(b. George Curtis 'G.C.' Cameron, 21st September 1945, Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A.)
George Curtis Cameron was born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1945, and has been a favourite on the Modern Soul circuit spanning the last 50 years or so.
His parents, along with nine siblings, relocated to Detroit in 1955.
George served in Vietnam as a marine during the Sixties, and was demobbed during 1967.
During that period he married Gwen Gordy, Harvey Fuqua's ex-wife.
That year he joined the ranks of the The Spinners as the group's lead singer, replacing Edgar 'Chico' Edwards, following an audition attended by Marvin Gaye.
G.C. sang on the Stevie Wonder penned 1970 hit, 'It's A Shame', along with 'We'll Have It Made', a year before The Spinners left the Motown imprint, and G.C. remained at the label.
After leaving Motown he toured as an independent artist.
One feature of his vocal styling was his ability to mimic other Soul singers from that era.
He could reproduce the sounds of Smokey Robinson, Curtis Mayfield and The Isley Brothers.
On the The Isley Brothers song, he duetted with Willie Hutch on 'Come Get This Thang'.
G.C. did chart with his song 'It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday', the theme song of the 1975 film 'Cooley High'.
love songs and other tragedies - 1974 / g.c.cameron - 1976
rich love, poor love - 1977 / you're what's missing in my life - 1977
In 1977 he recorded the popular album 'You're What's Missing In My Life', whose title track became a Rare Groove during the late Eighties.
The same year, he released a duet album, featuring Syreeta, entitled Rich Love, Poor Love'.
give me your love - 1983 / right or wrong - 1991
He released the album 'Give Me Your Love' on Malaco Records in 1983 and recorded for the U.K. based Ardent imprint and the Motorcity imprints, recording a remake of 'You're All I Need To Get By', with Martha Reeves, and an album entitled 'Right Or Wrong' in 1991).
shadows - 2007 / enticed ecstasy - 2009
G.C re-joined the ranks of The Spinners between 2000 to 2002, and also recorded another solo album called 'Shadows' in 2001.
He then joined the line-up of the Temptations between 2003 and 2007, replacing Barrington 'Bo' Henderson in the group.
G.C. sang on their album, 'Reflections', singing lead on the Grammy nominated album track 'How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)' in 2007.
He left the Temptations in June 2007 to focus on his own group, The G.C. Cameron Review, and a year later appeared on the T.V. special 'Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia', singing The Spinners song 'The Rubberband Man'.
G.C. released an album called 'Enticed Fantasy' in 2009.
The Spinners lead vocalist, the late Phillipe Wynne, was G.C.'s cousin.
Albums:
as G.C. Cameron
Love Songs And Other Tragedies (Motown Records 1974)
G.C. Cameron (Motown Records 1976)
You're What's Missing In My Life (Motown Records 1977)
with Syreeta:
Rich Love, Poor Love (Motown Records 1977)
as G.C. Cameron
Give Me Your Love (Malaco Records 1983)
Right Or Wrong (Motor City Records 1991)
Shadows (Deqajacc Records 2001)
Enticed Fantasy (Old School Records 2009)
