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Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers

American & Canadian soul group recording for [l=Motown] in the late 1960's, based in Vancouver, Canada. [a=Bobby Taylor] met [a=Little Daddie & The Bachelors] in San Francisco in the early 1960's. In Vancouver the band, after several name changes, received their break as [i]Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers[/i]. [a=Florence Ballard] and [a=Mary Wilson] from [l=Motown]'s [a=The Supremes] heard them singing in Vancouvers' [i]Elegant Palace[/i] & notified [a=Berry Gordy] who brought them to Detroit to record. On Gordy Jrs' [l=Gordy] label they released one album, titled [i]Bobby Taylor And The Vancouvers[/i] (1968), from which the single "Does Your Mama Know About Me," peaked at #29. For a July, 1968 show at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers had a local family band, [a=The Jackson 5], as their opening act. But their career never really took off, and the members went separate ways shortly after the album was released. While recording at Motown Bobby Taylor handled the leads, while Tommy Chong and Wes Henderson played guitar. Eddie Patterson played bass and Ted Lewis sat behind the drums.