Thanks to Sir Hats

The Chancellors (1)  (Port Washington, New York)
aka The Five Chancellors

Personnel:

Edward Palatella (Lead)

John "Jiggie" Hopper (First Tenor)

Peter Rocco (Second Tenor)

Rowland Pinkney (Bass)

Donald Fields (Baritone)

Discography :

The Chancellors (1)
1957 - There Goes My Girl / Tell Me You Love Me (Port 5000)

The Five Chancellors
1957 - There Goes My Girl / Tell Me You Love Me (Port 5000)

Biography :

The Chancellors were a Five-man, mixed racial group consisting of three white and two black members, who came from Port Washington, Long Island. The two black members, Donald Fields (Baritone) and Rowland Pinkney were from Mineola High School and the remaining three guys, Edward Palatella (Lead), John  Hopper and Peter Rocco (Second Tenor) were from Port Washington.  

Jerry Blaine, owner of Jubilee Records send The group to an appearance on the Apollo theatre’s amateur night on February 20, 1957 with other 24 Rock & Roll acts. They became the first mixed racial group to perform at the Apollo Theatre. The group recorded "There Goes My Girl" b/w "Tell Me You Love Me" at the Belltone studios in New York.

Edward Palatella                       John Hopper                            Peter Rocco                          Donald Fields

Somehow, the review of this record in the May 27, 1957 issue of Billboard mistakenly says, "A lively, typical teen-age group side by seven kids from Port Washington, N.Y., High." Due to a threatened lawsuit by another Chancellors group, they quickly changed their name to the Five Chancellors and then vanished into the mists of doo wop soon after.

Songs :

   
There Goes My Girl                     Tell Me You Love Me


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The Phaetons (2) (Hollywood, CA)
aka  The Haciendas
Ref  The Pledges (2)

Personnel :

Robert Mahoney (Lead)

Larry Buttes

Bob Buttes

Jack Igo

Discography :

The Pledges (2)
1959 - I'm Sorry / Won't You Give Your Love To Me (Hamilton 50028)

The Phaetons (2)
1963 - Road Of Blues / I'm So Lonely  (Sahara 102)
1964 - The Beatle Walk / Frantic (The Premiers) (Sahara 103)

The Haciendas
1964 - Sherry Stole My Xke / Marriane (Pacific Challenger 1001)

Biography :

From Hollywood, Ca., in 1959 Bob Mahoney formed his first group "The Pledges" with his wife Dottie, his sister Zella Yurak and a friend of these, Sally Terese. They recorded "I'm Sorry" and " Won't You Give Your Love To Me" both written by Bob Mahoney and released by Pacific Challenger. Thei record sold over 100,000 copies.

   
                                                                                    Larry Buttes

In 1963, Bob Mahoney formed The Phaetons included Jack Igo and two brothers : Larry and Bob Buttes. They recorded for Sahara record, (out of Arcadia, California)  "Road Of Blues" "I'm So Lonely" and "The Beatle Walk "."The Beatle Walk" was written and recorded in response to The Beatles first hitting the American music charts.  In 1964, the Phaetons cut a new  single on Pacific Challenger with "Sherry Stole My Xke" and "Marriane" under the name of the Haciendas.

Songs :

The Pledges (2)

  
             I'm Sorry                             Won't You Give Your Love To Me

The Phaetons (2)

   
Road Of Blues                                The Beatle Walk

 
I'm So Lonely

The Haciendas

 
Sherry Stole My XKE

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Redda Robbins

The Robbins (3) (Cleveland, OH.)
aka The Two-Notes (1)
aka The Classics (7)
aka The Robins (2)

Personnel :

Redda Robbins "Shubert"

Jeanette Robbins "Harris"   

Discography :

The Robbins (3)
1959 - And Everytime / Tweedy-Dee (Redda Robbins) (Redhead 100)
1959 - I Want To Sing Again / Standing At The Bandstand (Cashmere 1000)

The Two-Notes (1)
1959 - Sandy, Sandy / My Secret Lover (Coral 62153)

The Classics (7)
1960 - You're Everything / Burning Love (Top Rank 2061)   

The Robins (2)
1961 - Baby Love / We Loved (Gone 5101)

Biography :

In February 1959, Redda and Jeanette Robbins South Euclid’s young singing composers, have etched two of their songs for Cashmere Records Studio, which they own. "I Want to Sing Again" "and "Standing At The Bandstand" are their lilting tunes for which they recruited Dick Lurie's all-Cleveland orchestra. Billed as The Robbins, the sister team makes its home at 3852 Grosvenor Road. A few months later The Robbins released a new single on the Redhead label with the B-side by Redda Robbins.

   
                                                        1964 - Redda Robbins                                                            1968 - Redda Robbins

In November 1959, as the Two-Notes They write and recorded "Sandy, Sandy" and "My Secret Lover" for Coral. They recorded in 1960 as by The Classics on Top Rank the following year with "You're Everything" and "Burning Love" and in 1961 "Baby Love" "We Loved" as The Robins. (Redda Robbins also used the name Redda Shubert and Jeanette Robbins the Name of Jeanette Harris). in 1963,  Redda Robbins heard the Secrets at one of the gigs, and offered to take the girls under her wing. In 1964, Redda Robbins started and owned the Redda label  and she was the manager of the Motions, The Bobbi Pins, the Parakeets, the Wispers, Barry Lee, Terry Hall and of course Bocky and the Visions.

Songs :

The Robbins (3)


I Want To Sing Again


The Two-Notes (1)


 My Secret Lover


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The Leeds (New York)

Personnel :

Walter Lee (Lead & Guitar)

Joe Zellers

Doug Zellers

Angelo Martino (Vocal & Rhythm Guitar)

Joe LaRocca (Drums)

Discography :

1959 - Heaven Only Knows / Mr Cool (Wand 102)

Biography :

The Leeds from New York, Formed by Walter Lee, Joe Zellers, his brother Doug, Angelo Martino and Joe LaRocca. The name "Leeds" is an extension of Walter Lee.  In 1959, the group signing a recording contract with Wand Record and cut one single. Wand Records was started by Florence Greenberg in 1961 as a subsidiary of Scepter Records. Artists on Wand Records included The Isley Brothers, The Kingsmen and Chuck Jackson.


Songs :

  
Heaven Only Knows                                     Mr Cool        

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The Plaids (2) (Nashville, TN)

Personnel :

Jerry Cavender

Jerry Carmen

Elvis Brandon

Richard South

Elaine

Discography :

1958 - Till The End Of The Dance / My Pretty Baby (Nasco 6011)

Biography :

In 1958, A high school teenage group from Nashville formed by Jerry Cavender, Jerry Carmen, Elvis Brandon, Richard South & Elaine recorded two song for Ernie Young (founder of Nashboro, Nasco and Excello labels). "Till The End Of The Dance" b/w "My Pretty Baby" appeared on Nashboro's, subsidiary label Nasco in April 1958.

   
Ernie Young                                                                                                

Nashboro was formed in 1951 in Nashville Tennessee by Ernie Young. The output of the label was primarily gospel music. The Nasco label was formed in 1957, for rhythm and blues and rock and roll. The Nasco label had success with the Crescendos in 1958 with a song called "Oh, Julie," which made the pop music Top 10.

Nasco 6011 will be the only single recorded by the group, they are not related with the Plaids that recorded two disk for Darl in 1956 (A white trio) and with the Plaids who backed Willie Logan in 1963 on Jerry-O (A black trio composed by  Willie Logan’brothers O.C.Logan, Arthur Ford and Dave Hoskins.

 
Songs :

  
 Till The End Of The Dance                        My Pretty Baby          


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