Later Years
In 1996, Ted Mills returned to the music scene as a solo act. He recorded an album for Casablanca that year entitled This Magic Is Real, featuring a remake of "Tear It Down." Recent recordings include the "3 Tenors of Soul" with Russell Thompkins, Jr. and William Hart. He is still performing, mostly in multi-act soul music shows. He recently appeared in the touring play Girl He Ain't Worth It with The Manhattans, Meli'sa Morgan and Tito Jackson.
Wade Elliott would later replace Martinez Little. This lineup appeared on a 2003 PBS 70s Soul special (available on DVD under the title Old School Soul Party Live!), and Elliott was eventually replaced by Leemy Waiters. The current members are Keith Beaton, Wendell Sawyer, Fernando Kee and Stuart Orlando Morgan, and they continue to tour individually and with various soul music showcases.
Blue Magic are known also for their choreography. As a very visually oriented group they have had several television appearances. These include: Soul Train, The Mike Douglas Show, The Jerry Blavat Show, Dancin' On Air, and A.M. Philadelphia.
They have shared the stage with other performers such as The Jacksons, Lionel Richie, The Commodores, Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Natalie Cole, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Spinners, Earth, Wind & Fire, New Edition, The Stylistics, Mick Jagger and others. Blue Magic have also sung background vocals for Alyson Williams and the Rolling Stones (in "If You Really Want To Be My Friend" on the album It's Only Rock 'n' Roll).
The group’s discography is represented in a number of compilations, although their original albums were generally unavailable on CD for some years until the first four studio albums for Atco and a live album with Margie Joseph and Major Harris were re-released individually in the U.S. in 2006.
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