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A relatively obscure American R & B performer, Wade Flemons (September 25 1940, in Coffeyville, Kansas - October 13th 1993, Battle Creek, Michigan) is likely best known for his singles on the Vee-Jay label. He co-wrote the Dells biggest hit (# 10, 1968), "Stay In My Corner" & beginning in the late 60's he also was a member of The Salty Peppers which evolved into Earth, Wind & Fire, with whom he performed with until 1973.
Initially raised in Kansas but moving to Michigan as a teenager, Wade Flemons fomed an R&B group at age 15 called The Newcomers. In 1958 he was signed as a solo artist by Vee-Jay Records in Chicago and scored several hits for the label, both pop and R&B. The first of these was his own composition "Here I Stand" (1958), which was successfully revived by the Rip Chords in 1963. Flemons continued to record for Vee-Jay until 1965, with his highest peaking single (# 10 R&B, # 70 pop) being "Easy Lovin'" in 1960 and a cover of Percy Mayfield's "Please Send Me Someone To Love" (1961), which was his last solo chart hit.
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