Arthur Payne:  

A short bio of Arthur “Poetry” Payne III The musical journey of Arthur E. Payne III aka “Poetry” began in 1962 at the age of seven with the writing of a children’s song, “It’s A Nice Day”. Being very shy and keeping his writing skills a secret, it wasn’t until 1967 at age of 12 and with the urging of childhood best friend Daniel B Harris that his songwriting skills begin coming to the forefront. Singing background in his first ever 5 man singing and cover song R&B group, “The Exceptions” led by the tenor of Daniel Harris, his first song “It’s A Nice Day” was to become this group’s first original performance song, being transformed from a children’s tune to a teenager love song by Arthur and co-member David E Skannal. David would also become the first person to ever co-write with Arthur as they would write many more songs together. After the break-up of “The Exceptions”and having been bitten by the performing “bug”, Arthur went on to form his first R&B group, “Poetry In Motion”, naming the group after his musical nickname “Poetry”, chosen by him because it was usually said that he wrote nice “poetry”. This group consisted of 4 male singer...Expand for more