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Singer Patti Drew had the first hit version of "Workin' on a Groovy Thing," later a 1969 Top 20 R&B/pop hit for the 5th Dimension. She began her singing career as the lead singer of the Drew-vels, which included her sisters Lorraine and Erma and bass vocalist Carlton Black.

Born December 29, 1944, in Charleston, NC, Drew grew up in Nashville, TN, and later moved with her family to the Chicago suburb of Evanston.During her teens, she attended Evanston High and sang with her mother and sisters in church.

Her mother was a domestic worker whose employer, Maury Lathowers, was the regional promoter for Los Angeles, CA-based Capitol Records. She invited Lathowers to come to her church to hear her daughters sing and, impressed, he invited them to his home for an audition and got the group a deal with Capitol.

Their debut single, Tell Him was a huge local hit around the Chicago area and charted number 90 R&B in early 1964. The Drew-vels broke up later that year, and in 1966, Drew signed to Peter Wright's Quill label.

The following year, Drew signed a solo deal with Capitol. Her first single, a re-recording of "Tell Him," hit number 22 on the R&B charts in fall 1967. A Capitol LP, Tell Him, was also issued. One year later, her recording of the Neil Sedaka/Roger Atkins song "Workin' on a Groovy Thing" made it to number 34 R&B.

A Workin' on a Groovy Thing LP was issued along with two more Capitol LPs, I've Been Here All the Time (1969) and Wild Is Love (January 1970). Drew's other singles were "Hundreds of Guys," "Keep on Movin'," and "My Lover's Prayer.

" In 1971, she left the music business. She resurfaced with a release on Carl Davis and E. Rodney Jones' Innovation Records in 1975. During the '80s, she reunited with Carlton Black in the group Front Line and performed around the Evanston area.

Most of her Capitol singles can be found on the Collectables 1994 CD Tell Him: Golden Classics Edition.

Patti Drew performs blues, funk, jazz, jazz vocal, soul music and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, or other music performances. The estimated booking fee range to book Patti Drew for your event, Please Contact. Patti Drew has more than 39.5K listeners worldwide and really knows how to entertain your audience. Similar artists are  Lonnie Smith, Bobbi Humphrey, Gary Bartz, Marlena Shaw, Eddie Henderson, The Blackbyrds . Contact AAE Music agency for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Patti Drew for an upcoming event.

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