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Major Lance

メイジャー・ランス　/　めいじゃー・らんす

American musician

April 4, 1939 – September 3, 1994　・　Winterville, Mississippi, United States

Mississippi
musician
singer

My Take

Major Lance is the kind of artist I love to champion. He scored hits in 1960s America with songs like The Monkey Time, but his most fascinating legacy is overseas: in 1970s Britain he became an icon of the Northern Soul scene, his records spinning on dance floors long after his stateside peak. He stopped recording in 1982 yet kept performing until his death in 1994. To me that's the truest measure of a musician, not chart positions but the way a voice keeps moving people across decades and continents. Longevity earned on stage means more than any single hit.

Overview

Major Lance (April 4, 1939 – September 3, 1994) was an American R&B singer. After a number of US hits in the 1960s, including "The Monkey Time" and "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um", he became an iconic figure in Britain in the 1970s among followers of Northern Soul. Although he stopped making records in 1982, Major Lance continued to perform at concerts and on tours until his death in 1994.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Major Lance
Name (Japanese): メイジャー・ランス
Reading: めいじゃー・らんす
Born: April 4, 1939 – September 3, 1994
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Rabbit
Origin: Winterville, Mississippi, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: musician / singer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9

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