Stan Mosley

Mosley was born in Chicago in 1952. He fronted several local soul and R&B groups while still in his teens; his reputation widened, and eventually Shirley Brown took him on as a backup singer. He also continued to work locally, initiating his own Stand Up label and self-releasing the four-song disc Standing Tall in 1995. In 1997 he came to Malaco to audition as a songwriter; instead, he found himself hired as a recording artist. His two Malaco CDs, both of which proudly proclaim his self-professed identity as a “soul” singer (he disparages hybrid terms like “soul blues” and “southern soul”), remain modern-day classics.

—David Whiteis