San Remo Golden Strings

The San Remo Golden Strings
Origin	Detroit, Michigan
Genres	Orchestra soul
Years active	1965 - 1971
Labels	Ric-Tic, Gordy, Motown

The San Remo Golden Strings were a studio group from Detroit, Michigan. A number of its members also played in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, while others were members of the Motown backing band, The Funk Brothers.^[1] Their albums were released on Ric-Tic, Motown and Gordy labels. They scored two hits in the U.S. in 1965: "Hungry for Love" (U.S. Pop #27, U.S. AC #3) and "I'm Satisfied" (U.S. Pop #89).^[2] In 1971, they had some success, as the "San Remo Strings" with "Festival Time", which reached #39 in the UK Singles Chart and was popular on the UK's Northern soul music scene.^[3][4]

Discography

• Hungry for Love (Ric-Tic, 1965) (SEPT 18 CKLG SURVEY Vancouver Canada)
• Hungry for Love (Motown, 1967)
• Swing (Gordy Records, 1968)
• Festival Time (Tamla Motown, 1967) TMG 795
• Anthology-Hungry For Love(2-Lp Set) (Gordy,1973)

References

1. Review of Hungry for Love, Allmusic
2. San Remo Golden Strings at Allmusic.com
3. Bill Dahl (January 2001). Motown: The Golden Years. Krause Publications. pp. 301–. ISBN 0-87349-286-2.
4. "San Remo Strings". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.