The early seventies saw some of the most gorgeous soul music ever made. The Stylistics, The Chi-Lites, and Blue Magic all used strings, heartbreaking lyrics, and transcendent falsetto voices to create ...

Producer Kevin “Slow Jammin'” James has brought together a collection of the ultimate slow jams from American soul group The Dramatics, whose members included Ron Banks, L.J. Reynolds, Lenny Mayes, ...

(AllHipHop News) Ron Banks, the legendary lead singer of soul group The Dramatics has died at the age of 58. The Dramatics are best known for their string of R&B hits starting in 1971 with their smash ...

*(Detroit, MI) – In a long-term dispute over the controlling interest of R&B ‘70s soul group, the legendary Dramatics, L.J. Reynolds and Sandra Banks, wife and Estate representative of deceased group ...

Ron Banks, whose silky falsetto helped give the Dramatics one of the most enduring careers in R&B, has died at home in Detroit. He was 58. Banks died at about noon Thursday, possibly of a massive ...

*Just like that we’ve lost an other soul legend. And like the last one to pass, Melvin Edmomds (of After 7), he wasn’t especially known by casual music fans. We’re speaking of singer Willie Ford of ...

FLINT, MI--This weekend, one of Flint's oldest radio stations will celebrate its birthday with a a concert featuring legendary R&B groups from the 60s and 70s. Z92.7 FM WDZZ's 36th Birthday Party ...

Banks died yesterday (March 4) at his Detroit home of a reported heart attack. He was 58. By Gail Mitchell Ron Banks, singer and a founding member of veteran R&B group the Dramatics, died yesterday ...

Revered, classic soul and gospel groups The Dramatics, Midnight Star and Sounds of Blackness will have Detroit’s Hart Plaza moving and grooving the weekend of July 18-20 when the Charles H. Wright ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Ron Banks, the falsetto voice of the Dramatics, a Detroit stand-up vocal ...

Banks, whose sweet falsetto helped give the Dramatics its signature sound, was a Detroit native who was born May 10, 1951. Originally a vocal sextet known as the Dynamics in the early '60s, the group ...