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Following was posted up in motown legends news article in news/articles
section - thought may be of interest, not sure how well known but so what.
More of his bio can be found at soul weekenders site
visit site and of course can catch him performing at the Motown Legends weekender
Brief soundbite of Ritchie Pitts bio from site
Born in Brooklyn N.Y. Richie's path to fame in the soul world started in the
famous New York group The Velours who had several U.S. hits over the late 50's
and mid '60's. they also recorded the sought after Northern Soul 45 "I'm gonna
change"
Around 1967 the Velours were invited to tour England. On arrival
here they found they were being billed as The Fabulous Temptations ! However
they carried on with the tour of emerging soul clubs like The Twisted Wheel in
Manchester, Clouds in Derby and The Mojo in Sheffield where they went down a
storm often doing 2 or 3 shows a night.
It was at the Mojo where Richie met a young Pete Stringfellow who
suggested the group change their name to The Fantastics. On their second tour of
the U.K. they came back as The Fantastics and went down a storm and decided to
stay !