Real name: Charles Allen Colbert

American soul singer - songwriter - bassist

Active performer, composer, and producer in the Chicago soul scene
Born on 30 August 1939 in Argo, Illinois. Started his career as a teenager, along with his cousin in the soul group The Trinidads between 1958-1961.Then he joined The Daylighters, (not to be confused with the Texas blues band of the same name) and later in the soul/psychedelic-influenced group The American Breed. Throughout the 1960s, Colbert co-produced with his father, Charles Colbert at CaCoOl Productions and co-ran the Nike Records label and its sub-labels, Tip Top (2), Cool Records, Jive (4), and Mellow Records (2). Colbert was also the co-founder of Rufus. In the 1980s he was involved with the Ethnic Communications Outlet.