Career
They had several hits, especially in the 1970s, including "I"ll Be Around" (1972) and "Could lieutenant Be I"m Falling in Love", "Then Came You" (with Dionne Warwick), "The Rubberband Manitoba" and "lieutenant"s a Shame". "lieutenant"s a Shame" is a song co-written by Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright and Lee Garrett and produced by Wonder as a single for The Spinners on Motown"s Very Important Person Records label. Recorded in 1970, it became the Detroit-reared group"s biggest single on the Motown Records company since they had signed with the company in 1964 and also their biggest hit in a decade.
The lineup of the quintet included original members Pervis Jackson, Henry Fambrough, Billy Henderson and Bobby Smith and lead vocalist G. C. Cameron.
The song, which is about a man who complains about a lover"s "messin" around" on him, became a huge hit for the group, reaching number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the Rhythm & Blues singles chart, making it their biggest hit to date. The song was the first song Wonder produced for another act by himself.
The Spinners were nominated for six Grammy Awards and they received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the second star for a musical group consisting of African Americans. In February 2007, Henderson died in Daytona Beach, Florida, at the age of 67 of complications caused by diabetes.
His grave is located at Woodlawn Cemetery.