The Channels

The Channels. Soundtrack: The All Together. The Channels formed in New York City in 1955. Originally a quintet, they eventually added two more members before beginning a recording career. Their biggest hit was 1956's romantic ballad (written by group member Earl Michael Lewis) "The Closer You Are". It was remade in the 1960s as a hard-driving R&B number by The Magnificent Four, which was a regional (East Coast) but not...