Norman Feels -

Norman Feels is an American soul singer who first recorded in the early 1960s as Norman Solomon with the Harlem harmony groups the Souveniers and the Preludes. He released the albums 1973/74 albums Norman Feels and Where or When for Just Sunshine Records. Later hip-hop recordings sampled Feels material, including tracks by Nas, Ghostface Killah, and Freddie Gibbs.

Background

Norman Feels was born Norman Solomon in Tarrytown, New York. His brother Coleman Solomon later joined him in two New York harmony groups.

Solomon sang lead in the Harlem-based Souveniers in the early 1960s with Coleman, Tommy Dorsey, Little John Rogers, and a bass singer identified only as Harold. Newark WNJR disc jockey Joel Turnero discovered the group at a performance and became their manager. Turnero signed the Souveniers to his Inferno label, where the group recorded “I Could Have Danced All Night” and the Norman Solomon–Turnero composition “It’s Too Bad” with arranger Larry Lucie. The same lineup subsequently recorded for Octavia as the Preludes, pairing the Turnero composition “That Would Be So Good” with the Solomon–Turnero song “A Place for You (In My Heart).”

Solomon later adopted the name Norman Feels and secured a solo contract with Michael Lang’s Just Sunshine Records under Paramount. Producer Sal Scaltro paired Feels with arranger David Van De Pitte for the sessions that produced his self-titled debut album.

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