A very great reaction 😍😤❤💔 ! A Thin Line Between Love And Hate was released as the lead single off of The Persuaders' 1972 album: A Thin Line Between Love And Hate. It was written by Richard Poindexter, Robert Poindexter and Jackie Members. It was produced by Richard Poindexter and Robert Poindexter. The song reached #1 on the R&B chart and #15 on the Hot 100. The lead singer is Douglas 'Smokey" Scott. The group performed the song on Soul Train (where this performance is from), The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Mike Douglas Show. In 1996, R&B vocal trio H-Town recorded the song, which was included in the film: A Thin Line Between Love And Hate, starring Martin Lawrence, Regina King, Lynn Whitfield, Bobby Brown and Daryl Mitchel. The song was released as "A Thin Line Between Love & Hate", this version featured Roger Troutman, Shirley Murdock and reached #6 on the Billboard R&B chart and #37 on the Billboard Hot 100. You reacted to that song version before. The Persuaders Info 📰: The Persuaders are a New York City based R&B singing group best known for their gold hit single in the 1970s: "Thin Line Between Love and Hate". It sold over a million copies, topping the Billboard R&B chart, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on October 29, 1971. The original group members: Douglas "Smokey" Scott, Willie Holland, James Barnes and Charles Stodghill, formed the group in New York in 1969 after previously singing with other local groups. Douglas "Smokey" Scott, Willie Holland, and James Barnes had been members of "The Independents", whereas Charles Stodghill had previously sung with the group "The Topics". The Persuaders' sound involved close harmony, Douglas "Smokey" Scott's rough but emotive lead vocals and a heavily orchestrated Soul and R&B approach, the trademark of the group's music producers Richard and Bobby Poindexter, who produced most of the group's early 1970s songs through their Win Or Lose production company. The Persuaders were signed by Atlantic Records in 1971 and scored an immediate hit with the iconic ode to domestic discord song" "Thin Line Between Love And Hate", which topped the Black Singles chart and reached number 15 on the Pop chart. An album titled after the song followed in 1972, scoring the group two more R&B charting hits including another top ten song: "Love's Gonna Pack Up (And Walk Out)" and If This Is What You Call Love (I Don't Want No Part Of It), which reached #27 on the R&B chart. The band toured throughout the year in support of the album. Following the conclusion of the tour, James Barnes parted ways with the group. Tragically, later in 1972, Charles Stodghill passed away from an illness at Jacobi Medical Center in The Bronx, New York, shortly after having narrowly escaped death during an argument in a bar where his former The Topics bandmate Bobby Adams had passed away while defending him. In 1972, Thomas Lee Hill and John Tobias, both from another local New York singing group: The Huns, had replaced James Barnes and Charles Stodghill in the group. Bobby Poindexter produced the group's second album with his wife, Jackie Members, who had also been a co-writer of the group's single: "Thin Line Between Love And Hate". By the end of the year, Douglas Scott was the only remaining original group member, flanked by Thomas Lee Hill, Joey Coleman, and Richard Gant. The group remained at Atlantic / Atco Records in this incarnation for another album: Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me, released in 1974. These Atco Records recordings were produced by Phil Hurtt, Tony Bell, and LeBaron Taylor in Philadelphia. The group scored a number of additional R&B and Pop hits during this time, including their original version of the oft-covered song: "Some Guys Have All The Luck", which inched into the Pop top 40 and became their final R&B top ten single. The group recorded another album on the Calla Records record label (distributed by CBS Records) in 1976, again in Philadelphia but this time with producers Robert Curington and Norman Harris, entitled: It's All About Love. One track, the ballad: "I Need Love", was an R&B charting hit at #34. They later released one single: Another Time Another Place, on Brunswick Records in 1981, with Douglas Scott as the lead singer but it failed to chart. As former members left and new members trickled in, The Persuaders' R&B legacy continued into the 21st century with two new line-ups of The Persuaders. One group which tours as "The Persuaders" features Vincent Ballard, Sylvester Jones, Tmarvin Williams and Keith Simmons. The other group of The Persuaders were touring as "The Persuaders Revue" featuring: Evan Wills, Chris White, Bernard Taylor and David Turner (the original lead singer of The Implements; David Turner was the first to record the hit song "Look Over Your Shoulder"). The group also featured: Greg Rowland, Lance Officer and Charles Saunders Jr, in the performing lineup at various times. There are no original group members currently living. Following Chrles Stodghill's 1972 passing, Douglas "Smokey" Scott passed away in 1994, while the exact year of James Barnes' passing is unclear. Willie Holland, identified as the last living original member of The Persuaders, passed away on February 13, 2016. The Persuaders recorded the original soul versions of songs later covered by other artists, most notably: "Some Guys Have All The Luck", covered by Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart and by Maxi Priest. Also, their song: "Thin Line Between Love And Hate", covered by H-Town, Black Slate and The Pretenders. The song's title and song were also used for the 1996 film: A Thin Line Between Love And Hate, starring Martin Lawrence, Regina King, Lynn Whitfield, Bobby Brown and Daryl Mitchel. In addition, the group was among a barrage of artists to first record the song: "Best Thing that Ever Happened To Me". However, by the time The Persuaders' version appeared (from their 1974 album of the same name - William Coleman and Richard Gant are featured on this album), Gladys Knight & The Pips' version of the song was already on its way to becoming a major hit, massively overshadowing The Persuaders' rendition. I could find no current performance dates for The Persuaders in 2023. The Persuaders Group Members (*Original Member) 👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏿🎤: John Tobias Richard Gant Joey Coleman *Willie Holland *James Barnes Thomas Lee Hill *Charles Stodghill *Douglas 'Smokey" Scott The Persuaders Albums 📀: Thin Line Between Love And Hate (1972) The Persuaders (1973) Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me (1974) It's All About Love (1976) Everybody's Got A Girl (1997) Made To Be Loved (2005) Some good songs from The Persuaders 🎶: Love's Gonna Pack Up (And Walk Out), Another Time Another Place, If This Is What You Call Love (I Don't Want No Part of It), Thanks For Loving Me, Some Guys Have All The Luck, Please Stay, Trying Girls Out, I've Been Through This Before, Can't Go No Further And Do No Better, What Is The Definition Of Love?, The Quickest Way Out, If You Feel Like I Do, Hold On (Just A Little Bit Longer), The Wedding Song, All Strung Out On You, Bad Bold And Beautiful Girl, It's Love, That's The Way She Is, We're Just Trying To Make It, Tryin' To Love Two Women, Hey Sister I'm Your Brother, Who Will It Be Tonight, I Need Love, Somebody's Got To Do Something, Peace In The Valley Of Love, Blood Brothers, I Want To Make It With You, Let's Get Down Together, A Woman Was Made To Be Loved, Mama, Love Goes Good When Things Go Bad, Mr Sunshine, You Musta Put Something In Your Love, Thigh Spy, All Up In Your Love, Count The Ways, As One, This Time Next Year, All The People, You Still Love Me (After All You've Been Through), A House Is Not A Home, Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me, Loves Gonna Pack Up, Stay With Me, Once In A Lifetime Thing, Is It Too Heavy For You?, Gamblin' On A Sure Shot, Hypnotized and I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow. Fun Fact 🕵🏾♂: The Persuaders song: Thin Line Between Love And Hate, has appeared on some movie soundtracks including: Crooklyn (1994) and Monster (2018).
Hello S Nation and how are you doing and I remember listening to this group when I were young Persuaders and whenever you have time look up the group Con Funk Shun ....CDS...LOVESHINE OR CANDY and some nice jams on it and try and see could you find Cheryl Lynn...Encore
Whew, my family used to play the grooves off that record. It was also the inspiration for the film of the same title starring Martin Lawrence and Lynn Whitfield. Another suggestion you might like is “I Don’t Love You Anymore “. By Teddy Pendergrass
Old School vibes 😁
Soul chart #1
A very great reaction 😍😤❤💔 ! A Thin Line Between Love And Hate was released as the lead single off of The Persuaders' 1972 album: A Thin Line Between Love And Hate. It was written by Richard Poindexter, Robert Poindexter and Jackie Members. It was produced by Richard Poindexter and Robert Poindexter. The song reached #1 on the R&B chart and #15 on the Hot 100. The lead singer is Douglas 'Smokey" Scott. The group performed the song on Soul Train (where this performance is from), The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Mike Douglas Show.
In 1996, R&B vocal trio H-Town recorded the song, which was included in the film: A Thin Line Between Love And Hate, starring Martin Lawrence, Regina King, Lynn Whitfield, Bobby Brown and Daryl Mitchel. The song was released as "A Thin Line Between Love & Hate", this version featured Roger Troutman, Shirley Murdock and reached #6 on the Billboard R&B chart and #37 on the Billboard Hot 100. You reacted to that song version before.
The Persuaders Info 📰:
The Persuaders are a New York City based R&B singing group best known for their gold hit single in the 1970s: "Thin Line Between Love and Hate". It sold over a million copies, topping the Billboard R&B chart, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on October 29, 1971.
The original group members: Douglas "Smokey" Scott, Willie Holland, James Barnes and Charles Stodghill, formed the group in New York in 1969 after previously singing with other local groups. Douglas "Smokey" Scott, Willie Holland, and James Barnes had been members of "The Independents", whereas Charles Stodghill had previously sung with the group "The Topics". The Persuaders' sound involved close harmony, Douglas "Smokey" Scott's rough but emotive lead vocals and a heavily orchestrated Soul and R&B approach, the trademark of the group's music producers Richard and Bobby Poindexter, who produced most of the group's early 1970s songs through their Win Or Lose production company.
The Persuaders were signed by Atlantic Records in 1971 and scored an immediate hit with the iconic ode to domestic discord song" "Thin Line Between Love And Hate", which topped the Black Singles chart and reached number 15 on the Pop chart. An album titled after the song followed in 1972, scoring the group two more R&B charting hits including another top ten song: "Love's Gonna Pack Up (And Walk Out)" and If This Is What You Call Love (I Don't Want No Part Of It), which reached #27 on the R&B chart.
The band toured throughout the year in support of the album. Following the conclusion of the tour, James Barnes parted ways with the group. Tragically, later in 1972, Charles Stodghill passed away from an illness at Jacobi Medical Center in The Bronx, New York, shortly after having narrowly escaped death during an argument in a bar where his former The Topics bandmate Bobby Adams had passed away while defending him.
In 1972, Thomas Lee Hill and John Tobias, both from another local New York singing group: The Huns, had replaced James Barnes and Charles Stodghill in the group. Bobby Poindexter produced the group's second album with his wife, Jackie Members, who had also been a co-writer of the group's single: "Thin Line Between Love And Hate". By the end of the year, Douglas Scott was the only remaining original group member, flanked by Thomas Lee Hill, Joey Coleman, and Richard Gant. The group remained at Atlantic / Atco Records in this incarnation for another album: Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me, released in 1974. These Atco Records recordings were produced by Phil Hurtt, Tony Bell, and LeBaron Taylor in Philadelphia. The group scored a number of additional R&B and Pop hits during this time, including their original version of the oft-covered song: "Some Guys Have All The Luck", which inched into the Pop top 40 and became their final R&B top ten single.
The group recorded another album on the Calla Records record label (distributed by CBS Records) in 1976, again in Philadelphia but this time with producers Robert Curington and Norman Harris, entitled: It's All About Love. One track, the ballad: "I Need Love", was an R&B charting hit at #34. They later released one single: Another Time Another Place, on Brunswick Records in 1981, with Douglas Scott as the lead singer but it failed to chart.
As former members left and new members trickled in, The Persuaders' R&B legacy continued into the 21st century with two new line-ups of The Persuaders. One group which tours as "The Persuaders" features Vincent Ballard, Sylvester Jones, Tmarvin Williams and Keith Simmons.
The other group of The Persuaders were touring as "The Persuaders Revue" featuring: Evan Wills, Chris White, Bernard Taylor and David Turner (the original lead singer of The Implements; David Turner was the first to record the hit song "Look Over Your Shoulder"). The group also featured: Greg Rowland, Lance Officer and Charles Saunders Jr, in the performing lineup at various times.
There are no original group members currently living. Following Chrles Stodghill's 1972 passing, Douglas "Smokey" Scott passed away in 1994, while the exact year of James Barnes' passing is unclear. Willie Holland, identified as the last living original member of The Persuaders, passed away on February 13, 2016.
The Persuaders recorded the original soul versions of songs later covered by other artists, most notably: "Some Guys Have All The Luck", covered by Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart and by Maxi Priest. Also, their song: "Thin Line Between Love And Hate", covered by H-Town, Black Slate and The Pretenders. The song's title and song were also used for the 1996 film: A Thin Line Between Love And Hate, starring Martin Lawrence, Regina King, Lynn Whitfield, Bobby Brown and Daryl Mitchel.
In addition, the group was among a barrage of artists to first record the song: "Best Thing that Ever Happened To Me". However, by the time The Persuaders' version appeared (from their 1974 album of the same name - William Coleman and Richard Gant are featured on this album), Gladys Knight & The Pips' version of the song was already on its way to becoming a major hit, massively overshadowing The Persuaders' rendition.
I could find no current performance dates for The Persuaders in 2023.
The Persuaders Group Members (*Original Member) 👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏿🎤:
John Tobias
Richard Gant
Joey Coleman
*Willie Holland
*James Barnes
Thomas Lee Hill
*Charles Stodghill
*Douglas 'Smokey" Scott
The Persuaders Albums 📀:
Thin Line Between Love And Hate (1972)
The Persuaders (1973)
Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me (1974)
It's All About Love (1976)
Everybody's Got A Girl (1997)
Made To Be Loved (2005)
Some good songs from The Persuaders 🎶: Love's Gonna Pack Up (And Walk Out), Another Time Another Place, If This Is What You Call Love (I Don't Want No Part of It), Thanks For Loving Me, Some Guys Have All The Luck, Please Stay, Trying Girls Out, I've Been Through This Before, Can't Go No Further And Do No Better, What Is The Definition Of Love?, The Quickest Way Out, If You Feel Like I Do, Hold On (Just A Little Bit Longer), The Wedding Song, All Strung Out On You, Bad Bold And Beautiful Girl, It's Love, That's The Way She Is, We're Just Trying To Make It, Tryin' To Love Two Women, Hey Sister I'm Your Brother, Who Will It Be Tonight, I Need Love, Somebody's Got To Do Something, Peace In The Valley Of Love, Blood Brothers, I Want To Make It With You, Let's Get Down Together, A Woman Was Made To Be Loved, Mama, Love Goes Good When Things Go Bad, Mr Sunshine, You Musta Put Something In Your Love, Thigh Spy, All Up In Your Love, Count The Ways, As One, This Time Next Year, All The People, You Still Love Me (After All You've Been Through), A House Is Not A Home, Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me, Loves Gonna Pack Up, Stay With Me, Once In A Lifetime Thing, Is It Too Heavy For You?, Gamblin' On A Sure Shot, Hypnotized and I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow.
Fun Fact 🕵🏾♂: The Persuaders song: Thin Line Between Love And Hate, has appeared on some movie soundtracks including: Crooklyn (1994) and Monster (2018).
Hello S Nation and how are you doing and I remember listening to this group when I were young Persuaders and whenever you have time look up the group Con Funk Shun ....CDS...LOVESHINE OR CANDY and some nice jams on it and try and see could you find Cheryl Lynn...Encore
Whew, my family used to play the grooves off that record. It was also the inspiration for the film of the same title starring Martin Lawrence and Lynn Whitfield. Another suggestion you might like is “I Don’t Love You Anymore “. By Teddy Pendergrass
Classic r&b song about what happens when u mistreat your woman