How~The Masqueraders~1966

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Lee Hatim, Robert Wrights II, David Sanders, Harold Thomas, Sammie Hutchins
After cutting 1965's "Talk About a Woman" for the Houston label Soultown, the Masqueraders travelled to Detroit to audition for Motown -- informed that their style and approach were too similar to that of the Temptations, the group found themselves stuck in the Motor City with no money to return home, hatching a plan to perform at the local Twenty Grand Club to earn enough cash for return fare.
En route they stumbled on a recording studio owned by La Beat label owner Lou Beatty, who would go on to release five Masqueraders singles ("The Family," "I'm Gonna Make It," "Together That's the Only Way," "Be Happy for Me" and "I Got the Power") spread across 1966 and 1967.
None of their La Beat singles made a commercial impact, however, and the Masqueraders next travelled to Memphis to audition for producer Chips Moman.
The group would proceed to record a total of eight singles at Moman's American Studios beginning with 1967's "I Don't Want Nobody to Lead Me On" -- licensed to the New York label Wand, the song was a minor regional hit, and was later recorded by both former NFL star Rosey Grier and the Gentlemen Four.

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