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The Sweet Inspirations

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Aliases
Sweet Inspirations
Years active
since 1963
Country
United States
Comments
Vocal quartet, which famously served as backup vocalists for Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin, among others
Members
Cissy Houston (1967-1970)
Sylvia Shemwell (1967-2001)
Myrna Smith (1967-2010)
Related
The Drinkard Singers
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Originals

Covers by The Sweet Inspirations

Title Performer Release date Originally by
November 1968 Cilla Black
August 4, 2003 Roy Orbison
  August 4, 2003 Gwen McCrae REL, Brenda Lee REC
2006 (unknown), (unknown), The Original Sacred Harp Choir
2006 (unknown), (unknown), Geo J. Gaskin REC,REL, Bryant's Minstrels PRF, Bob Gibson [US], Mickey Newbury
August 1968 Aldora Britton
January 1969 Wilma Goich
February 1968 Delmore Brothers
August 4, 2003 Big Fat Snake
2006 Simon and Garfunkel
2006 Arthur Alexander
July 1969 The First Edition
2006 Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
July 1969 Paul Petersen
March 1969 The Everly Brothers
August 1979 Rare Earth
February 1968 Wilson Pickett
February 1968 Aretha Franklin
December 1967 Aretha Franklin
2006 Gordon Lightfoot
March 1969 William Bell
March 1971 Candi Staton
August 1979 Dee Ervin
2006 Little Willie John
August 1979 Gregg Diamond
August 1979 Gregg Diamond Bionic Boogie feat. Luther Vandross
2006 Don Gibson
listen on Internet Archive October 14, 1969 Don Gibson
May 1, 1967 The Drifters [US1]
2006 Don Ho
January 1968 The Ikettes
Sampled by Salt 'n' Pepa
2006 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
August 4, 2003 Roy Orbison - Orch. and Chorus conducted by Joe Tanner
July 1969 Normie Rowe
2006 Jimmie Rodgers [US2]
August 1979 Bunny Sigler
July 1969 Merrilee Rush
August 1967 Otis Redding
listen on Internet Archive October 14, 1969 Chuck Berry
August 4, 2003 Chuck Berry
2006 Chuck Berry
2006 Elvis Presley
February 1968 Eddie Floyd
July 1967 Gilbert Bécaud, Jill Corey with Jimmy Carroll
July 1969 Dionne Warwick
July 1970 The Me Nobody Knows Original Cast
2006 Willy & Ruth
August 4, 2003 Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
listen on Internet Archive October 14, 1969 Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet, Little Walter and His Jukes
August 4, 2003 Claude François, Frank Sinatra
2006 Claude François, Frank Sinatra
2006 Hoyt Axton & The Hollywood Living Room Band
August 4, 2003 Big Fat Snake
August 4, 2003 Smiley Lewis
August 4, 2003 Roy Orbison with Bob Moore's Orch. & Chorus
August 4, 2003 Roy Orbison and The Candy Men
December 1967 Lou Johnson
August 4, 2003 Ma Rainey - Acc. by Her Georgia Jazz Band
2006 Ma Rainey - Acc. by Her Georgia Jazz Band
2006 The Beatles
2006 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra, Freddy Quinn
August 4, 2003 James Taylor
2006 James Taylor
August 4, 2003 Mark James [US1]
2006 Mark James [US1]
2006 The Sweet Inspirations
August 4, 2003 The Sweet Inspirations
June 1969 The Drifters [US1]
August 1967 O.V. Wright with The Keys
August 1979 The Newcomers [US2]
July 1970 The Me Nobody Knows Original Cast
June 1968 Bee Gees
  August 1968 Liberace REL, Todd Duncan BRD
November 1968 Gladys Knight & The Pips
2006 Jim Reeves [US]
August 4, 2003 Gilbert Bécaud - Orch. dir. : Raymond Bernard, Jane Morgan
2006 Gilbert Bécaud - Orch. dir. : Raymond Bernard, Jane Morgan
November 1968 Jackie deShannon
  July 1967 Sam & Dave REL, Charlie Rich REC
May 1, 1967 The Staple Singers
listen on Internet Archive   October 14, 1969 The Bee Gees REL, Georgie Fame BRD
  August 4, 2003 Marty Robbins REC, Frankie Laine - With The Jimmy Bowen Orch. & Chorus REL
  2006 Marty Robbins REC, Frankie Laine - With The Jimmy Bowen Orch. & Chorus REL
2006 The Righteous Brothers

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