[4] In 1954, Billy Henderson, Henry Fambrough, Pervis Jackson, C. P. Spencer, and James Edwards formed The Domingoes in Detroit, Michigan.

[5] With limited commercial success, Motown assigned the Spinners as road managers, chaperones, and chauffeurs for other groups, and even as shipping clerks.

The group then made the switch, but contractual obligations prevented Cameron from leaving Motown, so he stayed on there as a solo artist.

[7] When the Spinners signed to Atlantic in 1972, they were a respected but commercially unremarkable singing group who had never had a Top Ten pop hit—despite having been a recording act for over a decade.

They also remixed and reissued the 1970 B-side "Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music" (led by Smith, originally co-led by Cameron) as a 1973 A-side.

"Games People Play" featured guest vocalist Evette L. Benton[13] (though producer Bell disputed this in a UK-based interview, claiming Evette's line was actually group member Henry Fambrough – his voice sped up),[14] and led to the nickname "Mister 12:45" for bass singer Jackson, after his signature vocal line on the song.

Now at the height of their commercial and critical popularity, the band started a scholarship program to help send one student to college per year.

When this was not done, Wynne left the group in January 1977 and was replaced by John Edwards, who had recorded a number of R&B hits as a solo singer.

[7] Wynne had a solo career and entered the business end of music, forming a publishing group and record label.

From the Vaults, (US Natural Resources label NR 4014 and in the UK on Tamla Motown STMR 9001), included the song "What More Could a Boy Ask For" (Fuqua & Bristol), which was recorded circa 1965.

[7] The group's last US Hot 100 hit was a remake of Willie Nelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away", which peaked at number 67 in 1983.

They would go on to release two further albums, in addition to performing the title track to the 1987 hit film Spaceballs, during the latter half of the 1980s, with no singles from these projects getting beyond number 70 on the R&B charts.

After some years spent collaborating with Parliament-Funkadelic and working solo, Wynne died of a heart attack while performing in Oakland, California, on July 14, 1984.

In a 2014 interview, Henry Fambrough, the group's last surviving original member, stated: "Bobby (Smith) was always our major lead singer for all those years.

"[9] Fambrough has led on several Spinners songs on which he sang or shared lead vocals, including: "I Don't Want to Lose You", "Ghetto Child", "Living a Little, Laughing a Little", "Ain't No Price on Happiness", "Smile We Have Each Other", "Just as Long as We Have Love", (a second Spinners duet with Dionne Warwick) and "Now That We're Together".

[citation needed] In their box set, The Chrome Collection, the Spinners were lauded by David Bowie and Elvis Costello.

The group lost another member from their early days, when Edgar "Chico" Edwards died on December 3, 2011.

Elton John was not happy with the mixes and sat on the tapes for a year before asking for them to be remixed, so they would sound easier on the ear.

It then went to number one on the UK Singles Chart after being released on DJ Fatboy Slim's Southern Fried Records.

[25] After years without new music, The Spinners released 'Round the Block and Back Again on August 27, 2021, the first with the current lineup and the final before Fambrough's retirement.

[26] On May 3, 2023, after three previous nominations, the Spinners—with its classic 1970s lineup of Fambrough, Smith, Jackson, Henderson, Edwards and Wynne—were picked as inductees for the 2023 class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, nearly 70 years after the group had first formed.