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The Satintones
American musical group
The Satintones were an American R&B group who recorded together in the late 1950s and early 1960s.[1] They are notable as the first group ever to record for the Motown label.[2]
The original members were Charles "Chico" Leverett, Sonny Sanders, James Ellis, and Robert Bateman.[1] The group went through a line-up change in 1961, Leverett leaving the group and being replaced by two new members, Vernon Williams and Sammy Mack.
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They recorded six singles for the Motown label between 1959 and 1961,[3] though they never scored a hit record. The group disbanded at the end of 1961.[1]
Career
When Tamla Records (the precursor of what is now known as "Motown") was founded in January 1959, Sanders and Bateman were working for the label's owner Berry Gordy as backing singers.
They tried to form a new vocal group of their own with Brian Holland (later to find fame as part of the Holland-Dozier-H