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Saturday, January 16, 2021

Music Deaths: Kenny Jeremiah of Soul Survivors

KENNY JEREMIAH, 77

Died 4 December 2020

Lead singer with the Soul Survivors who had big hit with "Expressway to Your Heart" (#4-1967).  It was #3 on the R&B charts.  Produced by Gamble and Huff, the Sound of Philadelphia.

Formed the group in New York in 1964.  Later went on to record with the disco group Shirley & Co which topped charts in 1975 with "Shame, Shame, Shame."

Who says white guys can't sing Soul?

Also another Top 40 with "Explosion in Your Soul"  (#33-1967), a takeoff on their big hit.


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