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Henry Fambrough obituary

Henry Fambrough Spinners Thom Bell Bobby Smith Billy Henderson Dionne Warwick James Edwards
Henry Fambrough in 2023. He was the group’s baritone singer, and their most popular hits included Ghetto Child and Working My Way Back to You.
Henry Fambrough in 2023. He was the group’s baritone singer, and their most popular hits included Ghetto Child and Working My Way Back to You. Photograph: Mike Coppola/WireImage

By the time the Spinners were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2023, Henry Fambrough was the only surviving founder member of the American soul and disco group formed 69 years earlier.

Known in Britain as the Detroit Spinners to avoid confusion with a popular folk music quartet from Liverpool, they would go on to record more than 30 hit singles, seven of which reached the US top 10 between 1972 and 1980, and to win 18 platinum and gold albums as well as six Grammy award nominations. Among their most popular songs were Could It Be I’m Falling in Love, Ghetto Child and Working My Way Back to You.

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