With their roots dating all the way back to 1959, soul music group Tavares is
one of the longest-running bands in R&B and is best known for the 1977 hit
single “Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel” and their version of “More Than a
Woman,” which was featured on the soundtrack to the 1977 film Saturday Night
Fever. The group’s history began in 1959 with Linda & The Del Rios, a doo wop
group that featured four Tavares brothers: Chubby (real name: Antone), John,
Pooch (real name: Arthur), and Ralph. The brothers, whose parents were of Cape
Verdean descent, were born in New Bedford, Mass...