Biography
The T.S.U. Toronadoes was an American soul band from Houston, TX, United States, active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The house band for Skipper Lee Frazier's label, Ovide, its group members included Cal Thomas (guitar,vocals), Will Thomas (guitar, vocals), Peter Newman (bass), Darryll Busby (saxophone), Clarence 'Creeper' Harper (trumpet) and Nelson Mills (horns).
Named after the school where they were students, as well as their favorite car, the Oldsmobile Toronado, the band slowly gained a reputation on campus and in Houston, Texas, as a tight unit. As well as doing gigs on their own, the band would often be the backing band to national acts such as Jackie Wilson, Barbara Acklin and Etta James, who would be in town to play in the Houston area. But it was their backing of Archie Bell & The Drells from which they gained their notoriety.
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Several different spellings of the band can be found on the labels of the band's records: with or without the article 'The', T.S.U. with or without dots (TSU) and even 'Toronados' and 'Toronadoes' have both appeared on record labels. However, The T.S.U. Toronadoes is the preferred and most commonly used spelling here on Last.fm. Please scrobble accordingly, if possible.
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