Tavares (also known as The Tavares Brothers) is a successful American R&B, disco, and soul music band, comprised of five brothers from New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Originally named Chubby and the Turnpikes, they started performing in 1963, when the youngest brother was thirteen years old. By 1973 they signed with Capitol Records, scoring their first R&B Top 10 (Pop Top 40) hit with "Check it Out", that same year, and soon began charting regularly on the R&B and pop charts. Their first album included their brother John, who dropped out of the group shortly after. In 1974 Tavares had a #1 R&B hit with "She's Gone" (later a hit for Hall and Oates), which they followed up with "Remember What I Told You To Forget." 1975 turned out to be their most successful year chart-wise, chalking up a Top 40 Pop album (In the City) and their biggest hit, the Top 10 Pop/#1 R&B smash "It Only Takes a Minute". Read more about ...
