doo-wop

The Ebon-Knights (St. Louis, Missouri)




Personnel :

Mack Jay Jorden




Discography :

Singles :
1957 - Poor Butterfly / The Way The Ball Bounces (Stepheny 1817)
1958 - First Date / Only Only You (Stepheny 1822)

Lps :
1958 - First Date with the Ebon-Knights (Stepheny MF-4001)
First Date/Stop The World/Only Only You/Poor Butterfly/I'm Confessin'/Do You Know/Georgia//Lonesome Road/Lover Come Back To Me/Why Don't You Happen To Me/Falling In Love/Blues In The Night/That's The Way The Ball Bounces/Numma Numma

Biography :

The Stepheny label was started in 1956 in Evanston, Illinois. The founder and president of the company was Norman Forgue. The company recorded popular, rhythm and blues and jazz. Most of the album releases were jazz and Dixieland, but a great R&B vocal group appeared on MF-4001, "First Date with the Ebon-Knights".

   
                                                                     At the Apollo Theater

The Ebon-Knights came from St. Louis, Missouri. They only had the two singles (from 11/57 and 2/58) and the LP from sometime in 58. The Group make appearance at the Apollo Theater with Mickey & Sylvia, Billie & Lillie, the Shepherd sisters....
Thanks to Marv Goldberg

Songs :
updated by Hans-Joachim

 
     
 First Date / Only Only You         Only Only You                  Poor Butterfly

       
Stop The World                  The Way The Ball Bounces     Numma Numma

Lonesome Road

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The Unforgettables (1) (Los Angeles)
aka The Chiffons (1)




Personnel :

Marie Robinson

Joyce Chase

Marie Gaddness

Carlotta  "Cookie" Robinson

Discography :

The Unforgettables (1)
1961 - It Hurts  / Was It Alright (Colpix 192)

The Chiffons (1)
1960 - Tonight's The Night / Do You Know (Big Deal 6003/Zircon 1012)
1961 - No More Tomorrows / Never Never (Wildcat 601)
1962 - After Last Night / Doctor Of Hearts (Reprise 20103)




Biography

Not to confuse them with the Laurie Label group out of the New York area, this group from Los Angeles called "the Chiffons" formed by Marie Robinson, Joyce Chase, Marie Gaddness and Carlotta Robinson recorded a cover of a new Shirelles song to gain some cheap exposure. Rushed off to the small Big Deal label, the group’s version of "Tonight's The Night" b/w "Do You Know" reached number 76 on the pop charts in late 1960.

  
The Unforgettables with Chubby Checker - L to R : M.Robinson, J. Chase, Chubby Checker, M. Gaddness and C. Robinson

Two more singles were released in 1961 and 1962. "Never, Never b/w No More Tomorrows," in 1961 on Wildcat records,  the single flopped, and the result of the Reprise-released "After Last Night b/w Doctor Of Hearts" was the same despite two beautiful sides. This same girls were The Unforgettables on Colpix ("Was It Alright/And It Hurts"). As in the true California vocal group tradition, they recorded under other names as well.
http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/chiffons.htm

Songs :
updated by Hans-Joachim

The Unforgettables (1)

   
Was It Alright                                  It Hurts


The Chiffons (1)

     
Tonight's The Night                 Do You Know                    After Last Night

   
Doctor Of Hearts                  Never Never / No More Tomorrows

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Penny & The Overtones (1) (Brooklyn, New York)

Personnel :

Penny Hardison (Lead)

James Boston,

Dorothy Kelly

Daniel Footman

Discography :

1958 - Walking My Baby Back Home / What Made You Forget (Rim 2021)





Biography :

Teenage singing group from the Russ Red Hook Community Center in Brooklyn. The group are formed by Penny Hardison, James Boston, Dorothy Kelly and Daniel Footman.

  
                                                            L to R :Penny Hardison, James Boston, Dorothy Kelly - Front : Daniel Footman

The Group, coached by Edward Wallace cut one "Walking My Baby Back Home" b/w "What Made You Forget" for the Rim label in New York.






Songs :

  
Walking My Baby Back Home             What Made You Forget

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Bobby Knotts & (the) "Squeak's" (New York)

Personnel :

Bobby Knotts (Lead vocal)

Tom "Squeaks" Shroeder (Guitar & Vocal)





Discography :

1961 - Too Young / Oh Love (Gee Clef 077)

Biography :

Two fine boys from New York City  Bobby Knotts  &  Tom "Squeaks" Shroder cut a single on the Gee Clef label in 1961.

  

The First side is "Too Young" and the other "Oh Love" is an original by Bobby Knotts. Bobby is the singer and "Squeaks"play guitar, sings the vocal accompaniment and makes arrangements.





Songs :


  
Too Young                                          Oh Love





Cds :

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Connie McGill & The Visions (1) (Harlem, New York)
(The Early Years)





Personnel :

Connie Mcgill (Lead)

Raymond L. Hayes (Bass/Baritone/Piano)

Milton Turner (Second Tenor)

Henry "Slick" Hill

Richard Graves





Discography :

1962 - Take It Like A Man / My Love Will Never Change (Edge 502)
1962 - For That Great Day / I Could Never Love Another (Super 102)
1962 - I Can't Live Without You / Peace Of Mind (Super 103)
1963 - I Wanna Be Yours / Peace Of Mind (Triode 115)

 


Biography :

According to Marv Goldberg, at the tail end of the Packards' existence, Milton Turner, Ray Hayes and his wife Barbara were approached by Connie McGill, who was interested in forming a group. The result was a quartet called the Visions. They practiced a lot, but finally, in early 1961, Barbara Hayes left. She was replaced by Henry "Slick" Hill and Richard Graves.

The first record by Connie McGIll & The Visions was "Take It Like A Man" b/w "My Love Will Never Change" for Edge in 1962. The Edge label was owned by Rim records. Milton Turner didn't last too much longer and was gone by the time of the Edge recordings . The group next cut two records for the label Super.

In 1963 Connie McGill, Raymond Hayes, Henry Hill & Roland Parker, accompanied by Roland Parker & The Strollers cut one single for the small New York independent label Triode. Connie McGill and the Visions (now a trio of Connie, Henry, and Ray) went on to record many Soul sides for many labels throughout the 60s (Toy, Camille, Edge, Goldisc, Watch, Dynamic and United International).
http://www.uncamarvy.com/Packards/packards.html
http://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/cmcgill.htm





Songs :

         
My Love Will Never Change       Take It Like A Man        I Could Never Love Another    


I Wanna Be Yours

Cds :

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• The Ebon-Knights | 11-03-2014
• The Unforgettables (1) aka The Chiffons (1) | 09-03-2014
• Penny & The Overtones (1) | 08-03-2014
• Bobby Knotts & (the) | 07-03-2014
• Connie McGill & The Visions (1) | 05-03-2014
• The Premiers (4) | 01-03-2014
• The Ripples | 28-02-2014
• The Domineers | 28-02-2014
• The Tempo Toppers | 26-02-2014
• The Valaires aka The Val-Aires | 24-02-2014
• The Three Dots (1) | 22-02-2014
• The Gleems aka The Jaynells | 21-02-2014
• The Mon-Claires | 19-02-2014
• The Crows aka The Jewels (1) aka The Four Notes (1) | 18-02-2014
• Ernie & The Halos (2) aka The Four Evers (2) aka The Venairs | 16-02-2014