of Ken Dodd's "Tears", built the house I live in, too!) (brothers)

The Mills Brothers (one of whom was actually their dad!)

Arthur and Anthea Askey (father and daughter - couldn't resist another chance to big up 'Big')

The King Brothers (siblings)

Lionel and Joyce Blair (siblings)

Marty and Kim Wilde (father and daughter)

Frank and Nancy Sinatra (father and daughter)

Bing and Bob Crosby (brothers, bob was a famous 30s-40s bandleader)

Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey (famous 30s bandleading brothers)

Pinky and Perky (presumably)

Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques (make believe TV twins)

Ted and Robin 'Magpie presenter' Ray (father and son)

Janet Ellis and Sophie Ellis Bextor (mother and daugher)

John Hammond (famous discoverer of Billie Holiday, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan etc) and John Hammond (respectes blues artist) (father and son)

Bill and Ben (again, presumably)

...anymore for anymore?

TONE

The Everlys

The Osmonds

The Most Brothers

The Beverly Sisters

Where the Andrews Sisters really sisters?

I digress....i'll get my coat Jo

Maceo Parker and son Corey

Elsie and Doris 'Gert and Daisy' Walters and Jack 'Dixon Of Dock Green' Warner (siblings)

Bob and Alf Pearson (did the original of Ken Dodd's "Tears", built the house I live in, too!) (brothers)

The Mills Brothers (one of whom was actually their dad!)

Arthur and Anthea Askey (father and daughter - couldn't resist another chance to big up 'Big')

The King Brothers (siblings)

Lionel and Joyce Blair (siblings)

Marty and Kim Wilde (father and daughter)

Frank and Nancy Sinatra (father and daughter)

Bing and Bob Crosby (brothers, bob was a famous 30s-40s bandleader)

Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey (famous 30s bandleading brothers)

Pinky and Perky (presumably)

Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques (make believe TV twins)

Ted and Robin 'Magpie presenter' Ray (father and son)

Janet Ellis and Sophie Ellis Bextor (mother and daugher)

John Hammond (famous discoverer of Billie Holiday, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan etc) and John Hammond (respectes blues artist) (father and son)

Bill and Ben (again, presumably)

...anymore for anymore?

TONE

Sorry, Gav, but the late OP was not related to Jeff and Greg. Their other two brothers, also songwriters, are Leonard and Zachary...

TONE

Thanks for that Tony thought I would ask Next week mate, gonna be good !!!

The Everlys

The Osmonds

The Most Brothers

The Beverly Sisters

Where the Andrews Sisters really sisters?

I digress....i'll get my coat Jo

Hi Jo,

Yes, they were - Patti, Maxene and Laverne, by name. But the Most Brothers weren't!

TONE

Aretha & Caroline Franklin, Sister Sledge, Pointer Sisters, Sly & the Family Stone. Don't think the Sims Twins were brothers anymore than the Just Brothers were ...

Edited May 20, 200619 yr by Simsy

Tone will have to help me out on the connections but there are:

The Latimores

The Ingrams

The Sylvers - Foster Sylvers - Misdemeanour....takes me back Brixton '87

and weren't Levert sons of the O'Jays?

I could be wrong on all of the above

Jo

Hi again Jo,

No family ties that I'm aware of on the Lattimore/Latimore front, but yes, Levert are all related to Eddie as they're his two sons and their cousin Marc Gordon (no relation to the other Marc Gordon who produced lots of great 60s Northern sides and who was married to Florence LaRue of the Invincibles/Fifth Dimension.

James Ingram is not related to the Ingram family who did DJ's Delight and "Smoothin' Groovin' - although, confusingly, one of those Ingram brothers is also called James!

TONE

we all know about Jimmy & David Ruffin, Brenda & Patrice but who else can you name?

any real obscure ones that would surprise a few?

Shane

Valantine Bros.

Along with Rod Stewart, one of the first artists to record directly onto ally/CD meduim.

Samples produced Phillips Dupont Factory Blackburn on 10inch discs.

Denis.

Martha Reeves' sister Lois was a replacement for Betty Kelly in the Vandellas after she fired her.

Just remembered Gladys Knight's brother was Bubba

Helen & Kay Lewis - The Lewis Sisters

Ronald, Rudolph & O'kelly Isley (may have been mentioned before)

Jean Terrell was brother of Boxer Ernie Terrell

Chaka Khan's sister Taka Boom was in the Undisputed Truth

The Velvelettes were two sisters and a cousin I think

Hi again Jo,

No family ties that I'm aware of on the Lattimore/Latimore front, but yes, Levert are all related to Eddie as they're his two sons and their cousin Marc Gordon (no relation to the other Marc Gordon who produced lots of great 60s Northern sides and who was married to Florence LaRue of the Invincibles/Fifth Dimension.

The only way i remembered the O'Jay connection is that the O'Jays appeared on the same bill as Levert at Hammersmith Odeon in the 8Ts and Eddie said 'these are my boys' - and the O'Jays eclipsed them 100%

James Ingram is not related to the Ingram family who did DJ's Delight and "Smoothin' Groovin' - although, confusingly, one of those Ingram brothers is also called James!

Shocking....it shouldn't be allowed I think it was James Ingram who was on the recent Funk Brothers Tour....didn't he sing with Patti Austin on the Quincy Jones productions?

Thanks Tone for the above info Jo

But the Most Brothers weren't!

TONE

there's the daughters of soul

Hathaways, McCrae, Khan

https://www.daughtersofsoul.com/site.html

Kenneth Burke

P.S. Are any of them related to Keni Burke who did the brilliant "Risin' to the top"??

Not Just related... in the case of Kenneth & Keni... they're one and the same!

Get's the prize for the closest relative so far I'd say!

Sean

Let's talk about twins...

- Walter & Wallace Scott (The Whispers)

- Rick & Rory Sizemore (Seville/Magnum Force)

- Tunde-Ra & Taharqa Aleem (Aleem)

Clay McMurry Producer, wife Karen Pree, their daughter was a member of Brownstone. Spyder Turner is a cousin of Clay's

Tee Fletcher-Producer, Grandmother a member of the Clark Sisters

Lynn Vernado's nephew is Snoop Dog

Everyone in the Smoky Mountains, Blue Ridge Mountains and Forest Of Dean are related

THE POINTEXTER BROTHERS [HESITATIONS].

BAZ A.

Gino Washington, Brother Grady Washington, Nephew Keith Washington

Floyd Jones producer, wife Dee Edwards

Eddie and Willie Kendricks, brothers

Richard Popcorn Wylie, Daughters Dana Wylie-Producer, Atma Shakti-Singer

Edited February 16, 200718 yr by Dave Thorley

Nobody's mentioned the Scott twins (Walter and Scotty) from the Whispers, yet. or Eddie Cornelius (Cornelius Brothers) and Prince Gideon of "Smooth Sailing" fame...

...Or try this one on for size:

The late Al Perkins was the brother of (the happily still very much with us) Vee Allen, who used to be married to (and is still friends with) Na Allen, whose sister is Denise La Salle. All true, I swear!

TONE

Denise's first husband was Bill Jones who she set up Crajon productions with. When she moved back to the south she married James 'Soul Patrol' Wolff, the original Soul Patrol DJ out of Memphis and owner of several radio stations

Edited February 16, 200718 yr by Dave Thorley

The King Pins on Federal later to become the Kelly Brothers who actually were mostly the Kelly Brothers all along - Andrew (baritone), Robert (tenor), and Curtis Kelly (high tenor), plus Offe Reese (tenor).

I posted this once before but it seems to have vanished when the threads were bring merged -

How about a few talented parents and their recording-artist relatives?:

Eddie Levert and sons Gerald and Sean

Millie Jackson and daughter Keisha

Donny Hathaway and daughter Lalah

Bobby Byrd/Vicki Anderson and daughter Carleen

McKinley Jackson and recently shot rapper Proof

Fontella Bass and nephew David Peaston

Johnnie Taylor and son Floyd

...anymore for anymore?

TONE

McKinley Jackson was also married to Shirley Jones of the Jones Girls. Proof's mother

Edited February 16, 200718 yr by Dave Thorley

Thom Bell's nephew is Leroy Burgess !

James "J.T." Taylor (Kool & the Gang) wife Sterleana Young (Slave/Aurra)

Robert "Kool" Bell (or Amir Bayyan) and Ronald (or Khalis Bayyan), Brothers

Geraldine Hunt, Daughter Roz Hunt (Cheri), Son Freddie James

Thelonious Monk's son is T.S Monk

Edited February 16, 200718 yr by Lew Kirton

DAVE AND BRI PINCHES .

BRO.

How about The Five Stairsteps . . . Clarence Burke, Jnr. (lead), Aloha Burke (contralto), James Burke (first tenor), Kenneth Burke (second tenor), Dennis Burke (baritone), Cubie Burke (lead), Clarence Burke, Snr. (guitar).

NOW THAT IS KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY!

Martin If they were the five stairsteps why was there seven of them !

The other two must have been step brothers.

Nat king cole and Natalie cole. otis levert and General levert

Edited February 17, 200718 yr by vinylvixen

Syl Johnson's daughter, Syleena, is also in the crazy old business of show.

Don't think it's been mentioned yet, but the old Mecca sound "Smokescreen" was by Brothers Sisters & Cousins.

Were they related in some way.?

Paul

Greg & Jeff PERRY

...and Zach. Also what about the Emotions? and the Jones Girls? (Have we already mentioned Sister Sledge?)

Hey, while we're on the subject, what about siblings on the UK Soul scene? There must be lots! Believe it or not, there were TWO sets of near identical twins who used to go to the Cats. One pair were local (Ian & Laurie Smith from Halesowen), the others used to come down from Stoke, but I never knew their names. Also two black sisters from Dudley in the West Midlands used to go to the Birmingham Locarno alldayers and both Tony and Terry Coley, also from Dudley, were avid Detroit collectors - as was their younger brother a few years later!

Edited February 20, 200718 yr by mel brat

Tinga and Tucka

Bleep & Booster

Itsy and Bitsy

Terence and Jason Donovan - Father & Son

Danni and Kylie

Johnathan Ross and his brother

Beverly Sisters

Sam and Joe Brown - Daughter & Father

Nicholas Brothers - Tap dancing brothers

The girl out of 'Secretary' and the guy out of 'Donny Darko/ Brokeback Mountain' - Brother & sister

The Brunels - Father & Son

Phew....this family tree business is exhausting

Jo

George Bush and his brother "Burning"

Edited February 20, 200718 yr by mel brat

James & Bobby Purify

The Blues Brothers

Ike & Tina Turner

The Osmonds

The Partridge Family

and

The Jacksons

Ops nearly forgot The Carpenters

Edited February 20, 200718 yr by richard

bobby treetop and ben branch ??

HAVENT READ ALL THE POSTS SO SORRY IF IM BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE

Major & Norman Harris (cousins)

Chris & Eddie Amoo (brothers)

On the jazz tip Wynton & Branford Marsalis (brothers) and their old man Ellis

Eloise, Ronnie, Hubert & Debra LAWS

Yeah! Good one!

bobby treetop and ben branch ??

HAVENT READ ALL THE POSTS SO SORRY IF IM BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE

and Stevie Woods I suppose...?

Ya'll forgot Tinga and Tucker...

Producer George Kerr and his daughter Sandy Kerr (Thug Rock)

Producer George Kerr and his daughter Sandy Kerr (Thug Rock)

Mahdi & Tracy Kerr - Who Are You - Indy 5. Written and produced by George Kerr. Must be some family connection there.

Tomo