The Vagrants formed in the Bronx in 1964 with Joey Stevens on vocals, Dan Penn on guitar, Tony Pantano on bass, and Gary DeCarlo on drums. They were a New York band with an ear for soul and R&B, which showed up in their 1965 single 'Respect.' That song, originally written by Otis Redding, became their best-known track.
Stevens left the band in 1967, and the lineup shifted after that. They put out a few albums in the mid-to-late 1960s, including one self-titled and another called 'Vagrant Soul.' The group played some reunion shows decades later, but those early recordings are what people tend to remember.
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