Little Royal and The Swingmasters

Little Royal
Background information
Birth name	Royal Torrence
Born	(1933-11-20)November 20, 1933 Washington, D.C., U.S.
Died	September 29, 2016(2016-09-29) (aged 82) Washington, D.C.
Genres	Northern soul Soul Funk
Occupation(s)	Entertainer
Instruments	Vocals
Labels	King Tri-us Carnival_Records
Associated acts	James Brown

Little Royal and The Swingmasters was an American soul and R&B group and artist of the 1960 and 1970s. Little Royal was half-brother of James Brown.

Notable people who have performed with Little Royal include Teddy Pendergrass^[1] and Bobby Parker.^[2]

The title track of his album Jealous, reached #15 on Billboard's Best-Selling Soul Singles chart on August 5, 1972.^[3] His song, "Razor Blade" was sampled by 16 artists, including Ice-T, Lord Finesse and J Dilla ^[4]

Little Royal died at the age of 82 on September 29, 2016.^[5]

Discography

Albums

• "Little Royal"
• Title: Jealous
• Label: King 1145-498
• Release date and origin: 1972/ USA

Songs:

1. "Jealous"
2. "I'll Come Crawling"
3. "Razor Blade"
4. "Keep on Pushing Your Luck"
5. "Losing Bbattle"
6. "Panama Red"
7. "You'll Lose a Good Thing"
8. "That's My Desire"
9. "Soul Train"
10. "Rainbow"
11. "My Love Needs Company"

Singles

• "I Can Tell" / "You Know (You Made Me Love You)" (Carnival, 1967)^[6]
• "Jealous" / "Razor Blade" (Tri-us, 1972)
• "I'll Come Crawling" / "Panama Red" (Tri-us, 1972)
• "I Surrender" / "Soul Train" (Tri-us, 1972)
• "Keep On Pushing Your Luck" / "(I Want To Be Free) Don't Want Nobody Standing Over Me" (Tri-us, 1973)
• "My Love Needs Company" / "I'm Glad To Do It" (Tri-us, 1973)
• "Miss Lady" / "Rainbow" (Tri-us, 1975) ^[7]
• "Groovin-Ain't No Love-Just My Imagination" / "Bring it on Home-Higher and Higher" (Flame, 1985)^[8]
• "Down on the Sand" / "Down on the Sand Part II" (Flame, 1986)^[9]

References