Not all of these have falsetto voices, but fit right in the groove of what you're looking for...we've hashed this topic before, but the archives aren't always easy to search:
- Charles Mann - "Say You Love Me Too" (ABC) - Mann also had an album, which was decent but not an out-and-out classic; "S.Y.L.M.T." was the standout track, and was released as a single (it was a minor hit in '73)
- Ace Spectrum - "Don't Send Nobody Else" (Atlantic) - uptempo, but fits in here
- all of the Mandells singles on Trans World Sound
- Vibrations'"Remember The Rain" on OKeh
- 21st Century's "Remember The Rain" (different song) on RCA
- Doug Gibbs'"I'll Always Have You There" on Oak (with its' rolling piano, it kinda reminds me of Donny Hathaway or Leroy Hutson, but the vibe is total sticky-sweet teenage romance...you want this)
- J.R. Bailey's entire
Just Me 'N' You album on MAM (some of these songs were released as singles on Toy)
- the Independents (on Wand)
- Five Flights Up's "Do What You Wanna Do" on TA
- Little Dooley's "It's Got To Be Now Or Never" on North Bay
- Lou Courtney's "What Do You Want Me To Do"
- the Detroit Emeralds, particularly the albums
You Want It, You Got It;
Do Me Right; and
I'm In Love With You, all on Westbound
- Continental Four (on Master Five)
- Major Harris'"Love Won't Let Me Wait" on Atlantic (obvious, I know, but this song is total perfection and you gotta get it if you ain't got it)
- Sequins (their "What Makes Me Love You" on Crajon out-emotes the Emotions...they had other singles too)
- Sons of Robin Stone's "Got To Get You Back" on Atco
- Sly, Slick & Wicked's "Sho Nuff" on People
- the first self-titled album by Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose on UA
Open to modern stuff but more interested in early 70s material.
Look out for a vocal group called Enchantment, who recorded for Roadshow and kept the smooth soul sound going through the disco era. "Gloria," "It's You That I Need," and "Where Do We Go From Here" are total heartbreakers.
