You can see them here being featured on NBC TV. When they sang their version of The Mills Brothers' Paper Doll for him that was it, he was sold and Jerry Lawson & Talk of the Town were born. Along came a San Francisco based a cappella group who honed their skills from years of studying, you guessed it, Jerry's vocal arrangements with The Persuasions. He began preparing to record an album of standards with The Moscow Philharmonic when fate revealed other plans. He thought he was through with a cappella. As music writer Rip Rense put it: "By any fair measure Lawson is really one of the best singers of the last fifty years-up there with Sam Cooke, David Ruffin, Brook Benton, Jerry Butler, Roy Hamilton & Nat King Cole." In 2003 after decades of preserving the dying art and recording twenty five a cappella albums Jerry left the group ending their 40 year run.
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Jazz Standards, traditional Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Country and many beautiful songs that deserve nothing less than a full orchestra."Īnyone who has been privileged to experience The Persuasions knows that their signature sound was defined by Lawson's sweet and smoky baritone.
"Since leaving The Persuasions I've been performing and recording the tunes I love accompanied by first rate musicians. The man who led the celebrated quintet - and recorded and toured with numerous artists such as Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Liza Minnelli, Joni Mitchell and Frank Zappa - is heading in many new directions.
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| Vocal Jazz | Choral | Christmas | Instructional | Arrangements Jerry Lawson BiographyĪfter 40 years and 20 plus albums Jerry Lawson, original lead singer, arranger and producer of the legendary a cappella group The Persuasions has moved on. Home | Doo Wop | Barbershop | World | Contemporary | Christian In Celebration of the Human Voice - The Essential Musical Instrument
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