The Whatnauts
The Whatnauts were an American soul group from Baltimore, Maryland founded in 1969, Gerard 'Chunky' Pinkney , Billy Herndon and Garrett Jones.
The group had several hit singles in the early 1970s, including the socially conscious single "Message From A Black Man" in 1970 on A&I International, "Please Make The Love Go Away" also in 1970 but on Stang Records, and their biggest success "I’ll Erase Away Your Pain" in 1971. They performed with fellow Stang Records artists The Moments for the hit single "Girls" in 1974. Read Full BioThe Whatnauts were an American soul group from Baltimore, Maryland founded in 1969, Gerard 'Chunky' Pinkney , Billy Herndon and Garrett Jones.
The group had several hit singles in the early 1970s, including the socially conscious single "Message From A Black Man" in 1970 on A&I International, "Please Make The Love Go Away" also in 1970 but on Stang Records, and their biggest success "I’ll Erase Away Your Pain" in 1971. They performed with fellow Stang Records artists The Moments for the hit single "Girls" in 1974.
The Whatnauts' music has been sampled by numerous artists including their hit "I'll Erase Away Your Pain" in Kanye West's "Late" (2005); "Why Cant People Be Colors Too?" from 1974 sampled in "Oh My God" by A Tribe Called Quest feat. Busta Rhymes (1993); and "Help Is on the Way" from 1981 in both "Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)" by De La Soul (1991), "Act Like You Know" by Fat Larry's Band (1982), "Sex With You" by Heavy D & the Boyz (1994), "Greatest Day" by Beverley Knight (1998) and "Ain't Leavin Without You" by Jaheim (2010).
One of the most consistent R&B aggregations of the '70s, the Moments enjoyed a string of major hits throughout the decade. The Hackensack, NJ, trio introduced themselves and the Stang label with "Not on the Outside" in 1968, and topped the R&B charts in 1970 with the gold-plated "Love on a Two-Way Street," produced by Sylvia Robinson (one half of Mickey & Sylvia). Other major soul smashes by the Moments included "If I Didn't Care" and "All I Have" in 1970, "Sexy Mama" in 1973, and another number one R&B item, "Look at Me (I'm in Love)," in 1975. Members Harry Ray, Al Goodman, and William Brown changed their billing to Ray, Goodman & Brown in 1978 and topped the soul lists the next year with the slickly harmonized "Special Lady" on Polydor. The renamed trio remained potent soul hitmakers through the '80s. ~ Bill Dahl, Rovi
The group had several hit singles in the early 1970s, including the socially conscious single "Message From A Black Man" in 1970 on A&I International, "Please Make The Love Go Away" also in 1970 but on Stang Records, and their biggest success "I’ll Erase Away Your Pain" in 1971. They performed with fellow Stang Records artists The Moments for the hit single "Girls" in 1974. Read Full BioThe Whatnauts were an American soul group from Baltimore, Maryland founded in 1969, Gerard 'Chunky' Pinkney , Billy Herndon and Garrett Jones.
The group had several hit singles in the early 1970s, including the socially conscious single "Message From A Black Man" in 1970 on A&I International, "Please Make The Love Go Away" also in 1970 but on Stang Records, and their biggest success "I’ll Erase Away Your Pain" in 1971. They performed with fellow Stang Records artists The Moments for the hit single "Girls" in 1974.
The Whatnauts' music has been sampled by numerous artists including their hit "I'll Erase Away Your Pain" in Kanye West's "Late" (2005); "Why Cant People Be Colors Too?" from 1974 sampled in "Oh My God" by A Tribe Called Quest feat. Busta Rhymes (1993); and "Help Is on the Way" from 1981 in both "Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)" by De La Soul (1991), "Act Like You Know" by Fat Larry's Band (1982), "Sex With You" by Heavy D & the Boyz (1994), "Greatest Day" by Beverley Knight (1998) and "Ain't Leavin Without You" by Jaheim (2010).
One of the most consistent R&B aggregations of the '70s, the Moments enjoyed a string of major hits throughout the decade. The Hackensack, NJ, trio introduced themselves and the Stang label with "Not on the Outside" in 1968, and topped the R&B charts in 1970 with the gold-plated "Love on a Two-Way Street," produced by Sylvia Robinson (one half of Mickey & Sylvia). Other major soul smashes by the Moments included "If I Didn't Care" and "All I Have" in 1970, "Sexy Mama" in 1973, and another number one R&B item, "Look at Me (I'm in Love)," in 1975. Members Harry Ray, Al Goodman, and William Brown changed their billing to Ray, Goodman & Brown in 1978 and topped the soul lists the next year with the slickly harmonized "Special Lady" on Polydor. The renamed trio remained potent soul hitmakers through the '80s. ~ Bill Dahl, Rovi
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I'll Erase Away Your Pain
The Whatnauts Lyrics
Little girl, please stop your running
'Cause I'll erase away your pain
You're the only girl in town
Who always get pushed around
So girl, don't change (don't change)
Don't let yourself go, girl
Don't change (don't change)
'Cause I love you just the way you are
So little girl, please stop your running
'Cause I'll erase away whoooo your pain
(I'll erase away ) your pain
(I'll erase away )
Just be true to only me
Tell me you're as happy
As a girl can be
So girl, don't change (don't change)
Don't let yourself go, girl
Don't change (don't change)
'Cause I love you just the way you are
So little girl, please stop your running
'Cause I'll erase away whoooo your pain
(I'll erase away ) your pain
(I'll erase away ) your pain
(I'll erase away ) your pain
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Rev Michael Jackson
Little girl, please stop your crying
'Cause I'll erase away your pain
You're the only girl in town
Who always get pushed around
So girl, don't change (don't change)
Don't let yourself go, girl
Don't change (don't change)
'Cause I love you just the way you are
So little girl, please stop your running
'Cause I'll erase away whoooo your pain
(I'll erase away ) your pain
(I'll erase away )
Just be true to only me
Tell me you're as happy
As a girl can be
So girl, don't change (don't change)
Don't let yourself go, girl
Don't change (don't change)
'Cause I love you just the way you are
So little girl, please stop your running
'Cause I'll erase away whoooo your pain
(I'll erase away ) your pain
versus beats
no way this guy made “i’ll erase away” sound like “i’ll be late for that” , ye a genius
ButtTrumpet69
This comment is aging like a fine wine 🍷
DON Mumford
I'm from that Era Yes it's a treat to hear there songs. All talent. That's the way it was back then!!
YeeYeeKaree
He did it with Drunk and Hot Girls too
F2AME5
most underappreciated artist.
No Sweat
Same with through the wire
ChipSkylark VEVO
I'm seeing so many older people saying that people are dumb for discovering this from Kanye, but I think it's cool that he's introducing young people like me to notice beautiful songs like this.
Joshua Vazquez
im young and already knew about this gem
Boom Sensei
I heard Ye's song in 2004 and never knew until today after reading the comments on late for that
Dj Mixmash
@Evita Pagan i’m good friends with Red Alert who used to tell me stories about Latin quarter. Wish I was born back then To witness Latin quarter