R.B. Greaves
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Biography
Ronald Bertram Aloysius Greaves III, known professionally as R.B. Greaves, was born on November 28, 1943, in Georgetown, Guyana, and later moved to the United States where he grew up on a Seminole Indian reservation. He began his music career under the name Sonny Childe with his group the TNTs, performing in both the Caribbean and the UK. Greaves' breakthrough came in 1969 with the release of "Take a Letter Maria" under the name R.B. Greaves. Produced by Ahmet Ertegün, president of Atlantic Records, the single reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, selling one million copies and earning gold record certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 11, 1969. Greaves continued his career with notable releases such as "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" in early 1970. He collaborated frequently with Phillip John Diaz and Michael "Papabax" Baxter during live shows and recordings. Greaves later signed with Sunflower Records and Bareback Records, releasing albums like R.B. Greaves (2005), His Very Best (EP - 2008), Back In Georgia (2010), and Messages (2011). His notable singles include "Fire & Rain" and "Georgia Took Her Back". Greaves passed away on September 27, 2012, in Granada Hills, California, at the age of 68 due to prostate cancer.
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- Track Popularity
- Take a Letter Maria
- Rock And Roll
- Cupid
- (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher
- This Is Soul
- Ballad Of Leroy
- Whiter Shade Of Pale
- Ain't That Good News
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Home To Stay
- Oh When I Was A Boy
- Who's Watching The Baby
- Home To Home
- Always Something There to Remind Me
- What's All The Fuss About
- Hollywood It's Me
- Lady Linda
- Mary
- What's All The Fuss
- The Gods Watch It All
- Back In Georgia
- Let Me Be The One Tonite
