The Topics

The Topics hung tough from 1966 to 1987, recording mainly for small New York recording companies. Beginning as the Uniteds, they signed with Chess Records in 1965 with a lineup of Ronald McCoy, Vaughn Curtis, Wesley "Bobby" Adams, and Gerald Jones. Richard and Bobby Poindexter cut their first demo on Chess, but "Come Back Baby" and "Baby, Baby Yes I Love You" remain unissued, and they left after four months. Now a trio comprising McCoy, Curtis, and Adams, they signed with Joe Evans' Carnival/Chadwick labels as the Cymbals. But Evans wanted to use that name on another group, s...