The Undisputed Truth

However, the group had little success at the new label and soon faded into obscurity. In 2003 Whitesnake regrouped for a 25-year celebration tour. The Undisputed Truth, along with Rose Royce, followed Whitfield during his exodus from Motown to set up Whitfield Records in 1975. Since then Whitesnake has only released an unplugged Japan show Starkers In Tokyo. Their single big hit was the ominous "Smiling Faces Sometimes", which hit #3 on the US pop charts in 1971. In that year, an album called Restless Heart was released, though not in the United States. A number of their singles became minor hits, many of them later songs for Whitfield's main act The Temptations, among them "You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth" and "Papa Was a Rolling Stone". 1990 saw a Greatest Hits album, but other than that the band was dormant until 1997.

Joe Harris served as main lead singer, with Billie Rae Calvin and Brenda Joyce, formerly of The Delicates, on additional leads and background vocals. The band was reformed again for Slip of the Tongue (1989), which featured Steve Vai; the record did not sell well in spite of that. The Undisputed Truth was a 1970s Motown recording act, assembled by record producer Norman Whitfield as a means for being able to experiment with his psychedelic soul production techniques. The following album, Whitesnake 1987, was another huge success, driven by the power ballad "Is This Love" and the hit single, "Here I Go Again". After a major personnel shift, Whitesnake released 1984's Slide It In, a platinum album. During the first years, their music was primarily blues-oriented hard rock. Members of the band include Jon Lord and Ian Paice of Deep Purple as well as Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody.

The band was formed by David Coverdale (of Deep Purple) and was originally popular only in Europe and Japan. Whitesnake was a British heavy metal band, active primarily in the 1980s. Into The Light (2001) (Coverdale Solo). Starkers In Tokyo (1997).

Restless Heart (1997). Coverdale/Page (1993) (Coverdale with Jimmy Page). Slip Of The Tongue (1989). Whitesnake 1987 (1987).

Slide It In (1984). Saints n' Sinners (1983). Come an Get It (1982). Live...In The Heart Of The City (1981).

Ready And Willing (1980). Lovehunter (1979). Trouble (1978). Snakebite (1978).

Northwinds (1977) (Coverdale Solo). David Coverdale's Whitesnake (1976) (Coverdale Solo).