The Artistics

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I'm Gonna Miss You 02:46 Tools
This Heart Of Mine 00:00 Tools
Hope We Have 00:00 Tools
Patty Cake 00:00 Tools
Girl I Need You 02:31 Tools
Get My Hands On Some Lovin' 00:00 Tools
Nothing But Heartaches (Keep Haunting Me) 00:00 Tools
I'll Leave It Up to You 00:00 Tools
You Left Me 00:00 Tools
the chase is on 00:00 Tools
Hard To Carry On 00:00 Tools
Glad I Met You 00:00 Tools
What Happened 00:00 Tools
Love Song 00:00 Tools
I'll Always Love You 00:00 Tools
I Need Your Love 00:00 Tools
Sweeter Than Sugar 00:00 Tools
What The World Needs Now Is Love 00:00 Tools
Lonely Old World 00:00 Tools
There Is No Sadness 00:00 Tools
What the World Needs Now Is Love Sweet Love 00:00 Tools
You're Wonderful 00:00 Tools
It's Gonna Be Alright 00:00 Tools
Walking Tall 00:00 Tools
Yesterday's Girl 00:00 Tools
(I Want You To) Make My Life Over 00:00 Tools
Fading Memories 00:00 Tools
I'm Gonna' Miss You 00:00 Tools
So Much Love in My Heart 00:00 Tools
With These Hands 00:00 Tools
What Happened (To The Love We Had) 00:00 Tools
Love Songs 00:00 Tools
In Another Man's Arms 00:00 Tools
On and On 00:00 Tools
A Man With Feeling 00:00 Tools
That's What My Lady Says 00:00 Tools
Trouble, Heartache And Pain 00:00 Tools
When I'm Not Around 00:00 Tools
One Last Chance 00:00 Tools
It's Those Little Things That Count 00:00 Tools
The Other Side Of Sadness 00:00 Tools
Just Another Heartache 00:00 Tools
Why, Why, Why 00:00 Tools
Loveland 00:00 Tools
Ain't That the Way It Goes 00:00 Tools
I Wish You Love 00:00 Tools
What'll I Do 00:00 Tools
Price Of Love 00:00 Tools
I'll Come Running 00:00 Tools
On & On 00:00 Tools
Sugar Cane 00:00 Tools
Why Why Why 00:00 Tools
That Lucky Old Sun 00:00 Tools
Why Did She Have To Leave Me 00:00 Tools
Have No Pity 00:00 Tools
Being in Love 00:00 Tools
Out In The Country 00:00 Tools
The Price Of Love 00:00 Tools
Girl, I Need You 00:00 Tools
She's Heaven 00:00 Tools
There Is No Sunshine 00:00 Tools
Have No Pitty 00:00 Tools
Trouble Hearchache and pain 00:00 Tools
Glad To Meet You 00:00 Tools
I 'll Come Running 00:00 Tools
That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) 00:00 Tools
I'm Gonna Miss You. 00:00 Tools
Look Out I'm Gonna Get You 00:00 Tools
What 'll I Do 00:00 Tools
I Want You To (Make My Life Over) 00:00 Tools
Patty Cake [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
Trouble, Heartache & Pain 00:00 Tools
Nothing But Heartaches 00:00 Tools
Troubles Heartaches And Pain 00:00 Tools
Troubles Heartaches & Pain 00:00 Tools
Don't You Know I Love You 00:00 Tools
In Another Mans Arms 00:00 Tools
Im Gonna Miss You 00:00 Tools
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Chicago, Illinois, United States (1958-1973, 1999) The Artistics were an American R&B vocal group in the 1960s and early 1970s. Their biggest hit was "I'm Gonna Miss You", recorded in 1966. The group was formed in 1958 at Marshall High School in Chicago, Illinois with a line-up of Curt Thomas (lead), Larry Johnson (first tenor), Jesse Bolian (second tenor; June 8, 1941 – August 24, 1994) and Aaron Floyd (baritone bass). In 1960 Thomas left and was replaced by lead singer Robert Dobyne. The group performed at the 1960 Democratic National Convention, and began singing backup for Major Lance, including on his record "Monkey Time". Record producer Carl Davis signed the group to OKeh Records in 1963, but their early records were not successful. Dobyne left in 1964, later writing for The Temptations and recording for Motown though his recordings were not released at the time. Lead singer duties for The Artistics were taken over first by Charles Davis, previously of The Dukays, and then by Marvin Smith (born October 8, 1940, Palestine, Arkansas), previously of The El Dorados. They had their first local hit with "Get My Hands On Some Lovin'", co-written and first recorded by Marvin Gaye, and followed it up with the more successful "This Heart of Mine", written by Barrett Strong. The single reached no. 25 on the Billboard R&B chart following its release in late 1965. The group released an LP, Get My Hands on Some Lovin' (1966), with several tracks written by Strong, but their next two singles for OKeh were unsuccessful, and they moved to Brunswick Records where Carl Davis had become A&R Director. Their first record on the label was "I'm Gonna Miss You", written by Smith, Bolian and Johnson of the group and produced by Davis, which rose to no. 9 on the R&B chart and no. 55 on the pop chart at the end of 1966. Marvin Smith left the group for a solo career before the record made the charts, and was replaced by Tommy Green. Smith continued to collaborate on writing material, and sang on some of the group's records until 1970. The group's next single, "Girl I Need You", with Green on lead vocal, was also a minor hit, and the group recorded an LP, I'm Gonna Miss You. Several further singles on Brunswick were less successful, but they recorded two further albums, The Articulate Artistics (1968) and What Happened (1969), produced by Carl Davis with Eugene Record who also wrote some of their material. The albums are now regarded as high points of Chicago R&B recordings of the period and their tracks are highly regarded by fans of Northern soul. The group's last chart record was "Make My Life Over" in 1971, with Fred Pettis replacing Green on lead vocal. The group left Brunswick in 1973, and split up soon afterwards. The albums I'm Gonna Miss You and The Articulate Artistics were reissued on CD in 1998, and a compilation CD of their recordings was issued the following year. Smith briefly reformed the group in 1999, to undertake some recordings for Ian Levine's Motorcity Records. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.