One of two USA groups with the same name working in different parts of New York City (the other Poets recorded for [l35004] and eventually formed the basis for 70s hitmakers the Main Ingredient, see The Poets). The Poets recorded three 45s for Juggy Murray’s Symbol records in the mid-60s. Led by Ronnie Lewis (who gets co-writing credit with Murray), the Poets also featured Melvin Bradford, Paul Fulton and Johnny James. ‘She Blew a Good Thing’ made it all the way to #2 on the R&B charts (scraping the outer limits of the Pop Top 40) in the spring of 1966.