The Sensations (20)

Originally called the “New Sensations”, they comprised Jack Weiner, Gregory Glazer, Richard Berk and Lawrence Bliss. Detroit, of course, meant Motown and indeed lead singer Glazer auditioned for Motown aged just 13. We believe he was offered a contract by Berry Gordy but his mother talked him out of signing… what kind of career is music for a hard working boy, she said! Undeterred, Glazer and his pals continued to rehearse and eventually plucked up the courage to audition for Gary Rubin and Alan Sussman who ran the local Pioneer Recording Studio. Now just called The Sensations, the boys performed two Glazer-penned songs, ‘Blinded By Pride’ and ‘I Found A Love’. Impressed, Rubin signed them to his Pioneer label and went into United Sound Studio to record the music tracks for the songs. He used the famous Detroit Symphony Orchestra to lay down the music but when it came to over dubbing the original Pioneer-recorded group vocals there was a disparity in the tempos and sadly the record was shelved. Glazer wrote more songs for the group and on the strength of his ‘Clean Up The Attic’, he was invited to join a “bigger” local outfit, Soul Sextet (later known as Tribal Sinfonia). Now leaderless, the Sensations folded and that, it seems, was that.