The Ramong Sound was a British soul Ska band, active from 1965 to 1966. The Ramong Sound was a R&B - Soul - Ska London based outfit that featured two black lead singers doing Sam & Dave styled duets, one of them being Clem Curtis. Curtis joined the group after hearing from his uncle that Ramong, the lead singer of the group was looking for backing singers and he should give it a try.

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  • The Ramong Sound was a British soul Ska band, active from 1965 to 1966. The Ramong Sound was a R&B - Soul - Ska London based outfit that featured two black lead singers doing Sam & Dave styled duets, one of them being Clem Curtis. Curtis joined the group after hearing from his uncle that Ramong, the lead singer of the group was looking for backing singers and he should give it a try. Curtis at this time was a former pro boxer and had only limited singing experience and used to sing with his uncle when he came around the house with the guitar Guitar player Alan Warner was an experienced musician and joined the Ramong Sound after having worked in various bands and would stay with the group through all of their name changes and evolutions until he left in 1970 to join progressive rock rock band Pluto. At some stage the group had dropped the "sound" part of their name and shorten it to simply The Ramongs or The Ramong. The group had a steadily growing reputation and following around the London club scene due to the energetic performance of the group. After the original lead singer, Ramong who the group was named after was sent down for six months to care of Her Majesty, a friend of the band called Joan suggested Arthur Brown as a replacement. Around this time they had gone through a succession of name changes that included The Foundation Sound, The Foundation Squad and would eventually evolve into The Foundations. Arthur Brown would leave the band after a few weeks and they would emerge in January 1967 with Clem Curtis as the lead singer and go on to have several hits, including the all time classic hits Baby Now That I've Found You and Build Me Up Buttercup.
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    Clem Curtis
    Peter Macbeth
    Ramong
    Alan Warner
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  • The Ramong Sound was a British soul Ska band, active from 1965 to 1966. The Ramong Sound was a R&B - Soul - Ska London based outfit that featured two black lead singers doing Sam & Dave styled duets, one of them being Clem Curtis. Curtis joined the group after hearing from his uncle that Ramong, the lead singer of the group was looking for backing singers and he should give it a try.
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