Drew was raised in Nashville, Tennessee and Evanston, Illinois, where she sang in church with her sisters, Lorraine and Erma. Drew's mother worked for a Capitol Records promoter, who heard Drew and her sisters sing in a church service and signed the group as the Drew-Vels. They first recorded "Tell Him" which was written by Carlton Black (and not to be confused with "Tell Him" by The Exciters). The single release was a local hit and scraped the lower echelons of the national charts.[1] Drew signed as a solo artist to Quill Records in 1966 and soon after moved up to Capitol, issuing a new recording of "Tell Him" as her first single. It was a modest success and was the first of three charting singles. She released three albums before leaving the industry in 1971, though she recorded a one-off single in 1975 and sang locally in Evanston in the group Front Line in the 1980s. Discography Albums Tell Him (Capitol, 1967) Workin' On a Groovy Thing (Capitol, 1968) Wild Is Love (Capitol, 1969) U.S. R&B #49[2] I've Been Here All the Time (Capitol, 1969) Singles Year Title Chart Positions[3] Billboard Hot 100 US R&B Singles 1964 "Tell Him" (The Drew-Vels) 90 90 1967 "Tell Him" 85 22 1968 "Hard to Handle" 93 40 1968 "Workin' On a Groovy Thing" 62 34 1969 "The Love That a Woman Should Give to a Man" 119 - 1969? "Hundreds of Guys" - - 1969? "Keep on Movin'" - - 1969? "My Lover's Prayer" - - |
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