The Persuaders has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 7 September 2015. The Persuaders's music has been featured on 19 episodes.

Vocal quartet formed in New York City in 1969, this soulful group is best known for their hit record "thin line between love and hate" a gold record on Atlantic Records which reached the top of the R&B charts in 1971. From Atlantic they moved to the ATCO subsidiary where "some guys have all the luck" reached number 7 in the R&B charts. They kept recording until the late 70's doing more sessions for Calla. Sole remaining original member Willie Holland…