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After two ill-advised albums for A&M with instruments, The Persuasions returned to their a cappella roots. No longer popular enough to chart, the ... More

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Frank Zappa gave the vocal group the Persuasions their first chance by signing them to his record label, Straight, in 1969. In 2000, the six-piece a ... More

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The first Persuasions release, recorded live in Los Angeles. The sound is a little two-dimensional, but this recording captures the spirit of joy in ... More

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The Persuasions celebrated their 20th anniversary with this 1986 set blending classics and more contemporary material. They covered vintage songs ... More

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After more than three decades of spreading the gospel of a cappella, the Persuasions recorded their first album for children. Though it's aimed ... More

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Man, Oh Man: The Power of the Persuasions is a terrifc overview of the a cappella group's early-'70s recordings for Capitol. The band was at the peak ... More

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It may be easy to get cynical toward a project like this, especially with so many Beatles cover albums floating around. But leave it to the ... More

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Soulful a cappella renditions of traditional gospel and pop gospel songs. ~ Opal Louis Nations, Rovi

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A cappella sensations the Persuasions have been wowing audiences since they first appeared on the scene with their debut album A Cappella on Frank ... More

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Had the Persuasions not gone the a cappella route in the '60s and '70s, it's quite possible that they would have become as huge as the Temptations, ... More

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Street Corner Symphony is an awesome a cappella release, a soaring assembly of songs that slide across the time-line, evoking the 1950s and the 1970s ... More

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Listening to the Persuasions sing can be an enlightening experience. A true a cappella group in the sense that they use no instrumentation other than ... More

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The year 2000 has been a busy year for these veteran, a cappella stalwarts. April saw the release of their highly acclaimed Frankly A Cappella, which ... More

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Better produced than their debut, We Came to Play continues what became a formula for The Persuasions -- covering '50s and '60s classics (the latter ... More

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With Right Around the Corner, the Persuasions continue their trademark a cappella vocal stylings reminiscent of a 1950s New York street corner. Yet, ... More

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The Persuasions were among the finest a cappella quartets of the '70s and '80s. This 1982 album, which was reissued on CD in 1991, included a nice ... More

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Over the course of their 30-year career, Boston's Rounder Records has amassed an amazing catalog of recordings drawing on just about every American ... More

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