Career
Best known for his role as the lead singer of The Spinners (a role he shared with fellow group members Bobby Smith, and Henry Fambrough). Wynne scored notable hits such as "How Could I Let You Get Away", "The Rubberband Manitoba", and "One of a Kind (Love Affair)". After leaving The Spinners, Wynne never regained the same success, although he featured in hits by other artists such as "(Not Just) Knee Deep" by Funkadelic.
Wynne died of a heart attack while performing at a nightclub.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Wynne began his musical career as a gospel singer. Wynne then launched a solo career with Alan Thicke as his manager.
His first album Starting All Over was released on the Cotillion label in 1977. His fortunes turned upwards again when he joined George Clinton"s Parliament-Funkadelic in 1979.
He performed with them on several recordings, and was a featured vocalist on the Funkadelic single "(Not Just) Knee Deep" (a #1 hit on the Billboard Rhythm & Blues chart).
While associated with Parliament-Funkadelic, Wynne also appeared on the Bootsy Collins album Sweat Band. Wynne released the solo album Wynne Jammin" in 1980, and made a guest appearance on the song "Something Inside My Head" by Gene Dunlap, and in the song "Whip lieutenant" by the Treacherous Three. Wynne"s final album was the self-titled Philippé Wynne, released by Sugar Hill Records in 1984.
On July 13, 1984, while performing at Ivey"s nightclub in Oakland, California, Wynne suffered a heart attack and died the following morning.