The Stylistics was formed in 1966/68 from two groups from North Phyladelphia: Airrion Love, Russell Thompkins Jr, James Smith from “The Monarchs”, and Herb Murrell e James Dunn, from “The Percussions”.
When members from each group were drafted or went on to further their education, the remaining members under the guidance of their English teacher Beverly Hamilton joined forces and changed the name to "The Stylistics". After working locally for a number of years, the group was approached by Bill Perry who asked if they would be interested in recording. Their first song "You're a Big Girl Now" was recorded at Virtue Recording Studio, a local studio in Philadelphia. This song was written by the group guitarist at the time, Robert "Doc" Douglas and Road Manager, Marty Bryant. The sessions cost Bill Perry a little over US$ 500.00 to produce and was released locally. It was soon picked up in the tri-state area and before long, it became a number 1 hit in Philadelphia and a few other cities.
Bill was interested it promoting the record national but didn't have the resources. He decided to contact Avco Records and made a deal. Rumor has it, Bill received over $ 10,000.00 from Avco of which the group never saw a dime. After the success of "You're A Big Girl Now", Avco wanted to naturally follow up with an album release.
Hit veteran producer Tom Bell was contacted and was hired to produce the group's first album. The album was entitled "The Stylistics" and from that album came "Stop, Look, Listen to your Heart", “You Are Everything" and "Betcha By Golly Wow", "You Can Make It Happen Again”, “The Miracle”. The success of the first album was phenomenal for that time along with an unheard release of six singles in total. The ball continued to roll with the release of their second album entitled "Round Two". The Stylistics were becoming known as the group with the sweet love songs. Check out Discography for the full list of album releases. Herbert Murrell and Airrion Love are the remaining original members of The Stylistics.
Friends since junior high school, Herb and Airrion have managed to keep their institution of 70's music alive.
Russell Thompkins Jr. left the group, he wished to have a solo career, but it isn’t easy. And he joins a new group and called it The NEW Stylistics.
In the beginning the original group thought it was the end of The Stylistics for the departure of their original falsetto.
But… as in this life most things can be replaced, they met another excellent falsetto from The Manhattans group. His name is Eban, HAROLD (EBAN) BRONW, and thanks God, they make a BIG success, with a full calendar for all countries…

Because, as in life "THE SHOW MUST GO ON"

(Researched and copied from internet sites)