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Details of a recently published biography by the University Press of Mississippi, Have Mercy Baby: The Life of Clyde McPhatter By Steve Bergsman Foreword by Ronald Isley Series: A ...

With one of the most distinctive voices in classic R&B, a high tenor capable of soaring and grabbing in the same song, Clyde McPhatter was a hard act to follow, both as a member of the Drifters and as ...

I first became a fan of Clyde McPhatter in 1998 when I was thirteen years old, when my obsession with pop songs of the 1950s ...

3 OH, MARY! Reveals Tour Dates and Cities For 2026-27 Ronn David McPhatter, the son of two rhythm and blues greats, Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Ruth Brown and Clyde McPhatter, will perform his new ...

(CBS11) - In the early 1950's, one of the first R&B groups emerged on the music scene. Formed by a guy named Billy Ward (born Robert L. Williams), his plan was to ride the wave on the emerging vocal ...