Paul Kyser (born December 6, 1943) is an American promoter, record label owner, singer, songwriter, record producer and arranger. He wrote and co-produced the hit "Dawning of Love" with Tom Vetri for Devotion. He also wrote "Body and Soul (That's the Way It's Got to Be)" for the group Soul Generation and "Where Were You (When I Needed You)" for Jimmy Briscoe and the Little Beavers. Along with Leon Stuckey he co-wrote "Just How Sweet Is Your Love" for Rhyze, which appears on the Boogie's Gonna Getcha: '80s New York Boogie compilation album. He co-wrote "Be My #2" which appears on the R. Kelly Untitled album. He is also credited with discovering Jimmy Briscoe & The Little Beavers.
Background Paul Kyser is from New Jersey.A Touch of Classic Soul 2: The Late 1970s, By Marc Taylor, 2001, ISBN 9780965232876 - Page 278 He is responsible for singer Retta Young meeting her future husband Al Goodman, who would be notable for his involvement with the groups Moments, and Ray, Goodman & Brown.Createspace - Artist/Band: Retta Young And The Devotions
Writing and production Teardrops, Superbs and Devotion An early production of Paul Kyser's was "Wait For Me" bw "Birdies and Memories" on Gossip TKT-2121 for girl group, The Teardrops, which was released in 1964.Shazam - Wait For Me, The TeardropsPopsike - The TEARDROPS - Wait For Me rare Philly SOUL '64 Gossip 45 Rhonda Franklin Not to be confused with The Teardrops from Cincinnati, Ohio,Spectropop - Cincinnati's very own Girl Group - The Teardrops by John Clemente this Kyser produced group that featured Rhonda Franklin on lead vocals was from New Jersey.Shazam - Wait For Me, The Teardrops45Cat - The Teardrops (girl soul) - DiscographySoul Source - I'm A New Member, By Guest Paul Kyser February 11, 2009 Guest Paul Kyser Posted February 11, 2009 Rhonda Franklin would later be part of The Superbs who would record "Love's Unpredictable" in 1968. She didn't sing lead on that song. It was Phillis Harris. "Love's Unpredictable" backed with "Happiest Girl In The World" was released on Catamount 2122 in 1968. Franklin had left the group by the time a promotional picture of Phillis Harris, Harris' sister and another female singer Arnita was produced.Soul Source - I'm A New Member, By Guest Paul Kyser February 11, 2009 Guest Paul Kyser Posted February 11, 2009Popsike - SUPERBS Love's Unpredictable Happiest Girl In The World CATAMOUNT 2122 45 MINT
According to the May 8, 1971, issue of Billboard, one of Kyser's and Tom Vetri's recent projects at the time was a production for Colossus Records with the group Devotion.Billboard, May 8, 1971 - Page 6 General News Record Firm Is Formed By Kyser He had recent success with them with his composition, Dawning of Love which charted in the Cash Box Top 60 In R & B Locations chart, peaking at no. 41,Roots Vinyl Guide - THE SUPERBS - THE DAWNING OF LOVE / SO GLAD YOU'RE HOME - SYMBOL DJCash Box, October 24, 1970 - Page 38 Cash Box Top 60 In R & B LocationsCash Box, October 31, 1970 - Page 37 Cash Box Top 60 In R & B Locations and peaking at no. 49 in the Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles chart.Billboard, October 31, 1970 - Page 42 Soul, Billboard BEST SELLING Soul Singles, Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY, For Week Ending 10/31/70Billboard, November 7, 1970 - Page 31 Billboard BEST SELLING Soul Singles, Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY, For Week Ending 11/7/70 Further activities His composition, "Body and Soul (That's the Way It's Got to Be)" recorded by Soul Generation got to no. 27 on the R&B chart in 1972.Who Sampled - Body and Soul (That's the Way It's Got to Be by Soul GenerationMusicVF.com - Songs written by Paul Kyser, Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography
With Leon Stuckey, he wrote the song "Hypertension".Catalogue of Copyright Entries Third Series, 1977 - Page 2523 EU83772 It was a hit in 1975 for the group Calendar, getting on the Billboard Disco Action chart at no. 12 on the week ending July 5, 1975,Billboard, July 5, 1975 - Page 28 Disco Action By Tom Moulton, Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island) Retail Sales no. 10 on the Record Mirror UK Disco Chart,James Hamilton's Disco Page - A full list of all Record Mirror UK Disco Chart entries, 1975-1979, Calendar, Hypertension (All Platinum) — 9 August 1975: 10, 4 and no. 94 on the Cash Box Top 100 R&B chart.Cash Box, August 30, 1975 - Page 19 CASH BOX TOP 100 R&B, 94 HYPERTENSION Calendars (Buddah BDA 4881 95 It also got into the Billboard Soul chart in 1975.Billboard, October 23, 1976 - Page 87 Billboard's Recommended LPs * Continued front page 84
He wrote and produced the song "Invitation to the World" for Jimmy Briscoe & The Little Beavers which was released in 1977. It was one of two disco singles that Billboard recommended in its October 8 edition that year.Billboard, October 8, 1977 - Page 100 Billboard's Top Single Picks, Disco, recommended It got to no. 91 on the US R&B chart.MusicVF.com - Songs written by Paul Kyser, Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography In 1979, he produced "Into The Milky Way" for the same group. He co-wrote the song with Leon Stuckey.Billboard, July 14, 1979 - Page 93 Billboard's Top Single Picks, Disco, recommended
Manhattans, Commodores, Spinners, Gladys night & the Pips, R. Flack & D. Hathaway, the Jacksons were on Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals category in 1981. But Kyser's production work on the "Rhyze to the Top" single lost Rhyze a grammy nomination in the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals category in 1981.Grammy Award 1981 awardsandshows.com Retrieved 24 January 2024Billboard, December 18, 1981 - Page 5 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, 24th ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS CATEGORIESCash Box, September 26, 1981 - Page 16 RHYZE PRIZECash Box, October 3, 1981 - Page 11 REVIEWS SINGLES REVIEWS
In 1989, Kyser did well with his production and co-composition of Terry Tate's "Babies Having Babies" which made its debut on debut at no. 80 on the Cash Box Top R&B Singles chart at no. 80,Cash Box, July 22, 1989 - Page 23 CASH BOX CHARTS, TOP R&B SINGLES 80 BABIES HAVING BABIES (Trumpet 166) Terry Tate DEBUT and getting to no. 14 on the twelfth week.Cash Box, October 7, 1989 - Page 13 CASH BOX CHARTS, TOP R&B SINGLES, 14 BABIES HAVING BABIES (Trumpet 166) Terry Tate 16 12Cash Box, October 14, 1989 - Page 29 CASH BOX CHARTS, TOP R&B SINGLES, 14 BABIES HAVING BABIES (Trumpet 166) Terry Tate 14 13 It was also a Top Ten, at no. 10 in the Black Singles Billboard chart, spending a total of 18 weeks in the chart.Music VF.com - Terry Tate by Terry Tate, Babies Having Babiesrareandobscuremusic, December 12, 1989 - Terry Tate
Kyser and Renee Connel wrote the song "Up Down" which was recorded by New Jersey songstress Parker J. Produced by Game Music, it appeared on her debut album "Lifeline". It entered the Digital Radio Tracker's Global Top 200 Airplay Chart at no. 81.Broadway World, Mar. 15, 2023 - State Theatre New Jersey Presents Classic R&B Spectacular in April By: Stephi WildDaily Music Roll, June 24, 2022 - Parker J Is Offering Some Impressive Musicality in Her Recently Released Investing Tracks ‘Up Down’ - Jennifer Stone
Work with Leon Stuckey Leon Stuckey was credited co-composer on many recordings that Kyser wrote and produced. Their co-compositions included, "Oh What A Pity" and "Comin' On Strong".Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series, Volume 31, Part 5, Number 2, Section 2 - 1977 - Page 2287 They co wrote "Ain't Nothing New Under The Sun" and "True Love (Is Worth More Than Gold)" for Jimmy Briscoe And The Beavers. Both songs appeared as B sides for singles released on the Wanderick label.45Cat - Wanderick - Label Discography They also co-wrote both sides of the Breeze single, "Just In The Nick Of Time" bw "Everybody Loves Music".Discogs - Breeze (8) – Just In The Nick Of Time / Everybody Loves Music As a sole composer, Stuckey's work includes "If I Could Have You" bw "Anybody Else But You" for The J.C.B.Discogs - The J.C.B. – If I Could Have You / Anybody Else But You
The pair's composition, "Hypertension"Catalogue of Copyright Entries Third Series, 1977 - Page 2523 EU83772 recorded by Calendar was released on All Platinum 6146 308 in the UK.Amazon UK - Calender - Hypertension (Part 1) - All Platinum - 6146 308 Making its debut in the Record Mirror UK disco chart on August 9, 1975, "Hypertension" got to no. 10, spending a total of four weeks in the chart.James Hamilton's Disco Page - A full list of all Record Mirror UK Disco Chart entries, 1975-1979, Calendar, Hypertension (All Platinum) — 9 August 1975: 10, 4 In the US, it made it into the Cash Box R&B chart, peaking at no. 94 on August 30,Cash Box, August 30, 1975 - Page 19 CASH BOX TOP 100 R&B, 94 HYPERTENSION Calendars (Buddah BDA 4881 95Cash Box, September 6, 1975 - Page 26 CASH BOX TOP 100 R&B, 96 HYPERTENSION Calendars (Buddah BDA 488) 94 spending a total of four weeks in the chart.Cash Box, August 16, 1975 - Page 37 CASH BOX TOP 100 R&B, 98 HYPERTENSION, ON Calendars (Buddah BDA 488 _Cash Box, September 6, 1975 - Page 26 CASH BOX TOP 100 R&B, 96 HYPERTENSION Calendars (Buddah BDA 488) 94Cash Box, September 13, 1975 - Page 28 CASH BOX TOP 100 R&B It also made the Billboard Soul chart.Billboard, October 23, 1976 - Page 87 Billboard's Recommended LPs * Continued front page 84
Labels In the early 1970s he founded the Silver Dollar Records label with Tom Vetri as his vice-president. The first act to have a release on the label was Nu-Sound Express with "Ain't It Good Enough" bw "I've Been Trying".Billboard, May 8, 1971 - Page 6 General News Record Firm Is Formed By Kyser The label would eventually become defunct but came back to life with its reformation in 1980 by Kyser & Vetri, with its new location at 1650 Broadway, New York City 10019.Billboard, September 6, 1980 - Page 35 General News, New Companies Silver Dollar Records
He set up the New Jersey–based Pi Kappa which released singles from 1973 to 1976 by Jimmy Briscoe and The Little Beavers, Calender, Storm and the Super Disco Band.Discogs - Pi Kappa Records45Cat - Pi Kappa - Label Discography
He set up the Wanderick label as a subsidiary of TK Records. This was used to release recordings by Jimmy Briscoe And The Beavers. It operated from 1977 until 1978.Discogs - WanderickBoth Sides Now Publications - Wanderick Album Discography
See also :Category:Song recordings produced by Paul Kyser :Category:Songs written by Paul Kyser Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Delfonics The Moments
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External links Discogs - Paul Kyser Rate Your Music - Paul Kyser Paul Kyser at Soul Sauce Champagne Filmmaker channel - Music Executive Paul L. Kyser of Trumpet Records Sit Down Documentary Music Metason - Paul Kyser Jaxsta - Paul Kyser
Audio nick nicola channel - Teardrops, "Wait for Me" (1964) The Superbs - Topic channel - "Love's Unpredictable" (1968) The Superbs - Topic channel - "Happiest Girl in the World" (1968) Robbie channel - The Superb's So Glad Your Home SYMBOL Records (1969) aaappleknocker channel - Devotion - "Dawning of Love" (1970) Retta Young And The Devotions - Topic channel - The Saga of Willie Jones (1971) mrandybella11 channel - Calender - "Hypertension" (1975) Kandyman1028channel - "Babies Having Babies" - Terry Tate