Ollie Hoskins was the lead singer of the Dixie Nightingales, a Gospel group, which became Ollie & The Nightingales when they signed with Stax in 1968. From there they scored hits with \"I Got a Sure Thing,\" \"You're Leaving Me,\" and \"I've Got a Feeling.\" Hoskins went solo at the turn of the decade, billing himself as Ollie Nightingale and scoring a couple of R&B chart items (\"It's a Sad Thing\" and \"May the Best Man Win\") in 1971-72. The Nightingales soldiered on, recruiting singer Tommy Tate to replace him in the studio.