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The Fascinations

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The Sabre-Ettes (members Martha Reeves, Shirley Walker, ? and ?) 

The Boswell Sisters (members Bernadine Boswell, Joanne Levell and one other sister ?)

The Sabre-Ettes (members Martha Reeves, Shirley Walker, Bernadine Boswell, Joanne Levell and Fern Bledsoe (a former secretary at MOTOWN)) group survived for roughly one year (1960 roughly) singing at The Broadway Sportman Club)  

The Fasinations (members Shirley Walker, Joanne Levell, Bernadine Boswell and Fern Bledsoe) group originated from Detroit, Michigan. Shirley Walker formed group in 1960.

ABC-Paramount 10387 - Mama Didn't Lie / Someone Like You - 1962 

The Fascinations (members Shilrley Walker, Joanne Levell, Bernadine Boswell and Fern Bledsoe)

ABC Paramount 10387 - Mama Didn't Lie / Someone Like You - 1962
ABC Paramount  10443 - Tears In My Eyes / You Gonna Be Sorry - 1962

Shirley Lawson (Shirley Walker)

Enterprise 5040 - So Much To Me / Sad Sad Day - 1965
Back Beat 567 - The Star / One More Chance - 1966 

The Aprils (members: Which of the Fascinations were members of this group ? Does anyone know, and did they record ?

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The Fascinations (members Shilrley Walker, Joanne Levell, Bernadine Boswell and Fern Bledsoe)

Mayfield 7711 - Lucky (Instrumental) / I'm So Lucky - 1966 (Demo Copies Only)
Mayfield 7711 - (Say It Isn't So) Say You'd Never Go / I'm So Lucky (He Loves Me) - 1966
Mayfield 7714 - Girls Are Out To Get You* / You'll Be Sorry - 1967 *With Donny Hathaway On Piano.
Mayfield 7716 - I'm In Love / I Can't Stay Away - 1967
Mayfield 7718 - Hold On / Such A Fool - 1968
Mayfield 7719 - Just Another Reason / Ok For You - 1968

The following records are all by groups called The Fascinations, but are any of them the same group ?

Sure 106 - It's Midnight / Boom Bada Boom - 1960 (Scarcer Copy) 
Sure 106 - Midnight / Boom Bada Boom - 1960
Paxley 750 - If I Had Your Love / Why - 1960
Dore 593 - If I Had Your Love / Why - 1961(Almost certainly not the same group, but can anyone confirm this)
A & G 101 - Since You Went Away / I'm Gonna Cry - 1965
Crystal Ball 123 - Goodnight / One-Two-Three - 1978 (500 black vinyl and 25 red vinyl copies made only)