The Andantes
The Andantes
Top Songs
| 1 | If You Were Mine | ||
| 2 | Like A Nightmare | ||
| 3 | All Around the Motorcity | ||
| 4 | The Boss | ||
| 5 | Hurricane |
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Like any new business, cash flow problems plagued Motown; Raynoma Liles, aka Miss Ray developed the Rayber Music Writing Company as a remedy. Rayber, a combination of Ray and Berry Gordy's first name, charged anybody who wanted to make a record. They advertised on a local radio station and caught the ear of their first client, Louvain Demps. Raynoma Liles and Berry married. Louvain, along with Jackie Hicks and Marlene Barrow, formed the Andantes, who historians say appeared on more than 20,000 recording sessions. At first they took a back seat to the Rayber Singers, who consis...