(or, bowing to pressure, "Four N's and a C") before taking on the moniker Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers.īobby Taylor & the Vancouvers join Motown Although Little Daddy & The Bachelors built up a small following, things soured when they went with Chong's suggestion and had themselves billed as "Four Niggers and a Chink". They brought in the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, which had never been to Vancouver before. Taylor and Chong opened a Vancouver nightclub in 1963 called the Blues Palace, which was formerly a movie theatre. Taylor was of African-American, Puerto Rican, and Native American heritage.īy the time Taylor joined the group as lead vocalist and producer a couple of years later, they had moved to Vancouver, changed their name to "Little Daddy & The Bachelors", and recorded a single, "Too Much Monkey Business" / "Junior's Jerk". The other members were black Canadian, white Canadian, and aboriginal.
Chong (later famous as one-half of comedy duo Cheech and Chong) was Chinese and Scottish-Irish. The word Shades in the group's name referenced the fact that the band was interracial. In the early 1960s, Taylor met the Calgary group The Shades, made up of vocalist Tommie Melton, guitarist Tommy Chong, bassist Wes Henderson, pianist Bernie Sneed, drummer Floyd Sneed (later the drummer for Three Dog Night) and Dick Bird. In 1958 he began his music career as a member of The Four Pharaohs, who released a few locally-selling recordings in the Columbus, Ohio area. As a young man, he moved to New York City and sang in doo-wop groups with singers who later joined successful acts such as Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers and Little Anthony & the Imperials.
Tommy Chong was a member of Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers before he became famous as a comedian.īobby Taylor, (Washington, DC, Febru22 July 2017) was raised in Washington.
Taylor is most notable for discovering and mentoring The Jackson 5. As a producer and solo artist, Bobby Taylor contributed to several other soul recordings, both inside and outside of Motown. Briefly signed to Motown Records in the late 1960s, they had one top 30 hit single, "Does Your Mama Know About Me". Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers were a soul band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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