Roscoe Shelton

[1] He is best remembered for his 1965 hit single "Strain on My Heart" and for his working relationships with the Fairfield Four and with Bobby Hebb.

By this time Shelton's recordings were released by Sound Stage 7, including another Top 40 hit, "Easy Going Fellow.

[6] Shelton left the music industry in 1969 and went to work for the Meharry Medical College, in Nashville.

[3] In 1994 Shelton, Earl Gaines, and Clifford Curry found work billed as the Excello Legends.

[2][6] Two years after his death, Shelton's "Say You Really Care" was included on the Grammy Award–winning compilation album Night Train to Nashville.