Whispers

1 Whispers Are A Metalcore Band From Thailand 2 The Whispers Formed In 1964 In Watts California. The Original Members Included The Twin Brothers Scotty Wallace And Walter Scott Along With Gordy Harmon Marcus Hutson And Nicholas Caldwell. In 1973 Harmon Was Replaced By Former Friends Of Distinction Member Leaveil Degree. Scotty Scott's Fluid Melodic Voice Is Featured On Virtually All Of Their Hits. The Group Scored Many Hits On The R&B And Billboard Hot 100 Charts Throughout The 1970s And 1980s And They Hit #1 On The Hot Dance Club Play Chart In 1980 With "And The Beat Goes On " Not To Be Confused With Sonny And Cher's "The Beat Goes On" / "Can You Do The Boogie" / "Out The Box". In 1987 They Enjoyed A Brief Tenure In The Top 40 When "Rock Steady" Became Their First Top 10 Success On The Hot 100 It Reached #7 While Also Capturing The #1 Spot On The R&B Chart. Although They Recorded Mainly In Philadelphia In The Early To Mid 70s Most Of Their Studio Work Has Been In Los Angeles. Their Most Successful Period Was In The 1980s With Solar Records Sound Of Los Angeles Records Run By Their Manager At The Time Dick Griffey. The Whispers Later Founded Their Own Black Tie Record Label. Marcus Hutson Left The Group In 1992 Due To Illness. According To The Whispers' Website When Hutson Died In 2000 They Vowed To Never Replace Him And Now Perform As A Quartet. read less