Don Hollinger

He was born September 7,1937 in Blakely, GA, but started his singing in church in Newark, NJ, as a young boy where he was mainly brought up. He toured with Jimmy Outler’s Sensational Six before moving to Florida where he was encouraged to go secular by Sam Cooke, and where all his solo recordings were cut. He joined Miami’s leading record man Henry Stone in 1972 cutting a session which resulted in 2 45s for Dash. Don didn’t make much money – if any at all – from his recordings, but made his living touring and as a songwriter. In the 70s he spent time with Swamp Dogg, writing for the likes of ZZ Hill and gigging with the likes of Doris Duke, as well as working with Betty Wright’s then husband King Sporty in Miami and around the Caribbean. Heart trouble stopped him working through most of the 1970's. He died in Miami on 27 June 1991