Detroit Spinners

Formed in 1954 at Ferndale High School, near Detroit, Michigan, USA, and originally known as the Domingoes, Henry Fambrough (b. 10 May 1935, Detroit, Michigan, USA, some sources cite 1938), Robert ‘Bobby' Smith (b. 10 April 1937, Detroit, Michigan, USA), Billy Henderson (b. 9 August 1939, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, d. 2 February 2007, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA), Pervis Jackson (b. 17 May 1938, USA) and George Dixon (b. USA) became the Spinners upon signing with the Tri-Phi label in 1961 (the prefix ‘Motown' and/or ‘Detroit' was added in the UK to avoid confusion with the Sp...