DYNAMIC SUPERIORS, THE
THE DYNAMIC SUPERIORS/PURE PLEASURE - 2 ALBUMS ON 1 CD

Based in Washington DC, THE DYNAMIC SUPERIORS (Tony Washington, Maurice Washington, George Spann, George Peterbark and Michael Maccalphin) spent several years performing before being signed to Motown in 1974 by then-label president Ewart Abner THE DYNAMIC SUPERIORS were no strangers to controversy: lead singer Tony Washington was openly gay – and seemingly, the first openly gay black recording artist, predating Sylvester and Carl Bean by a number of years. Washington sometimes performed in drag onstage, drawing a positive response from audiences when the group toured with the likes of Stevie Wonder and The Jackson 5 in the U.S. The group’s self-titled Motown debut included the now-classic ‘Shoe Shoe Shine,’ a Top 20 US R&B hit and the follow-up, ‘Leave It Alone’ which reached No. 13 on the US R&B charts as well as the Ashford & Simpson chestnut, ‘Don’t Send Nobody Else’(also recorded by Millie Jackson and Ace Spectrum). The second LP, “Pure Pleasure” included the dance hit, ‘Face The Music,’ a Top 10 disco hit in 1975