Solar Records Radio/Guest The Honey Cone's own Edna Wright/Host Wardell Potts Jr

Honey Cone was an American R&B and soul all–girl vocal group, who are best remembered for their Billboard #1 hit single, "Want Ads". They were the premier female group for Hot Wax Records, operated by Holland–Dozier–Holland after they had departed from Motown Records.

Honey Cone and Hot Wax's debut single "While You're Out Looking for Sugar" peaked at #26 on Billboard's R&B chart, but the follow-up "Girls, It Ain't Easy," reached #8 on the same listing. Their third release "Want Ads" proved to be their biggest success, topping both the R&B and pop chart, selling over one million copies, awarded with a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in May 1971.[1]

The same year, Honey Cone had another #1 R&B hit and #11 pop hit with "Stick-Up," which also sold more than one million units.[1] Further chart success continued in 1972 with "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show" (#15) and "The Day I Found Myself" (#23). However, none of the three of Honey Cone's releases in 1973 sold well. The Hot Wax and Invictus labels then ran into financial problems, reportedly caused by difficulties receiving payments from distributors.Edna Wright is best-known for the four years she spent as the lead singer of the female vocal trio Honey Cone, but the Los Angeles native had a long resume before forming that well-known group and remained active in music long after Honey Cone's breakup. Born in L.A. in 1944, Wright is the younger sister of vocalist Darlene Love (who is known for her years with Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans, a group that had some hits in the early '60s). Like Love, Wright was a member of an L.A.-based vocal group called the Blossoms, and like Love, Wright had some gospel credentials but ended up making secular R&B her main focus.