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Frankie Beverly obituary
American singer, musician and founder of the R&B band Maze whose sensual voice was at the core of their sound
It was a source of frustration to Frankie Beverly, who has died aged 77, that he and his group Maze never enjoyed huge pop success, though they cracked the mainstream Top 30 with their albums Golden Time of Day(1978) and We Are One (1983). They scored their first Top 10 single with Workin’ Together (1978), and further landmark releases include Feel That You’re Feelin’, Southern Girl, Running Away, Before I Let Go, Love Is the Key, Too Many Games and I Wanna Be With You. In 2009 the New York Times critic Ben Ratliff described how “the band’s shows are rehearsed rituals, working up to a rare and special audience feeling: deep, sentient serenity, not the usual kind of lose-yourself pop catharsis.”
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