Original Philadelphia soul legends The Stylistics are to play Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Sunday, November 25, 2012.

Tickets,  priced £22.50, plus booking fees are available at Midland Box Office on 0870 320 7000 or at www.wolvescivic.co.uk

The Stylistics formed in 1966 from two groups, The Percussions and The Monarchs. They went on to be one of the best-known Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s with hits including . Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart), You Make Me Feel Brand New and Can’t Give You Anything (But My Love).

fter working locally for a number of years, the group was approached by Bill Perry who asked if they would be interested in recording. Their first song, You’re a Big Girl Now, was recorded at Virtue Recording Studio, a local studio in Philadelphia.

It was written by the group guitarist at the time, Robert ‘Doc’ Douglas and Road Manager, Marty Bryant. The sessions cost Bill Perry a little over $500 to produce and was released locally. It was soon picked up in the tri-state area and before long, it became a number 1 hit in Philadelphia and a few other cities.

Bill was interested it promoting the record nationally but didn’t have the resources. He decided to contact Avco Records and made a deal. Rumor has it, Bill received over $10,000.00 from Avco of which the group never saw a dime.

After the success of You’re A Big Girl Now, Avco wanted to naturally follow up with an album release. Hit veteran producer Tom Bell was contacted and was hired to produce the group’s first album.

The album was entitled The Stylistics and from that album came Stop, Look, Listen to your Heart, You Are Everything and Betcha By Golly Wow.

The success of the first album was phenomenal for that time along with an unheard release of six singles in total. The ball continued to roll with the release of their second album entitled Round Two.

The Stylistics were becoming known as the Philly group with the sweet love songs.

Herbert Murrell and Airrion Love are the remaining original members of The Stylistics. Friends since junior high school, Herb and Airrion have managed to keep their institution of 70s music alive.

Visit www.thestylistics.org