The Spinners It's a Shame

It's a Shame (Remastered) is performed by The Spinners in 1976. Co-written by Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright, and Lee Garrett, the song became the Detroit soul group's biggest single on the Motown Records company since they had signed with the company in 1964 and also their biggest hit in a decade.

The lineup of the Spinners includes original members Pervis Jackson, Henry Fambrough, Billy Henderson, and Bobby Smith, and lead vocalist G.C. Cameron. instrumentation is by Stevie Wonder and The Funk Brothers with the incredible bassist James Jamerson.

The song became a huge hit for the group in 1970 reaching #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on the R&B singles chart, making It's a Shame one of their biggest hits to date. The song was the first song Stevie Wonder produced for another act by himself. Source: Wikipedia

[corrynthia]

Its crazy The Spinners never won a Grammy or been inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame until 2023!....ALL THEM HITS THEY GOT

[richardherrera]

#HenryFambrough 🌹RIP the last survivor of the original Spinners.
I was so honored to have seen the Spinners with my parents at a 1980 concert in Sacramento while growing up.

Thanks for the memories #TheSpinners #1970s #musichistory #musiclegends

[rtrepsas]

Wikipedia – “"It's a Shame" is a song co-written by Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright and Lee Garrett and produced by Wonder as a single for the Spinners on Motown's V.I.P. Records label. The single became the Detroit-reared group's biggest single on the Motown Records company since they had signed with the company in 1964 and also their biggest hit in a decade.”
The lineup of the Spinners include original members Pervis Jackson, Henry Fambrough, Billy Henderson and Bobby Smith and lead vocalist G.C. Cameron. The quintet recorded the single in 1970.

The song, which is about a man who complains about a lover's "messin' around" on him, became a huge hit for the group reaching number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the R&B singles chart, making it one of their biggest hits to date. The song was the first song Wonder produced for another act by himself.”

[lawrenceglynn]

Absolutely - how lucky we were with this kind of music 👍👍👍

[ianmacfarlane]

Had the pleasure of seeing the Spinners back in the late 70’s at Hammersmith Odeon in London, believe they were support act for The Players Association, I remember the big rubber bands they had on stage! They were class and should have headlined.

[panosxaitagian]

INSPIRATION, FANTASY, EDUCATION, SENSE, MELODIES, THIS IS OUR GENERATION " THE 70s

[HenerGrc]

Damn, Jamerson just going nuts on the beat, which is great itself, and killer vocals. This song is like a masterclass on songwriting

[coral]

Why can't I just turn on my car radio and hear this playing? ❤

[karencoleman]

The Spinners were ahead of their time. Truly a legend. Good music good memories. 😊❤❤❤❤❤

[Belluser-weuccbl]

Grew up listening to the Spinners and The Ojays, Donna Summer. ❤

[johncostello]

Pure class nobody's performs like this anymore

[billyonions]

It is so bloody gorgeous !
It caves me in.

[motnosniv]

All those Motown soul groups were so fun. The matching suits and dancing can't be beat!

[carolinehunter]

Thanks for such fabulous memories. Was so lucky to be a teenager in the 70s. Life was so simple and happy.

[theartistphiljc]

A little Trevia. Felipe Wynn did not sing the lead on this song because he wasn't in the group at the time. The lead was actually sung by his cousin G. C. Cameron who left the group after this song was recorded. Another little piece of trivia: This was written by Steveland Morris aka Stevie Wonder....

[gerryd]

That opening guitar riff is my ringtone. Love the Spinners

[DianeGirouard-wr]

One of the greatest songs! It was so much fun back in those days. ☮️

[minkki]

Being the youngest in my family, I grew up listening to all of these 1970s groups and loved them all!!! We had crates and crates of albums, 45s, those old big tapes, and we held on to this old school music that I play still today. Nothing like old school music!!!! 🎶 🎵

[Porschedriver]

Toured Motown’s world famous Studio A last week! Absolutely incredible — so many great bands Berry Gordy was a genius and a loaded team of talent with gifted writers and producers!

[chuckyanus]

They were a tremendous group. Miss this music.