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The Cashmeres (1)
aka The Marktones aka The Kashmirs (Northwest Atlanta, Georgia)
(By Hans-Joachim)
Personnel :
Dodd Hicks (Lead Tenor)
Henry Boyd (Tenor)
Ralph Riley (Baritone)
Romeo Shuler (Bass)
Discography :
The Cashmeres (1)
1954 - My Sentimental Heart / Yes, Yes, Yes (Mercury 70501)
1955 - Don't Let It Happen Again / Boom Mag-Azeno Vip Vay (Mercury 70617)
1955 - There's A Rumor / Second Hand Heart (Mercury 70679)
1954 - By And By (Mercury) (Unreleased)
1954 - Don't Mistreat Me (Mercury) (Unreleased)
1956 - Little Dream Girl / Do I Upset You (Herald 474)
1956 - Separate The Good From The Bad (Herald) (Unreleased)
1956 - Please Don't Tell 'Em (Herald) (Unreleased)
The Marktones
1957 - Hold Me Close / Talk It Over (Ember 1022)
N/A - Yes Siree / Hey Girlee (Ember 1030)
The Kashmirs
1958 - Heaven Only Knows /Tippi-Tippi-Wang-Wang (Wonder 104)
Biography :"Atlanta R&B outfit the Cashmeres formed in 1949 -- according to Marv Goldberg's profile in the September 2004 issue of Blues & Rhythm, lead Dodd Hicks, tenor William Butts, baritone Ralph Riley, and bass Bobby Arnold founded the group to participate in a talent show at their high school, McNeal Turner. After winning top honors in the contest, the Cashmeres decided to continue their collaboration, making a handful of appearances at Atlanta teen clubs clad in the cashmere sweaters that were their trademark. As their live schedule expanded, however, the parents of Butts and Arnold balked, and they were forced to resign. Tenor Henry Boyd and bass Romeo Shuler, Jr. were quickly recruited to pick up the slack, and with the aid of manager Mark Allan, a radio personality with Atlanta station WAOK, the reconstituted Cashmeres cut a demo session for Mercury Records -- the label extended a contract offer, and in October 1954 the group traveled to New York City to record its debut single, "My Sentimental Heart."
Although the single earned significant airplay in Atlanta, it failed to catch on nationally, and in April 1955 Mercury issued the follow-up, "Don't Let It Happen Again" -- when it too earned little notice at radio or retail, Mercury released one more Cashmeres single, "There's a Rumor," before terminating the group's contract.
A frustrated Hicks enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at year's end, and the remaining trio added lead Grover Mitchell, signing to the Herald label to release "Little Dream Girl" in mid-1956. The single quickly disappeared, and the group dissolved soon after. In the summer of 1957, Herald's Ember subsidiary issued "Hold It Close," credited to the heretofore unknown Marktones -- in truth, the song was an unreleased leftover from the Cashmeres' "Little Dream Girl" session of a year earlier.
Six months later, Hicks returned from military service and with Henry Boyd formed a new Cashmeres lineup with tenor Langston George and Edward Patten, both on hiatus from their duties as Gladys Knight's Pips -- when Knight's "Whistle My Love" became a hit in early 1958, George and Patten quickly ankled the Cashmeres to reunite with the singer, forcing Hicks and Boyd to convince Ralph Riley to come out of retirement. He eventually assented, but Romeo Shuler wanted no part of the revived Cashmeres -- neighborhood friend Norman Lumpkin finally agreed to handle bass duties, and in the summer of 1958 the new lineup cut "Heaven Only Knows" for the NRC Records imprint. Credited to the Kashmirs, the single fell on deaf ears and after one last gasp, the 1959 ACA release "Stairsteps to Heaven," the group split once and for all. Hicks later resurfaced as a solo act, adopting the alias Dobie Hicks for his lone Vee-Jay effort, 1961's "Where Is She" -- he continued touring the Atlanta club circuit until finally retiring in the late '80s."
Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
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The Blenders (5) (Chicago)
aka The Candles (2)Personnel :
Gail Mapp (Lead)
Harold Jones
Albert Hunter
Goldie Coates
Delores Johnson
Discography :
The Blenders (5)
1962 - Everybody's Got A Right / What have you got (Cortland 103)
1963 - Daughter / Everybody's Got A Right (Witch 114)
1963 - Boys think (Every girl's the same) / Squat And Squim (Witch 117)
1963 - One time / One time (Witch 122)
1966 - Love Is A Good Thing Going / Your Love Has Got Me Down (Mar-V-Lous 6010)Baby Jane & The Blenders (5)
1963 - You Trimmed My Christmas Tree (Witch 112)Goldie Coates & The Blenders (5)
1962 - Love Is A Treasure / Fisherman (Cortland 102)The Candles (2)
1964 - Junior / Down Of My Knees (Starr brothers) (Nike 1016)
Biography :Harold Jones and Albert Hunter had been members of an ad hoc group, the Maples on blue Lake. Harold Jones had also been with the Five Chances and Albert Hunter with the Clouds (1). They made the national charts, the pop charts no less, scoring with "Daughter".
A song penned by jones and led by Coates, which had the flavor of both soul and Doo wop. It lasted eight weeks on Billboard's pop chart in the summer of 1963, peaking at position sixty-one. Curiously, the record did not make the R&B charts. The Song also took the group to the Apollo Theatre. The group also recorded as the candles on the Nike Label.
Songs :
The Blenders (5)
Everybody's Got A Right Daughter Boys think
Baby Jane & The Blenders (5)
You Trimmed My Christmas Tree
Goldie Coates & The Blenders (5)
Fisherman Love Is A Treasure......
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The Chaperones (1) (Long Island, New York)
Personnel :
Tony Amato (Lead)
Roy Marchesano (Tenor)
Tommy Ronca (Second Tenor)
Nick Salvato (Baritone)
Dave Kelly (Bass)
Discography :
The Chaperones (1)
1960 - Cruise To The Moon / Dance With Me (Josie 880)
1962 - Shining Star / My Shadow And Me (Josie 885)
1963 - Man From The Moon / Blueberry Sweet (Josie 891)Lou Jordan & The Chaperones (1)
1962 - Paradise For Two / Close Your Eyes (Josie 888)Lee Adrian (bb the Chaperones)
1960 - Barbara, Let's Go Steady / I'm So Lonely (Richcraft 5006)Biography :
The Chaperones are one of the first street corner harmony Doo wop groups formed in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York in the late 1950s. The original members of the group were Tony Amato , Roy Marchesano , Tommy Ronca , Nick Salvato and Dave Kelly (bass). Initially known as the Sharptones and the Fairlanes, until the Josie record label named the group "The Chaperones" for its relevance to the dances and proms of the day. The Chaperones were signed by Josie Records a spin off label or Jubilee Records in 1959 after Nick Salvato played the group's first demo for his C.W. Post College classmate Steve Blaine, son of Josie head Jerry Blaine.
The groups initial Josie recording, "Cruise to the Moon", was produced by Steve Blaine and Mickey Eichner. By the time "Cruise to the Moon" was released in 1960, Rich Messina had replaced Dave Kelly as bass. In the meantime, The Chaperones backed up Lee Adrian on "Barbara, Let's Go Steady" and "So Lonely" (Richcraft Records). After the success of "Cruise to the Moon", the group performed regularly in the New York area at supermarket openings and theme parks. They appeared at Murray the K's shows at Frontierland in Patchogue and Freedomland in the Bronx, at Bruce Morrow shows co-billing The Earls and The Five Discs, and at Palisades Park with The Five Satins.
Richard Messina, Tommy Ronca, Tony Amato, Roy Marchesano and Nick SalvatoThe Chaperones' 1961 follow-up record "Shining Star" was an attempt to play on the success of "Little Star" by The Elegants and "Hushabye" by The Mystics. They backed Lou Jordan on "Paradise for Two" and "Close Your Eyes" in 1961 on Josie. They then released their last record on Josie: a remake of the Chandeliers' "Blueberry Sweet" backed with "Man From the Moon".
http://thechaperones.netSongs :
The Chaperones (1)
Cruise To The Moon Dance With Me Shining Star
My Shadow And Me Man From The Moon Blueberry Sweet
Lou Jordan & The Chaperones (1)
Paradise For Two Close Your Eyes
Adrian Lee (bb the Chaperones)
Barbara , Let’s Go Steady I'm So Lonely
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Bob Feldman, Barry Mann & Jerry GoldsteinBob & Jerry & Their Friends (Brooklyn, New York)
aka Ezra & The Ivies (2)
aka The Kittens (1)
aka Bobbi & The Beaus (2)Personnel :
Jerry Goldstein
Bob Feldman
Discography :
Ezra & The Ivies (2)
1959 - Comick Book Crazy / Rockin Shoes (Baca Laca Ling Dong) (UA 165)The Kittens (1)
1959 - A Letter To Donna / It's All Over Now (Unart 2010)
Bobbi & The Beaus (2)
1959 - Melvin / Losing Game (Unart 2009)
Bob & Jerry
1961 - Dreamy Eyes / We're The Guys (Who Drive Your Baby Wild) (Bob & Jerry & Their Friends) (Columbia 42162)
1962 - Chubby Isn't Chubby Anymore / Nursery Rhyme Folk (Musicor 1018)
Biography :
Born in Brooklyn in 1940, Feldman grew up in an orthodox Jewish home and originally studied to be a cantor. The Feldmans lived across the street from Neil Diamond’s folks, just around the corner from the Sedakas, whose son, Neil, was a promising classical pianist, and a couple of blocks away from members of the Tokens, all Lincoln High School graduates and friends. By the mid-50s, doo wop was all the rage and Feldman soon fell in with various groups practising harmonies on the Brooklyn backstreets. He teamed up with his neighbourhood buddy, Jerry Goldstein, and wrote some songs that brought the pair to the attention of Jack Lewis, an A&R man at United Artists Records. Lewis allowed the enthusiastic 18 year-old to sit in on sessions at weekends and mentored him on various aspects of the music business.
Back then, the quickest route to a potential hit was a novelty recording and Feldman and Goldstein chose this path as the most likely way of securing airplay in a crowded market. Thus "Comic Book Crazy" by Ezra & the Ivies, "Melvin" by Bobbi & The Beaus with singer Barbara Robert and "‘A Tribute To Donna" by the Kittens - both probably recorded at the same session under Lewis’ supervision, appeared in March 1959, the latter being a tribute to Ritchie Valens, issued within weeks of his death in the plane accident that also claimed Buddy Holly’s life. None of these early efforts were particularly distinguished or hitworthy, but they enabled Feldman and Goldstein to establish a toehold in the business as part-timers.
The two pals would grab a sandwich andhustle music publishers in their lunch breaks. Young, enthusiastic and markedly persuasive, they began to get some bites, mainly as a novelty turn, twice riding on the coat-tails of existing hits with ‘We’re The Guys’ (an answer record to Barry Mann’s ‘Who Put The Bomp’) as Bob & Jerry on Columbia Records and ‘Chubby Isn’t Chubby Anymore’ (a daft nod to the King of The Twist) on the Musicor label. Another of their songs, ‘Charm Bracelet’, was recorded by teenage pop vocalist Bernadette Peters. Though they were making inroads, it wasn’t until Feldman and Goldstein met Richard Gottehrer in a music publisher’s waiting room in the spring of 1962, that they tasted their first chart success.They formed the Strangeloves consisted of Bob, Jerry and Richard Gottehrer. Although they left their mark under the name Strangeloves with only four singles and one album, their fascinating story extends both before and beyond the group’s brief tenure.Songs:
Ezra & The Ivies (2)
Rockin Shoes (Baca Laca Ling Dong) Comick Book CrazyThe Kittens (1)
A Letter To Donna It's All Over NowBobbi & The Beaus (2)
Losing Game MelvinBob & Jerry & Their Friends
We're The Guys (Who Drive Your Baby Wild)Bob & Jerry
Dreamy Eyes Nursery Rhyme Folk
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