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The Sweet Inspirations

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Houston's last recording session with The Sweet Inspirations was in October 1969, since she wanted to pursue a solo career and concentrate on her family. The session produced the group's biggest R&B hit in some time. A Gamble & Huff composition, "Gotta Find Me A Brand New Lover" appeared on
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The remainder of the album was recorded in November 1970, with Shemwell, Brown, Smith, and new member Ann Williams, a friend of Brown's who stayed for what turned out to be the group's last full Atlantic album. Also included from that set are "That’s The Way My Baby Is", and "Flash In The Pan". A
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On March 30, 1968, the group scored their first and only top forty hit on the Billboard Top 40 Pop Chart with the song "Sweet Inspiration" on Atlantic Records. The record was on the chart for ten weeks and peaked at number 18. The group at this point was composed of Houston, Brown, Shemwell, and
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as both background singers and his warm-up act, as well as doing occasional live dates with Aretha Franklin. The association with Presley became well-publicized as he routinely introduced the Sweet Inspirations (along with the
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The Sweet Inspirations (Estelle Brown, Smith, and Shemwell) got back together again in 1994, with new member Portia Griffin. They performed at Elvis Presley tribute shows, and released new material in 2005. Shemwell suffered a
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and continue to do many concerts worldwide with Elvis Presley Enterprises' first ever "Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist", Shawn Klush, sometimes as a duo and other times as a trio.
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final Atlantic session in June 1970 brought the group (now a trio with Brown, Smith, and Shemwell) its last two singles for the label; "This World" (from the musical
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Smith was replaced with Los Angeles–based singer Kelly Jones; as of March 2011, the Sweet Inspirations are continuing to perform backup vocals with
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in 1964. Though their first singles lacked much chart success, Atlantic was committed to the group, and an August session in
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Shortly after cutting the gospel set, the Sweet Inspirations were back in Atlantic's studios to record their third album,
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and the two Warwick sisters, Dionne and Dee Dee. Both Troy and Dionne Warwick enjoyed solo careers with hits in 1963, "
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Within a month of their chart climb, the group began work on their second album – a gospel record entitled
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yielded the bulk of songs used for the group's self-titled debut album, released in the late fall of 1967.
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and a soulful version of "Let It Be Me", a French song which had been a pop and R&B hit for
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In a recording session on March 28, 1967, the Sweet Inspirations provided the backup vocals for
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in 2001 that has kept her from performing with the group. They also recorded choir backing for
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on studio recordings for other R&B and rock artists. A founding member of the group was
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The Sweet Inspirations recorded by themselves for the first time in April 1967 for
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Sylvia Shemwell – mezzo-soprano/2nd soprano (1963–1979, 1994–2001; died 2010)
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charts. In October 2007, Morrison was awarded a Million-Air certificate by
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Estelle Brown – contralto/2nd alto (1965–1979, since 1994)
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In 1973, Brown, Smith, and Shemwell recorded an album for
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Index

Sweet Inspirations
The Sweet Inspirations in 1967
Soul
gospel
R&B
Dionne Warwick
Dee Dee Warwick
Doris Troy
Cissy Houston
Myrna Smith
girl group
backup singers
Dionne Warwick
Cissy Houston
The Drinkard Singers
Cissy Houston
Whitney Houston
Dee Dee
Dionne Warwick
backup group
Doris Troy
Just One Look
Don't Make Me Over
Solomon Burke
Aretha Franklin
Wilson Pickett
Esther Phillips
Myrna Smith
Van Morrison
Brown Eyed Girl

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