Who Was the Five Heartbeats Based on?
The Plot of the Film (Which Is Loosely Based on the Lives of Several Artists: the Dells, the Temptations, Four Tops, Wilson Pickett, James Brown, Frankie...
The plot of the film (which is loosely based on the lives of several artists: The Dells, The Temptations, Four Tops, Wilson Pickett, James Brown, Frankie Lymon, Sam Cooke and others) follows the three decade career of the rhythm and blues vocal group The Five Heartbeats.
What group was The Five Heartbeats based on?
The Five Heartbeats, writer-director-producer Robert Townsend's 1991 film about an all-male musical group during the rise of Motown, is being adapted into a new Broadway musical, according to Deadline.com. The story is loosely inspired by the behind-the-scenes rise of such groups as The Temptations and The Dells.
Who are the original members of The Five Heartbeats?
The Heartbeats began as a quartet in early 1953 in Jamaica, Queens as "The Hearts", consisting of baritone Vernon Sievers, bass Wally Roker, first tenor Albert Crump, and second tenor Robbie Tatum.
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