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Russell Thompkins Jr. Biography

Russell Thompkins Jr. is one of the most popular and richest Soul Singer who was born on March 21, 1951 in Pennsylvania, United States. American soul singer and former lead singer of The Stylistics.

In the 1970s, his former music group The Stylistics was managed by His former music group The Stylistics worked with record producer Thom Bell in the 1970s..

Born in Philadelphia, Thompkins was introduced to music by his father and started singing formally in school. During high school, Thompkins was a member of a local vocal group called the Monarchs who defeated another group called the Percussions in a talent show at Benjamin Franklin High School. Both groups disbanded shortly thereafter. Their remaining members, Thompkins, James Smith, and Airrion Love from The Monarchs, and James Dunn and Herbie Murrell from the Percussions, joined together to form a new group called The Stylistics in 1968.

In 1970, the Stylistics recorded “You’re a Big Girl Now”, which soon became a regional hit for Sebring Records. The larger Avco Records soon signed the Stylistics, and the single eventually climbed to number seven on the R&B charts in early 1971. Avco approached record producer Thom Bell to work with the group. After the Stylistics auditioned for Bell he was unimpressed, but he ultimately agreed to produce them, because he believed in the potential of Thompkins’s soaring high tenor voice. Thom Bell focused the group’s sound completely around Thompkins’s voice. On most of the group’s hits, Bell would have Thompkins sing virtually solo.

He was raised in Philadelphia with his father, a musician.

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Thom Bell stopped working with the group in 1974, and the split proved commercially devastating to the group’s success in the U.S. However, in 1975, the Stylistics did release one single which was commercially successful as an early disco track entitled, “Hey, Girl, Come and Get It”. After 1976, the Stylistics general commercial decline was more pronounced, and they would only sporadically make the R&B charts the next two decades. However, just as U.S. success began to wane, their popularity in Europe, and especially the United Kingdom, increased. The lighter “pop” sound fashioned by Van McCoy and Hugo & Luigi gave the band a UK No. 1 in 1975 with “Can’t Give You Anything (But My Love)”.

Russell Thompkins Jr. Net Worth

Russell Thompkins Jr. is one of the richest Soul Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Russell Thompkins Jr.'s net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was part of the Monarchs vocal group during high school.

In 2002, he released a solo album entitled A Matter of Style. It featured a cover of the Gershwin song Embraceable You.

Russell Allen Thompkins Jr. (born March 21, 1951) is an American soul singer. Noted for his high tenor, countertenor, and falsetto vocals, Thompkins is the former lead singer of the Philadelphia soul vocal group The Stylistics.

In 2000, Thompkins left the group saying he even regretted he had not left much earlier. After his split from the group, Thompkins studied music formally and learned to play the piano. In 2002, he released a solo album entitled A Matter of Style, which includes cover versions of George and Ira Gershwin’s “Embraceable You” and the Thom Bell and Linda Creed song “Jealousy”, originally recorded by Dionne Warwick.

In 2004, Thompkins Jr. started a new group, Russell Thompkins Jr. and the New Stylistics, with Raymond Johnson, James Ranton, and Jonathan Buckson. They continue to tour and are featured on the DVD Old School Soul Party Live!, which was part of the PBS My Music series. James Ranton left the group due to health reasons but the group continues as a trio.

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From 1971 to 1974, the Stylistics had twelve consecutive U.S. R&B top ten hits and five top ten U.S. pop hits, including “Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)”, “You Are Everything”, “Betcha by Golly, Wow”, “Break Up to Make Up”, and “You Make Me Feel Brand New”. All of these songs (and everything the group ever recorded) were led by Thompkins, and with the exception of “You’re a Big Girl Now”, written and composed by Thom Bell and lyricist Linda Creed (1974’s “You Make Me Feel Brand New”, a No. 2 pop hit, was also sung lead by group member Airron Love).

Who is Russell Thompkins Jr. Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Russell Ranked on the list of most popular Soul Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Russell Thompkins Jr. celebrates birthday on March 21 of every year.

Is the original lead singer of The Stylistics still alive?

Are there any original members of The Stylistics?

Who replaced Russell Thompkins Jr?

(Just a note: Michael Muse replaces Harold Eban Brown who sang lead for The Stylistics for almost 18 years. As for Russell Thompkins, Jr., he vacated his position as The Stylistics’ lead singer in 2000 and has since formed a group called The New Stylistics, which is a separate entity from the original group.)

Why did Russell Thompkins leave the original Stylistics?

But the bubble began to burst when Thompkins says he had had enough. “In 1999 I left the original group because I couldn’t take the fighting and all the tension anymore. You can’t make music with people you don’t like. Plus I was so unhappy I began to lose my voice — not my speaking voice but my falsetto singing voice.

What happened to James Dunn of The Stylistics?

Both James Dunn and James Smith departed in 1980 due to conflicts over the direction of the group. The group continued, recruiting new member Raymond Johnson. They also reunited with Thom Bell and sign with Philadelphia International Records subsidiary, TSOP Records in 1980.

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