Read the bio below and try to give details on the ballads -lrb- group -rrb- 's: - origin - genre - alias - name - background - label Bio: the ballads were an american vocal group formed in 1961 in oakland . band members included nathaniel romerson , jon foster , rico thompson , and lesley lapalma . the band had one hit single in 1968 , entitled '' god bless our love '' . this song reached # 65 on the billboard pop singles charts and # 8 on the r&b singles charts . this song was picked by wdia program director bill thomas as a '' biggest leftfield happening '' in billboard 's programming aids . the b side of this record was the song '' my baby knows how to love her man . '' this record was released on venture records # 615 . nathaniel '' nate '' romerson died april 22 , 2013 . he started the group in 1961 , and he was also one of the back ground singers .
- origin is oakland , california- genre is r & b- alias is the ballards- name is the ballads- background is group_or_band- label is venture