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The Detroit Emeralds
The R&B act The Detroit Emeralds was founded as The Emeralds in the early 1960s
by the brothers Abrim, Ivory, Raymond, and Cleophus Tilmon in Arkansas. Raymond
and Cleophus left the group after a few years, and they were replaced by James
Mitchell, a longtime friend of the Tilmon boys. They moved to the Motor City,
added “Detroit” to their moniker, and had their first chart showing with “Show
Time” in 1968. Their debut album, 1971’s Do Me Right, spun off a pair of hit
singles—the album’s title track went top 10 on the R&B chart, and “Wear This
Ring (with Love)” climbed to number ...
