The San Remo Golden Strings were a studio

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from

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. A number of its members also played in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, while others were members of the Motown backing band,

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. Their albums were released on Ric-Tic, Motown and

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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). In 1971, they had some success, as the "San Remo Strings" with " Festival Time", which reached #39 in the

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and was popular on the UK's Northern soul music scene.

Discography

*''Hungry for Love'' ( Ric-Tic, 1965) (SEPT 18 CKLG SURVEY Vancouver Canada) *''Hungry for Love'' ( Motown, 1967) *''Swing'' (

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, 1968) *''Festival Time'' (Tamla Motown, 1967) TMG 795 *''Anthology-Hungry For Love''(2-Lp Set) (Gordy,1973)

References

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