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Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers were a soul band from Vancouver, British Columbia. Briefly signed to Motown Records in the late 1960s, they had one top 30 hit single, "Does Your Mama Know About Me". As a producer and solo artist, Bobby Taylor contributed to several other soul recordings, both inside and outside of Motown. Taylor is most notable for discovering and mentoring The Jackson 5.〔Hamilton, Andrew. "Bobby Taylor". Allmusic. Retrieved from on November 6, 2006.〕 Tommy Chong was a member of Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers before he became famous as a comedian. ==Career== Bobby Taylor, born February 18, 1934 in Washington, DC, was raised in Washington.〔 As a young man, he moved to New York City and sang in doo-wop groups with singers who later joined successful acts such as Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers and Little Anthony and the Imperials.〔 In 1958 he began his music career as a member of The Four Pharaohs, who released a few locally-selling recordings in the Columbus, Ohio area.〔 In the early 1960s, while they were in San Francisco, Taylor met Little Daddy and the Bachelors, made up of vocalist Tommie Melton, guitarist Tommy Chong, bassist Wes Henderson, pianist Bernie Sneed, drummer Floyd Sneed (later the drummer for Three Dog Night) While in Calgary they were known as the Calgary Shades. The word ''Shades'' in the group's name referenced the fact that the band was interracial. Chong (later famous as one-half of comedy duo Cheech and Chong) was of partial Chinese ancestry.〔Erickson, Hal (2006). "Tommy Chong". ''All Movie Guide''. Retrieved from http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:84938 on March 22, 2008.〕 The other members were black, white, and Aboriginal.〔 Taylor was of African-American, Puerto Rican, and Native American heritage.〔 "Little Daddy & The Bachelors", recorded a single, "Too Much Monkey Business" / "Junior's Jerk". Melton and Chong opened a Vancouver dance hall in 1962 called the Blues Palace, which was formerly a movie theatre. They brought in the Ike & Tina Turner Revue who had never been to Vancouver before. They drew a small crowd and Melton and Chong broke even on that one. Although Little Daddy & The Bachelors built up a small following, things soured when they went with Chong's suggestion and had themselves billed as "Four Niggers and a Chink".〔 (or, bowing to pressure, "Four N's and a C") before taking on the moniker Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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