Bob Manning (born June 1945) is a vocalist now living in

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. Bob began singing gospel music as a child in

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, and followed a stage career to

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where he worked with among others:

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, James Brown,

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and later

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. Living in Stockholm, Sweden from 1983 to 1998, Bob had a number of bands and worked with top-notch Swedish artists such as Ann-Christine Hedmark, Roger Pontare and Coste Apetrea; and was responsible for the first single recording of "Soul Sister" with Zemya Hamilton (Sonet Recording Studio). From 1991 to 1998, he worked mainly with The

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, and toured throughout

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, appearing at venues such as Fasching, Stampen, the Stockholm Jazz & Blues Festival, the Stockholm Water Festival, etc., and opened for or shared the stage with Soul giants such as Isaac Hayes, Al Green and

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Discography

* Dance Beat, Shine On You, EMI Dancebeat Records, 1996 * Scrappy G, Mobbin Trow da City, MCA Music Entertainment, 1996 * André De Lange, A Friend, BIEM/NCB/GEMA, 1996 * Jazz On The Corner, Various Artists, Arietta Disks Musikprod. AB, 1995 * Chicago Express, Permanently Blue, Amigo Musik, 1995 * Totally Wired, Sweden, Soul Sister, Acid Jazz, 1994 * Blue Connection, Live at Clipper Club, Dragon Records Sweden, 1993 * All That Blues, From Sweden, Jefferson Rec, 1993 * En Blå Timme, That's Entertainment, TER Records 1993

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20070928212646/http://www.soulent.com/bobmanning.htm * http://www.epitonic.com/index.jsp?refer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.epitonic.com%2Fartists%2Fbobmanning.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20070217233918/http://www.dancebeat.net/html/artists/manning.shtml {{DEFAULTSORT:Manning, Bob Living people American soul singers 1945 births Soul Enterprise members