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John Whitehead July.10.1949 - May.11.2004

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John Whitehead
was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was best known as one of the key members of the Philadelphia International record label, and was one-half of the successful team of McFadden & Whitehead with Gene McFadden. McFadden and Whitehead wrote many hits for Philadelphia International artists such as The O'Jays and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, and had their own hit with "Ain't No Stopping Us Now" in 1979. Whitehead converted to Islam in 1996 and received an LL.D. from Bates College.
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Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now by McFadden & Whitehead

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Gene McFadden and John Whitehead were songwriters and producers who were working with some Philadelphia Soul bands in the '70s. Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, who wrote many of the songs that defined the "Philadelphia Sound," suggested McFadden and Whitehead record a track as a duo. This was the result. McFadden & Whitehead wrote and produced this with keyboard player Jerry Cohen. McFadden And Whitehead also wrote "Bad Luck" for Harold Melvin and "Back Stabbers" for the O'Jays. This was their only hit as a duo.

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R&B singer John Whitehead shot to death

Source: MSNBC Today Music

John Whitehead, a prominent R&B artist best known for the 1979 hit song “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now,” was shot dead outside his home, police said. Whitehead, 55, and another man were working on a vehicle Tuesday when they were shot by two gunmen, police said. Whitehead was shot in the neck and collapsed. Ohmed Johnson, who was shot in the buttocks, was in good condition Wednesday, a hospital spokeswoman said. “Why did they do this to my dad?” Dawn Whitehead, 33, asked at the scene. “I just talked to him yesterday ... He was a fun person. Who would want to kill him?” Investigators said Wednesday that Johnson, not Whitehead, may have been the target of the shooting.

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McFadden and Whitehead Remembered

Source: Spectorpop.com

McFadden and Whitehead came from the same poor Philadelphia neighbourhood. They went to the same high school and formed a vocal group called the Epsilons with Whitehead's cousin Ronald "Roame" Lowry (later a member of Maze) and their friend Allen Beatty. When Otis Redding came to Philadelphia in 1966, the group attended his concert and met and sang for their favourite soul singer backstage. The Stax star offered them a gig doing backing vocals on tour with him and they jumped at the chance. They sang background on Arthur Conley's smash "Sweet Soul Music", a song Redding had originally earmarked for them, but, when he died in a plane crash in December 1967, the Epsilons floundered.

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John Whitehead Biography

Source: Let Freedom Ring Inc.

It was John Whitehead's love of music that kept him going in the industry for years. At age sixteen, he toured with Otis Redding, who also managed him along with his group, "The Epsilons". After Otis' death, John was managed by Guilda Woods, the wife of popular Philadelphia disc jockey Georgie Woods. John and his group made his first recording on the Stax label entitled, "The Echo," a record that brought the group local fame. Gene McFadden and John Whitehead were the remaining members of The Epsilons, whose name later changed to the "The talk of the Town". John then became affiliated with the production team of Gamble and Huff and the "Sound of Philadelphia".

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