Artist: Chairmen Of The Board
Author: Ronald Dunbar/Edith Wayne
Label: Invictus
Year: 1969

Soul vocal group from Detroit with lead singer General Norman Johnson, ex The Showmen (see: It Will Stand), who wrote Patches (see there). Edith Wayne is an alias for Invictus label owners Holland/Dozier/Holland. See also: Girls It Ain't Easy. No wonder Johnson sounds like a twin brother of Levi Stubbs (Four Tops).