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The Flaming Ember was an American soul band from Detroit, Michigan, United States, who found commercial success starting in the late 1960s.The group originally formed in Detroit in 1964. At that time they were known as The Flaming Embers, named for a local Detroit restaurant. In 1969, they signed with Hot Wax Records, (the label founded by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr.), after the band had recorded for a number of smaller Detroit-area labels since 1965. They recorded for Ed Wingate's Ric Tic label in 1967, but when Berry Gordy, Jr.'s Motown Records purchased Golden Records/Ric-Tic from Wingate, the Flaming Ember chose not to sign with Motown. They dropped the "s" from its name and scored a pop and rhythm and blues hit with "Mind, Body and Soul" in 1969 (number 26 on the US Billboard pop singles chart); they hit charts again with their signature song (and heartland rock antecedent) "Westbound #9" (number 24 US pop, number 15 US Billboard R&B chart), and "I'm Not My Brother's Keeper" (number 34 pop, number 12 R&B). The three songs were all released between late 1969 and late 1970. Follow-up efforts such as 1971's "Stop the World and Let Me Off" were not as successful. After changing their name to Mind, Body and Soul they spent the rest of the 1970s playing the Detroit bar circuit. The band was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in 1999.The Flaming Embers reunited in 2004, played at the Rockabilly Festival in Tennessee and completed a CD.
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The Complete 45s Collection: Invictus, Hot Wax, Music Merchant 1969-1977 [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Mind, Body and Soul | 2:56 |
Westbound #9 | 3:33 |
I'm Not My Brothers Keeper | 4:12 |
100 Hits: 60s Originals [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Mind, Body & Soul | 2:56 |
Motor City Soul: '70s Soul from Detroit [2010]
Song | Duration |
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I'm Not My Brother's Keeper | 4:10 |
Invictus' Greatest Hits/Hot Wax Greatest Hits [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Mind, Body and Soul | 2:57 |
Westbound #9 | 3:33 |
I'm Not My Brother's Keeper | 4:11 |
Invictus Soul Box Set [2006]
Song | Duration |
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I'm Not My Brother's Keeper | 3:06 |
Heaven Must Have Sent You: The Holland/Dozier/Holland Story [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Westbound #9 | 3:32 |
The Hit List: 24 Hot 100 American Chartbusters of the 1970s [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Westbound #9 | 3:31 |
Back to Back Hits [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Westbound #9 | 3:34 |
I'm Not My Brothers Keeper | 4:11 |
Mind, Body and Soul | 2:54 |
Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Westbound #9 | 2:53 |
Flower Power Generation: Let's Go to San Francisco [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Spinning Wheel | 3:15 |
The 70's Soul Experience [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Westbound #9 | 2:53 |
Soul Train: The Dance Years 1970 [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Westbound #9 | 3:34 |
HDH Solid Gold, Vol. 1 [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Mind, Body, and Soul | 2:54 |
Westbound #9 | 3:29 |
Invictus Chartbusters [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Westbound #9 | 3:33 |
I'm Not My Brother's Keeper | 3:06 |
Westbound #9 [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Spinning Wheel | 3:18 |
Westbound #9 | 3:33 |
Mind, Body, and Soul | 2:57 |
Westbound No. 9: The Hot Wax Sessions [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Spinning Wheel | 3:19 |
Westbound #9 | 3:32 |
Mind, Body & Soul | 2:56 |
Microdelia [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Spinning Wheel | 3:19 |
Soul Hits of the 70s: Didn't It Blow Your Mind! Vols. 1-5 [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Mind, Body, and Soul | 3:02 |
Westbound #9 | 2:52 |
I'm Not My Brother's Keeper | 3:02 |
The Best of Flaming Ember [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Mind, Body, and Soul | 2:55 |
Westbound #9 | 3:31 |
Soul Hits of the 70s: Didn't It Blow Your Mind!, Vol. 1 [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Mind, Body, and Soul | 3:02 |
Soul Hits of the 70s: Didn't It Blow Your Mind!, Vol. 3 [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Westbound #9 | 2:52 |
I'm Not My Brothers Keeper | 3:02 |
Sunshine [1971]
Song | Duration |
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I'm Not My Brother's Keeper | 4:07 |
Unknown Album
Song | Duration |
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I'm Not My Brothers Keeper | 4:11 |
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