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Los Angeles-based singer Sherrick (real name : Lamotte Smith) was given his professional break by Raynoma Gordy, former wife
of Motown founder Berry Gordy. Raynoma secured Sherrick a recording deal with Warner Brothers where his Michael Stokes-produced debut album Sherrick,
included Just call and Let's be lovers tonight. Prior to his debut set, Sherrick was the lead singer of the Motown group, Kagny, who recorded
a track for the Motown movie The Last Dragon. Sherrick had also cut many tracks for the label as a background singer on various projects. Having
not recorded throughout the main part of the nineties, Sherrick began putting together some new songs when he tragically died on 22nd January
1999. The new recordings are not to be released at this point in time as his wife Lynne (who is in posession of his most recent tapes) is wary
of many record companies and their agenda's. Quite why this talented artist remained out of the limelight, for such a long period, is a complete mystery.
Rumours speculate that, apparently, the missing years were drug related. |
.jpg "Sherrick - Just call (1987)")
