ArtistInfo

Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers

Band, 1963-1969 CA, Vancouver
R&B/Soul

American & Canadian soul group recording for Motown in the late 1960's, based in Vancouver, Canada. Bobby Taylor met Little Daddy And The Bachelors in San Francisco in the early 1960's. In Vancouver the band, after several name changes, received their break as Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers. Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson from Motown's The Supremes heard them singing in Vancouvers' Elegant Palace & notified Berry Gordy who brought them to Detroit to record. On Gordy Jrs' Gordy label they released one album, titled Bobby Taylor And The Vancouvers (1968), from which the single "Does Your Mama Know About Me," peaked at #29. For a July, 1968 show at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers had a local family band, The Jackson 5, as their opening act. But their career never really took off, and the members went separate ways shortly after the album was released. While recording at Motown Bobby Taylor handled the leads, while Tommy Chong and Wes Henderson played guitar. Eddie Patterson played bass and Ted Lewis sat behind the drums.

Members

	Bobby Taylor voc 1934-2017 US
	Robbie King org, p 1947-2003 CA
	Thomas Chong g, bvoc *1938 CA
	Duris Maxwell dr *1946 CA
	Wes Henderson g, bvoc CA
	Eddie Patterson g, eg, bvoc
	Mel Brown dr *1944 US