Stuart Bascombe

Stuart Bascombe
File:Stuart page photo.jpg Stuart Bascombe in December of 2015 Backstage at The Jacksons Concert in Newark, NJ at the PAC
Background information
Birth name	Stuart D. Bascombe
Born	(1954-01-20) January 20, 1954 New York, New York, United States
Origin	Harlem, New York City
Genres	R&B, disco, Classic Soul, Funk
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, record producer, vocalist, keyboardist
Instruments	Vocals, keyboards
Years active	1968–present
Labels	Todays Records/Perception Records, Buddah Records, Kwanzaa Records/Warner Bros. Records
Associated acts	Black Ivory Logg

Stuart Bascombe (born January 20, 1954) is an American singer, songwriter, recording artist, record producer and actor. Bascombe is an original member of the R&B/Soul Vocal Group, Black Ivory,. who recorded a number of R&B hits in the 1970's including, "Don't Turn Around", "You and I", "Time Is Love", "I'll Find A Way (The Loneliest Man In Town)", and their disco hit, "Mainline".

Early life

Bascombe was born in Harlem, New York and was raised in Harlem and in The Bronx.

History

Musical Career

Bascombe, along with songwriter and prolific disco producer Leroy Burgess, and Russell Patterson released their debut album while still attending High School. Black Ivory was first signed to the East Coast label Today/Perception Records, which was run by record producer, Patrick Adams, who was also the groups manager.

Bascombe with his group scored 3 top 40 R&B hits in 1972, including "Don't Turn Around" #38, and "You And I" #32 from their hit debut album, "Don't Turn Around", which peaked at #13 on the Billboard R&B Album Chart in May of 1972. Another single from that album, "I'll Find A Way (The Loneliest Man In Town)" peaked at #46 on Billboard R&B Chart. Their single, "Time Is Love" was the third top 40 hit peaking at #37. Other charting singles included, "Spinning Around" #45, "What Goes Around (Comes Around)" #44, and "Will We Ever Come Together" #40. Although they recorded several uptempo tracks, such as "Big Apple Rock", "Walking Downtown (On A Saturday Night)", "What Goes Around (Comes Around)" and later, "Mainline" with Russell Patterson as lead singer (written by Burgess, but recorded after he left the group in 1977), they were primarily known for sweet soul ballads.

June 1, 1974, Bascombe appeared on season three of Soul train and on PBS television show, SOUL! March 1, 1972 with his group Black Ivory.

In 1995 the group reunited and returned to the stage on the Classic Soul circuit, featuring all three original members, with Stuart Bascombe doing most of the leads. They have been performing and recording together ever since, releasing a Christmas single entitled "Snow", and In November 2011, a new CD entitled Continuum on their own label, SLR Records LLC.

Songwriter Credits

Bascombe is credited as co-writer on four songs from Black Ivory's debut album, "Don't Turn Around". "You And I", "Surrender", I Keep Asking You Questions", and "I'll Find A Way". Bascombe co-produced their third album, "Feel It", along with Robert John, Michael Gately, Leroy Burgess and Russell Patterson, and was co-writer on the songs "Daily News", "Warm Inside", and "Your Eyes Say Goodbye". Bascombe also co-wrote "White Wind", "Longer Ride", "Can't You See" from their album, "Black Ivory". With the exception of, "Big Apple Rock", Bascombe co-produced all songs on their 5th Album, "Hangin' Heavy", and is the sole writer on, "Peace & Harmony".

In 1995, Rapper Raekwon released his hit single Criminology. Bascombe is credited as one of the writers.

Bascombe is credited as one of the writers on the 2004 album release, Disciples Of The 36 Chambers: Chapter 1 by The Wu-Tang Clan.

In his 2006 Beat Konducta Vol.1-2: Movie Scenes, Madlib sampled Bascombe song, "You and I" in his beat titled "The Understanding (Comprehension)".

Bascombe is a contributing writer on the single, "Gettin' Up" on Rapper and Musician Q-Tip's album, "The Renaissance", which was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2010.

Rapper Wiz Khalifa in 2009 released, "Gettin' Up on his mix-tape entitled, "Burn After Rolling" using the same track as Q-Tip's 2008 single "Gettin' Up". Both are samples of the song, "You and I", of which Bascombe is a co-writer of.

In 2010, Rappers Raekwon, Ghostface Killah & Method Man released the CD, "Wu-Massacre" with Bascombe credited as one of the writers on Criminology 2.5.

Bascombe co-produced Black Ivory's 2011 CD release entitled, "Continuum". He wrote the song, "The Move" and co-wrote two other singles from that release, "Win at Love" and "Lookin' for Love".

Acting

At age 15, Bascombe appeared as an extra in the 1970 film, "Cotton Comes To Harlem" as one of the protesters outside of the police department.

In 1976 Bascombe scored the lead role as Moses in a made for TV children's film "Turkey Treasure" which aired on WABC 7.and reprises his role as "Moses" in the 1984 sequel, the Emmy Award winning "To Be A Man", both directed by Cliff Frazier in which he co-starred with the late Robert Earl Jones and Estelle Evans.

Bascombe is a featured guest in the award winning 2018 documentary, "Mr. Soul!", a film based on the host and executive producer of SOUL!, Ellis Haizlip, the first “black Tonight Show.” In 1968, SOUL! was launched as a local, New York broadcast. In 1969 the series rolled out nationwide on PBS, on WNET Channel 13. Haizlip had produced over 130 hour-long shows featuring a dazzling array of A-list guests. Actor Blair Underwood is the Executive Director and narrator of the film.

Memberships

Voting Member of The Recording Academy

A member of The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).

Founding Member and Board Trustee of The National Rhythm and Blues Music Society.

Recent Years

In October of 2019, Bascombe along with Black Ivory's band-mate, Russell Patterson traveled to the UK and joined Leroy Burgess on stage at the famous London's Jazz Cafe. It was the first time that Black Ivory performed in London together. They were honored with awards to commemorate their 50th Anniversary. In addition, Black Ivory was featured in a 13 page article in the London magazine, The Soul Survivors

As of 2020, Bascombe is still writing and performing. His group Black Ivory are one of the only Classic Soul/R&B Group of the 70's who are still performing with all of the original members from their first recordings.

Discography

With Black Ivory

Albums

• Don't Turn Around (1972) (Today Records) #13 Billboard R&B Chart
• ''Baby, Won't You Change Your Mind (1972) (Today Records) #26 Billboard R&B Chart
• Feel It (1975) (Buddah Records)
• Black Ivory (1976) (Buddah Records)
• Hangin' Heavy (1979) (Buddah Records/Arista Records)
• Then and Now (1984) (Panoramic Records)
• Continuum (2011) (SLR Records)

Singles

• "Don't Turn Around" (1971) #38 Billboard R&B Chart
• "You and I" (1972) #32 Billboard R&B Chart
• "I'll Find a Way (The Loneliest Man In Town)" (1972) #46 Billboard R&B Chart
• "Time Is Love"/"Got to Be There" (1972) #37 Billboard R&B Chart
• "Spinning Around" (1973) #45 Billboard R&B Chart
• "What Goes Around (Comes Around)" (1974) #44 Billboard R&B Chart
• "Will We Ever Come Together" (1975) #40 Billboard R&B Chart
• "Daily News"
• "You Mean Everything to Me"
• "Walking Downtown (Saturday Night)" (1976)
• "You Turned My Whole World Around" (1978)
• "Mainline"/"Dance" (1979) #57 Billboard Dance Club Chart
• "You Are My Lover" (1984)
• "I've Got My Eye On You" (1985) #18 Billboard Dance Club Chart

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