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The Satintones
American musical group
The Satintones were an American R&B group who recorded together in the late s and early s.[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 , Leverett leaving the group and being replaced by two new members, Vernon Williams and Sammy Mack.
They recorded six singles for the Motown label between and ,[3] though they never scored a hit record. The group disbanded at the end of [1]
Career
When Tamla Records (the precursor of what is now known as "Motown") was founded in January , 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-Holland songwriting trio) and S