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Flaming Ember

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 … more »