The Tavares brothers came out of the Northeast (Massachusetts and Rhode Island). Their family originally hailed from the Cape Verdean islands. They would form a group and start performing in 1959. At one point, Bernie Worrell, who would later be a big part of Parliament-Funkadelic, joined them. By 1970 Check it Out, became their first big hit. Tavares would go on to have a number of other hits including: Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel, She’s Gone, It Only Takes a Minute and Never Had a Love Lik