Kell Osborne

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Not to be confused with Kelly Osbourne.
Kell Osborne
Born(1939-03-12)March 12, 1939
Universal

Kell Osborne (March 12, 1939 – January 29, 2012) was an American singer best known as a member of The Primes, a group which would later be known as The Temptations.[1]

Early years

Kell Osborne was born in

Cleveland, Ohio, where Milton Jenkins would become their manager.[2]

They later moved to

Los Angeles, California to start a solo career, and as a result the group disbanded, Kendricks, and Williams would go on to become members of The Temptations.[2]

Career

Kell signed with

Warner Bros. Records. There he recorded the song "You Cant Outsmart A Woman". That was the only song to come of this record deal and Osborne left Warner Bros. not too long after. Many labels were interested in Osborne, however, his close friendship with Billy Revis held him back, keeping him from many good opportunities. The ABC label was interested in Osborne but not Revis, so Osborne got out of his management contract with Revis and signed with Mercury Records. But he wasn't very successful there so he left the Mercury label. In 1995 Osborne left the music business and took a job driving buses in order to keep a stable income.[2]

He returned in 2005 releasing an album of new material with some initial interest shown by

Universal Records. Kell Osborne has made many contributions to music over the years. He died on 29 January 2012.[3][4]

References

  1. ISBN 0-8154-1218-5
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  2. ^ a b c "You Can't Outsmart A Woman - The Kell Osborne Story". Soul-source.co.uk. 26 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Respect 2012". Soulwalking.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  4. ^ "Kell Osborne passes on". Soul-source.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-09.

External links

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