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- Melvin_Bliss abstract "Melvin McClelland (June 1, 1945-July 26, 2010) was a rhythm and blues singer known for his 1973 song \"Reward/Synthetic Substitution\", the B-Side of which was heavily sampled in at least 94 hip hop songs such as \"Real Niggaz Don't Die\" and Alwayz into Somethin' by N.W.A, O.G. Original Gangster by Ice-T, O.P.P. by Naughty by Nature and more recently \"My Life\" by 50 Cent, Eminem and Adam Levine.Born in 1945 in Chicago as Melvin McClelland, his career didn't begin with music; rather, in the Armed Forces. After spending a few years singing in Naval bands, he departed the Navy in the mid-1950s. From there, he went from stage to stage until the early 1970s, when in an attempt to boost his career prospects he visited a Queensbridge concert hall intending to use it for self-promotion. Whilst awaiting a meeting with the hall's owner, he encountered the mother of Herb Rooney and it emerged that he wanted a singer to record one of his compositions. After an informal discussion with Rooney himself, Bliss hit the studio to record it; the result was Reward. That song's B-Side, \"Synthetic Substitution\", became one of the most sampled songs of all time. Unfortunately, Bliss' label, Sunburst Records, was a sister company of Opal Productions, and in 1974 it went bankrupt, taking Sunburst Records with it; in doing so rendering Bliss a one-hit wonder.In 2011, a documentary about him, Synthetic Substitution: The Life Story of Melvin Bliss, was released by Peripheral Enterprises. It was produced by Earl Holder.".
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- Melvin_Bliss background "solo_singer".
- Melvin_Bliss birthDate "1945-06-01".
- Melvin_Bliss birthName "Melvin McClelland".
- Melvin_Bliss dateOfDeath "2010".
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- Melvin_Bliss label "Sunburst Records".
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- Melvin_Bliss comment "Melvin McClelland (June 1, 1945-July 26, 2010) was a rhythm and blues singer known for his 1973 song \"Reward/Synthetic Substitution\", the B-Side of which was heavily sampled in at least 94 hip hop songs such as \"Real Niggaz Don't Die\" and Alwayz into Somethin' by N.W.A, O.G. Original Gangster by Ice-T, O.P.P.".
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