doo-wop

The Lyrics (2) (San Antonio,Texas)

Personnel :

Abel Martinez (Lead)

Carl Henderson

Dimas Garza

Alex Pato

Discography :

1959 - Oh, please love me / The Girl i love (Harlem 101/Coral 62322)

1959 - I want to know / The Beating of my heart (Harlem 104)

1959 - I'm Allright (Harlem) (Unreleased)
1959 - Love And Affection  (Harlem) (Unreleased)
1959 - Maybe You Always Say  (Harlem) (Unreleased)
1959 - Lawdy Miss Clawdy  (Harlem) (Unreleased)
1959 - Bad Boy  (Harlem) (Unreleased)
1959 - Lyric's Theme  (Harlem) (Unreleased)

Biography :

The Lyrics got together in 1958 in southern Texas. They are remembered for the many public appearances they made in various southern Texas Locales. they did many record hops in conjunction with local San Antonio radio stations.

Joe Anthony inaugurated Harlem in the summer of 1959 with a racially mixed vocal group fronted by Carl Henderson, the Lyrics. “Oh Please Love Me,” a doowop ballad, was a hot local hit over the closing months of that year, eventually selling a few thousand copies and making all three local charts.

It was picked up by Wildcat records and then by Coral. But it did not sell well enough to attract national attention.
The second and last Lyrics single, with a faithful Moonglows cover on the A-side. Carl Henderson sings lead on both sides.

Henderson went on to record for Renco locally before moving to California and having a couple of minor hits on Renfro in the mid-‘60s
This was a racially mixed group. Carl Henderson was black and the others were Hispanic.



Songs :

   
The Beating of my heart          Oh, please love me


The Girl i love

The Tones (2) (Oneonta, New York)



Personnel :

Paul Pierce (Lead)

Larry Santos

Sergio Amitrano

Jerry Russell

Richard Ingraham

Nathon Driggs (accompanist)



Discography :

1958 - Three little loves / We belong together (Baton 265)



Biography :

The Boys started as members of Willis L. Walley's crack Varsity choir at Oneonta High Scholl, Where young Santos, Pierce, Driggs and Russel are seniors.
"Three little loves," and "we belong together" are the work of 17-Year-old Larry Santos, who organized the group some two years ago.

For several months after they first appeared together, the Boys were billed as "the Chimes". But when they made the recording on the Baton label, the Boys heard that another singing group had first claim to "The Chimes".

Pierce, Santos, Amitrano, Russell, Ingraham

Baton Records would not last long. It pressed about 10,000 records by The Tones. Although these guys never made the big charts, such as Billboard, they got a significant amount of play and high ratings on individual radio station charts across the Northeast and Midwestern states in 1958.


Songs :

   
Three little loves                             We belong together

The Ivy Leaguers (Los Angeles, California)



Personnel :

Richard Owens

Louise Williams

Beverly Pecot

Lena Calhoun



Discography :

1957 - Beware Of Love / Deposit Your Love In The Bank Of My Heart (Flip 325)

Biography :

In August 1957, Flip record issued "Beware Of Love" and "Deposit Your Love In The Bank Of My Heart" by the Ivy Leaguers.

   
                                                                ( Paste up picture : Louise Williams, Richard Owens, Beverly Pecot)

The Ivy Leaguers were a spin-off from The Six Teens, consisting of Richard Owens, Louise Williams, Beverly Pecot, and Lena Calhoun.
http://www.uncamarvy.com/Sixteens/sixteens.html


Songs :

   
Beware Of Love                 Deposit Your Love In The Bank Of My Heart


Cds :

The Velvet Keys (Queens, New-York)

Personnel :

Phil Spina  (First Tenor)

Tommy Malon (Lead singer)

Stanley Wagner (Second Tenor)

Vinny Pascale (Baritone)

Discography :

1957 - Lets stay after school / My Baby's gone (King 5090)

1957 - The Truth about youth / Don't take my picture, Take me (King 5109)

Biography :

Velvet Keys originated out Springfield Gardens, Queens New York 1956 the members were Tommy Malon Lead Singer, Phil Spina 1st Tenor, Stanley Wagner 2nd Tenor and Vinny Pascale Baritone. We all attended Woodrow Wilson Vocational High School in Ozone Park Queens NY.

We did most our singing on the street corner and in the basements of our houses. I think we were a bit better then the average white groups that were around at the time and on our 1st audition with King Records landed a contract to do 8 sides which we only did only 4 ,they consisted Of "My Baby's Gone" "Lets Stay After School" "Don't take my picture" and "The Truth about Youth" They were released 1957-1958.

We received very little air play in the New York area and became upset with King Records and when they renewed our contract we broke up and didn't continue on as a unit. Phil Spina went on to write some songs and produce the Riffs along with Jim Tagliaferri & Dennis Lambert Sunny Records 1964 "Little Girl" "Telltale Friends"Why are the Nights so cold" and "Storm".

In 1978  Fred Toscano & Phil Spina formed "Ribetones" "Crazy Little Momma" 1979 various labels Europe.
Phil Spina.


Songs :

   
Lets stay after school                     My baby's gone away

   
The Truth about youth                   Don't take my picture take me

The Four Sounds (2) (Indianapolis, IN)



Personnel :

Jimmy Gilford

William "Worm" Harris

Kenneth E. Moore

Jimmy Scruggs




Discography :

1961 - When i find my love / Someone to show me the way (Federal 12421)
1961 - The Ring / Peter's gun (Tuff 1)
1961 - My Falling Tears / Have I Ever Told You (Project 25)
1962 - Nobody wants me / Mama Ubangi bangi (Ran-Dee 104)




Biography :

Prior to 1960, record companies such as Capitol and Dot maintained offices in Indianapolis near the Indiana Avenue entertainment district, along Capitol Avenue.  These labels sought out the best talent that Indianapolis offered, from jazz artists to doo-wop singers.  Beginning in the mid-1950s, doo-wop swept the nation and the youth of Indianapolis accepted this new trend in music

Guilford recalled taking a record player and a stack of 78 RPM records to these recording studios hoping to persuade a talent scout to sign them to a deal.  Guilford and his friends practiced daily on the street corners adjacent to Martindale Avenue on the east side of Indianapolis.  They were familiar with the popular songs of the day, and took the record player with them for accompaniment during their tryout.

   
Jimmy Gilford                                                                                   

Guilford and his group, the Four Sounds, were lucky enough to record and then tour with a doo-wop revue during the 1950s, as was Indianapolis native Thurston Harris, who recorded the hit “Little Bitty Pretty One” in 1957. 
http://www.indiana45s.com/chapter3.htm#_ftn4

 
The Four Sounds Record on the Ran-Dee Label at Chicago's Universal recording studio

The Celeste group has no relation to the Indianapolis group with Jimmy Guilford.
The Tuff (January 1961), Federal (May 1961), and Ran-Dee (October 1962) sides are by the same group.
Add to those: Project 25 (1961): My Falling Tears/Have I Ever Told You . Project was probably part of Federal, since they have Federal master numbers.

The Federal and Project sides were all leased from William Harris (Thurston Harris' brother), so these must have been independently recorded.
MARV GOLDBERG http://www.uncamarvy.com/


Songs :

   
The Ring                                         Mama Ubangi bangi

• The Lyrics (2) | 28-01-2012
• The Tones (2) | 26-01-2012
• The Ivy Leaguers | 24-01-2012
• The Velvet Keys | 22-01-2012
• The Four Sounds (2) | 20-01-2012
• The Untouchables (2) aka Little John & The Unforgettables | 19-01-2012
• The Gents (1) aka The Matadors (5) aka The Dories (2) | 18-01-2012
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