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Genres
  
R&B

Record label
  
20th Century Fox Records

Genre
  
Rhythm and blues

Also known as
  
Barbara Blake and the Uniques

Years active
  
1963 (1963)–1975 (1975)

Labels
  
Arden, Abbot Records, 20th Century Records

Past members
  
Barbara Livsey Gwen Livsey Doris Lindsey

Barbara and the uniques you make me feel so young again


Barbara and the Uniques was a 1960s and 1970s R&B girl group.

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Barbara and the uniques it s not that easy great sweet soul ballad


History

The group began when the Duettes, a group featuring Barbara Livsy and her cousin, Mary Hayes, was liquidated in 1965. Barbara got together with her sister Gwen Livsey and a friend, Doris Lindsey, and released the soul ballad "There It Goes Again" (written by Eugene Record of The Chi-Lites) as Barbara and the Uniques in 1970. The song was very successful at the local level, causing Arden Records to distribute it nationally. The song became a huge hit, and reached #16 on the R&B charts. Although it was a solid R&B entry, it did not fare so well on the Billboard Hot 100, where it reached #91.

The group followed up with two singles on the Arden label in 1971: "You're Gonna Make Me Cheat On You" / "I'll Never Let You Go" and "You Make Me Feel So Young Again" / "Take Me As I Am". In 1972, the group moved to Abbot Records and released "He's Gone", which recycled "Take Me As I Am" for the B-side.

Gwen and Doris quit the group and were replaced with male session singers. Now dubbed Barbara Blake and the Uniques on 20th Century Records, in 1974, they released "Prized Possession" / "It's Not That Easy" and "Teach Me" / "Everlasting Thrill". Both releases flopped, but still the group's eponymous LP was released in 1975. A 1975 single, "Need Your Love So Bad" / "Let Me Down Easy", also failed.

The band broke up when their contract with 20th Century Records expired.

References

Barbara and the Uniques Wikipedia