Benny Spellman
Benny Spellman
Top Songs
| 1 | Slow Down Baby (Don'T Drive Too Fast) | ||
| 2 | Let's Start All Over | ||
| 3 | For Once in My Life | ||
| 4 | 10-4 Calling All Cars | ||
| 5 | No Don't Stop |
Albums
Jun 2021 • 13 songs
Mar 2020 • 1 song
Jun 2006 • 12 songs
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About
Biography
The deep bass voice of New Orleans R&B vocalist Benny Spellman boomed through loud and clear on many early-'60s Allen Toussaint productions, but he enjoyed a major hit of his own in 1962, "Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette)." Spellman spent some time with Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns before signing with Minit, where Toussaint utilized his deep pipes to full advantage as a backing vocalist behind Ernie K-Doe on "Mother-in-Law" and countless others. (The Rolling Stones covered "Fortune Teller," the flip side of this hit.) Spellman recorded through much of the '60s, his "Word ...