Ferncliff Music

Coombs journey began with his vision as a teenager and continued to Waxie-Maxie Music Store, then to Schwartz Brothers Wholesale Distributors, from there to Chicago to work for Ramsey Lewis. He worked for CBS Records, Capitol Records, Ray Charles, Philadelphia International Records. After leaving PIR he with partners Eddie Levert, Sr and Walter Williams, both of the O'Jays started and guided the career of LeVert. The life experiences, the good times, the bad times, the lessons learned the joy and the pain of Coombs journey in relived in his own words. Should you read my book I pray you enjoyed one or more of the destinations on my journey. I enjoyed them all.

Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, Clive Davis, The O'Jays, Teddy Pendergrass, McFadden and Whitehead, Billy Paul, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Billy Paul, Jean Carn, The Jones Girls, Phyllis Hyman, Dexter Wansel, The Three Degrees, MFSB, Patti LaBelle, Joe Tarsia, Maurice White of EWF, Joe Medlin, Granville White and hundreds of individuals, both famous and not so famous are included.