Faye Adams
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Faye Adams | |
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Birth name | Fanny Tuell |
Also known as | Faye Scruggs Fannie Jones[1] |
Born | Essex County, New Jersey, U.S. | May 22, 1923
Genres | Gospel, rhythm and blues |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | Performance career started 1928 on radio,[1] recording 1952-1976[1] |
Labels |
Faye Adams (born Fanny Tuell, May 22, 1923), who also performed under the stage names Faye Scruggs and Fannie Jones, is an American former singer who recorded and performed gospel and rhythm and blues. She had several chart hits in the early 1950s, continued to record until the late 1970s, and was also a songwriter.
Biography
Early years
She was born in Essex County, New Jersey,[1] the daughter of David Tuell who was a gospel singer and a key figure in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC).[2]
Music career
Tuell started performing the age of five with her sisters singing spirituals, regularly performing on Newark radio shows. She entered an Apollo Theatre singing contest and won first prize in 1939. In 1942 she married her first husband, Tommy Scruggs, who became her business manager. Under her married name, Faye Scruggs, she became a regular performer in New York nightclubs in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
While performing in
According to the Acoustic Music organization, the "first clear evidence of soul music shows up with The "5" Royales, an ex-gospel group that turned to R&B and in Faye Adams, whose "Shake A Hand" becomes an R&B standard".[4]
In 1954, Adams had two more R&B chart toppers with "
Later life
She remarried in 1968, to second husband Clarence J. Jones, and as Fannie Jones'[6] returned to her gospel roots and family life in New Jersey.[5] In the 1970s, she was credited as co-writer with her husband of several gospel and secular songs, and released a single, "Sinner Man", on Savoy Records in 1975.[1]
In February 1998, she received an award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation, and at the time was reported to be living in England.[1]
According to music writer and rhythm and blues historian Marv Goldberg, he located a single source, albeit without a written obituary, stating that a "Fannie Jones" (Tuell's married name), died aged 93, on November 2, 2016, but this has not been confirmed as being the famous singer.[1]
Discography
Singles
Year | Label | A-side | B-side | Chart Positions | |
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US Pop[7] | US R&B[7] | ||||
1953 | Atlantic 1007 | "Sweet Talk" | "Watch Out, I Told You" | — | — |
Herald 416 | "Shake a Hand" | "I've Gotta Leave You" | 22 | 1 | |
Herald 419 | "I'll Be True" | "Happiness to My Soul" | — | 1 | |
1954 | Herald 423 | "Every Day" | "Say a Prayer" | — | — |
Herald 429 | "Somebody, Somewhere, Someday" | "Crazy Mixed-Up World" | — | — | |
Herald 434 | "It Hurts Me to My Heart" | "Ain't Gonna Tell" | — | 1 | |
Herald 439 | "Ain't Nothin' to Play With" | "I Owe My Heart to You" | — | — | |
1955 | Herald 444 | "Anything for a Friend" | "Your Love Has My Heart Burning" | — | — |
Herald 450 | "You Ain't Been True" | "My Greatest Desire" | — | — | |
Herald 462 | "No Way Out" | "Same Old Me" | — | — | |
1956 | Herald 470 | "Teen-Age Heart" | "Witness to the Crime" | — | — |
Herald 480 | "Takin' You Back" | "Don't Forget to Smile" | — | — | |
Herald 489 | "Anytime, Any Place, Anywhere" | "The Hammer Keeps Knockin'" | — | — | |
1957 | Imperial 5443 | "Keeper of My Heart" | "So Much" | — | 13 |
Imperial 5456 | "Johnny Lee" | "You're Crazy" | — | — | |
Imperial 5471 | "I Have a Twinkle in My Eye" | "Someone Like You" | — | — | |
1958 | Imperial 5525 | "When We Kiss" | "Everything" | — | — |
Herald 512 | "Shake a Hand" | "I'll Be True" | — | — |
Award
year | Association | Award | Results |
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1998 | Rhythm and Blues Foundation | Pioneer Award | Won |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Marv Goldberg, "Faye Adams", 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2021
- ^ Allmusic. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
- ^ "Timeline of Musical Styles & Guitar History". Acoustic Music. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-673-1.
- ISBN 978-0313344237.
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–1995. Record Research. p. 4.
External links
- The big voice of Faye Adams at Home.earthlink.net Archived December 25, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
- Adams biography at Rockabilly.nl