Freddi Poole

Freddi Poole; sometimes billed as Freddie Pool is an American singer, known best for her work with the Former Ladies of the Supremes and the Three Degrees.

Raised in Los Angeles, she started singing in the church at the age of four, and got her first recording contract at the age of fourteen with the girl group The Delicates, with Darlene Walton, Billie Rae Calvin and Brenda Joyce Evans who would later become members of the Undisputed Truth.

The quartet recorded several singles for the Challenge, Soultown, and Pulsar record labels.

Poole went on to become a founding member of the female trio, Wild Honey.

Vesta Williams, and Mary Flowers were her bandmates.

Ron Townson (of The 5th Dimension) was their mentor.

The group disbanded in the early 1980s.

Freddi's impressive list of musical associations include performances with Lola Falana, former the Supremes member Jean Terrell, Lisa Stansfield, Phyllis Hyman, Patti LaBelle, Ron Townson, and Sammy Davis, Jr. Her television appearances include The Tonight Show, The Merv Griffin Show, and The Arsenio Hall Show.

Freddi has also recorded and performed with Liza Minnelli, Lou Rawls and Jermaine Jackson.

She managed her own 12-piece band "The Motorcity Angels" and prior to joining Scherrie Payne and Lynda Laurence's group, Freddi was touring extensively with the legendary Motown singer Gladys Knight.

In July 1996, Freddi replaced Sundray Tucker in the Former Ladies of the Supremes.

In September 2009, it was reported via Scherrie Payne and Lynda Laurence's website that Freddi left the group.

She was replaced by Joyce Vincent Wilson, formerly of Tony Orlando and Dawn, had taken her place.

In January 2011, Poole replaced Cynthia Garrison in the Three Degrees, who was suffering from Piriformis syndrome and could no longer tour with the group.

, Poole is still a member of the Three Degrees.

Freddie Pool - Driving Wheel Records