Great vocalist, Edna Wright was born on February 2nd, 1994, sister to Darlene Love. She started singing in a church choir. She released some early singers under the name Sandy Wynns.
COGIC
COGIC is the name for Church Of God In Christ singers. Edna Wright was a member of this choir around 1960:
COGIC #? |
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Edna Wright † vocals | + others unknown to me. Help! |
THE BLOSSOMS
Edna Wright was a member of The Blossoms from 1962 to 1964. I guess this was their lineup by then:
THE BLOSSOMS #? |
1962-1964 |
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Fanita James vocals | Darlene Love vocals | Edna Wright † vocals | Carolyn Willis vocals | Gracia Nitzsche vocals |
Other info on members of The Blossoms (I know up to 15 members) | |
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To be covered (6): | Alexandra Brown, Fanita James, Gloria Jones, Jean King, Darlene Love, Carolyn Willis |
Not enough info (8): | Jewel Cobbs, Pat Howard, Viola Jewel, Gracia Nitzsche, Annette Williams, Nanette Williams, Deborah Wilson, Cynthia Woodard |
HONEY CONE
In 1968, Edna Wright asked Carolyn Willis and Shelly Clark to back her in a TV appearance. It proved to be so successful that they remained working as a trio, under the name Honey Cone:
They went to number 1 with the song ´Want ads´ in 1971.
Carolyn Willis left the band in 1973 and the band split up soon after.
HONEY CONE #1 |
1968-1973 |
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Edna Wright † vocals | Carolyn Willis vocals | Shelly Clark vocals |
They went to number 1 with the song ´Want ads´ in 1971.
Carolyn Willis left the band in 1973 and the band split up soon after.
CASS ELLIOT BAND
In 1969, we can see Honey Cone (featuring Edna Wright) backing Cass Elliott on her TV program:
CASS ELLIOT BAND #? |
1969 |
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Cass Elliot † vocals | Edna Wright † backing vocals | + others unknown to me. Help! |
Other info on members of Cass Elliot Band (I know up to 2 members) | |
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Not enough info (1): | Cass Elliot |
CHER BAND
Cher performed the Heart Of Stone Tour from August 1989, in four legs until December 1990, with this great live band:
CHER BAND #? |
Aug 89-Dec 90 |
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Cher vocals | Elijah Blue Allman guitar | Dave Amato guitar | David Shelley guitar | Hugh McDonald bass | Paul Mirkovich keyboards |
Gary Scott sax, musical director | Ron Wikso drums | Darlene Love backing vocals | Edna Wright † backing vocals | Patricia Darcy † backing vocals |
Other info on members of Cher Band (I know up to 24 members) | |
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To be covered (14): | Dave Amato, Patricia Darcy, Scott Gorham, Michael Hakes, Ricky Hirsch, Danny Jacob, Mark Lennon, Darlene Love, Ollie Marland, Hugh McDonald, Paul Mirkovich, Mitch Perry, Mark Schulman, Ron Wikso |
Not enough info (9): | Elijah Blue Allman, Cher, El Erin, Bruce Howell, Donnie Nossov, Eric Pressly, Gary Scott, David Shelley, Dave Vanacore |
HONEY CONE (again)
Many years later, there was another incarnation by Honey Cone, with Edna Wright as the only original member:
In the 90s, Honey Cone was revived with the original lineup:
But Carolyn Willis left soon again.
In 2014, Honey Cone was revived with Edna Wright and Shelly Clark, being Melodye Perry (Edna´s daughter) the third member:
Edna Wright sadly passed away on September 12th, 2020, from a heart attack in Encino, California. What a great voice we´ve lost... This page is my tribute to her, and I'll try to expand her discography sometime soon.
   6 BANDS (WITH 6 SELECTED RECORDINGS):
   2 ALBUMS FOR 2 BANDMATES AND FRIENDS:
   3 COLLECTIVE ALBUMS:
   1 SOUNDTRACKS:
   27 SESSIONS (FOR 24 ARTISTS):
HONEY CONE #? |
? |
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Edna Wright † vocals | Latari Martin vocals | Melodye Perry vocals |
In the 90s, Honey Cone was revived with the original lineup:
HONEY CONE #? |
? |
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Edna Wright † vocals | Carolyn Willis vocals | Shelly Clark vocals |
But Carolyn Willis left soon again.
In 2014, Honey Cone was revived with Edna Wright and Shelly Clark, being Melodye Perry (Edna´s daughter) the third member:
HONEY CONE #? |
2014 |
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Edna Wright † vocals | Shelly Clark vocals | Melodye Perry vocals |
Other info on members of Honey Cone (I know up to 7 members) | |
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To be covered (1): | Carolyn Willis |
Not enough info (5): | Sharon Cash, Shelly Clark, Tramaine Hawkins, Latari Martin, Melodye Perry |
Edna Wright sadly passed away on September 12th, 2020, from a heart attack in Encino, California. What a great voice we´ve lost... This page is my tribute to her, and I'll try to expand her discography sometime soon.
   6 BANDS (WITH 6 SELECTED RECORDINGS):
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The Blossoms |   |  
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Cher Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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COGIC |   |   | ||||||
Cass Elliot Band |   |  
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Honey Cone |   | 3 RECORDINGS:
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Edna Wright Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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   2 ALBUMS FOR 2 BANDMATES AND FRIENDS:
BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS | ||||
Darlene Love Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Phil Spector Band |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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   3 COLLECTIVE ALBUMS:
BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS |
VVAA |   | 3 RECORDINGS:
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   1 SOUNDTRACKS:
BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS |
OST |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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   27 SESSIONS (FOR 24 ARTISTS):
BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS | ||||||||
Beach Boys |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Beaver & Krause |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Herman Brood Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Elkie Brooks Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Kim Carnes Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Leonard Cohen Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Andrae Crouch Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Danny Deardorff Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Bryan Duncan Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Betty Everett Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Z Z Hill Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Robert John Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Joshua Kadison Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Al Kooper Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Harvey Mandel Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Lee Oskar Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Gene Page Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Freda Payne Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Freddy Robinson Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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U2 |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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John Valenti |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Deborah Washington |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Mary Wells Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Robin Zander Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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RELATED WEBSITE LINKS: 5
Official site(s) - tell them you saw the link here:
From the superb site Knights in Blue Denim: The British Blues Scene '68 - '70 (by Christer Fridhammar & Vanja), we have:
Wikipedia doesn´t want to include links to this website, but I won´t do the same with them. So, from the great Wikipedia, we have:
Assorted links:
- Beach Boys archives (by Craig Slowinski)
RELATED MUSICIANS:
Edna Wright mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
Darlene Love (13)
Julia Tillman Waters (11)
Carolyn Willis (10)
Ed Greene (9)
Scott Edwards (8)
Bobbye Hall (7)
Clydie King (7)
Maxine Willard Waters (7)
Venetta Fields (6)
Dean Parks (6)
Page created by Miguel Terol on: 30/October/2020 - Last modified on: 30/October/2020. If you want to contribute with info, please write to: molympus1@gmail.com
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