The Tenderfoots aka The Lamplighters (Los Angeles)
(Update By Hans-Joachim)

Personnel :

Carl White (Lead)

Al Frazier (Tenor)

Sonny Harris (Lead)

Matthew Nelson (Bass)



Discography :

1955 - Kissing Bug / Watussi  Wussi Wo (Federal 12214)

1955 - Save Me Some Kisses / My Confession (Federal 12219)

1955 - Those Golden Bells / I'm Yours Anyhow (Federal 12225)

1955 - Sindy / Sugar Ways (Federal 12228)
1955 - Lavern (Federal) (Unreleased)
1955 - No Other One (Federal) (Unreleased)

Biography :

This group recorded as, and evolved from the Lamplighters.
The Lamplighters personnel was changing often. By year's end, they were an entirely different group.

The Lamplighters

Later in the year, the Lamplighters signed with Decca for only one single, then returned to Federal, who tried something new: they decided to re-name them "The Tenderfoots," hoping to start anew and get off on the good (tender) foot. Four recordings were released by the group under this name, but were quickly forgotten.


Songs :

   
La Verne                                    No Other One

   
My Confession                             Those Golden Bells

   
Cindy                                                Watussi  Wussi Wo

   
Save Me Some Kisses                            I'm Yours Anyhow

   
Sindy                                            Sugar Ways

CDs :

The Leaders (Newport News, Virginia)

Personnel :

Harry Burton (First Tenor)

Edward "Snipper" Alston (Second Tenor)

Nelson Shields (Second Tenor)

Ronald Judge (Baritone)

Charles Simpson (Bass)

Discography :

Singles :
1955 - Stormy Weather / A Lover Of The Time (Glory 235)
1956 - Nobody Loves Me / Dearest Beloved Darling (Glory 239)
1956 - Can't Help Lovin' That Girl Of Mine / Lovers (Glory 243)

Unreleased :
1956 - Dry Your Eyes (Glory)
1956 - I Almost Lost My Mind (Glory)

Biography :

The Leaders were known  early in their career as the Pokenoes and then the Five Swans. They all grew up in the same neighborhood and attended the same high school, Hunnington High. As the Five Swans, they competed in many amateur shows and did quite well. Well enough  to win a trip to the famed Apollo theatre in New York. They won the show 4 weeks in a row in 1955, and soon after signed a record deal with the Glory label.

The name change  was first, and in the late summer of 1955, they recorded their bluesy rendition of "Stormy Weather". The band that backed them up included Mickey Baker, Sam The Man Taylor and Panama Francis. Two additional records followed, but none had the same  success as their first, and the contract with Glory records was not renewed. Burton, Alston, and Simpson continuing on as the Three Voices while Judge and Shields relocated to New York City, forming the Corvairs with tenors Joe Shepard and Prince McKnight along with bass Billy Faison.
http://www.colorradio.com/leaders.htm
http://www.uncamarvy.com/Leaders/leaders.html

Songs :

      
Stormy Weather            Can't Help Lovin' That Girl Of Mine             Lovers

     
Nobody Loves Me                  Dearest Beloved Darling       A Lover Of The Time

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The High Keyes (Brooklyn, New York)




Personnel :

Troy Keyes (Lead)

Jimmy Williams

Bob Haggard

Cliff Rice



Discography :

1963 - Que Sera Sera / Daddy, Ooh Long Legs (Atco 6268/Atlantic 437)
1963 - Pistol Packin' Mama / You're My Girl (Atco 6276)
1964 - One Horse Town / Don't Leave Me Now (Atco 6290)
1966 - Living A Lie / Let's Take A Chance (Verve 10423)



Biography :

Best known among soul aficionados for his cult-classic 1968 single "Love Explosions," singer Troy Keyes was born in Pantego, NC, on March 13, 1940. In 1955 Keyes joined a vocal group dubbed the Starlites, which earned a record deal with the tiny Peak label as a result of winning a local talent contest.

Their single "Missing You" went nowhere, and in 1958 he joined the Velours, which cut several singles for the Cub label and an LP for Onyx, Remember with the Velours, before dissolving. After a brief tenure with the Rays, in 1960 Keyes signed to Atco as a solo act, crediting his 1961 single "The World Without You" to Mitchell Keyes.

With fellow Atco act Jimmy Williams, he then formed the High Keyes, which threatened the Billboard Top 40 with its 1963 rendition of the Doris Day chestnut "Que Sera Sera." The 4 Seasons appear on all of the Atco's recordings. It is believed that Bob Crewe tried to make them the black 4 Seasons.

   
French SP                                                 French EP

Soon after, Keyes was drafted into the U.S. Army, serving several years in Europe. Upon returning stateside, he and Williams revived the High Keyes, notching a future Northern soul classic with their lone Verve single, "Living a Lie." Keyes then resumed his solo career.



Songs :

   
Daddy, Ooh Long Legs                        Que Sera Sera


One Horse Town

Ellie Gee & The Jets (7)

Personnel :

Ellie Greenwich

Jeff Barry

Discography :

1961 - I Go, You Go / Red Corvette (Madison 160)

Biography

Ellie Gee was one of several pseudonyms that top Brill Building songwriter Ellie Greenwich recorded under during her early career. In the summer of 1960, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich recorded Barry's "Red Corvette", which was released as a single under the name Ellie Gee and The Jets.

Songs :

   
Red Corvette                                    I Go, You Go

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The Rachells (Chicago, Il.)

Personnel :

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Discography :

1961 -  A Fool Is The One That Cries / Sweet To My Baby (Dynamic 1003)

   

Song :


A Fool Is The One That Cries

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