<P> The group including Baker, Churchill and Lander returned on Ariola in 1979 with Jerry Bell as their lead vocalist on Platinum City and in 1982 with the I'm Back album . Leslie Wilson had left the group to replace Jeffrey Osborne in L.T.D. whilst Jerry Bell departed in 1981 to become lead vocalist for Motown's Dazz Band . </P> <P> The Wilsons toured with a new ensemble as New Birth in 1994, and released a few albums under the new name in the decade since . Drummer Robin Russell released a solo CD entitled Drum Beats in 2004 . </P> <P> New Birth, particularly lead vocalist Leslie Wilson was a chief influence on soul artist Reggie Sears and Temptations lead singer Ali "Ollie" Woodson . </P> <P> James Baker died in 1993, Leroy Taylor died on January 17, 2012 and producer Vernon Bullock died March 18, 2015 at the age of 70 years . </P>

Who was the lead singer of new birth