Paul Buff

The Catalinas (9) (Cucamonga, California)




Personnel :

Paul Buff

Allison Buff





Discography :

1964 - Your Tender Lips / Gonna Tell (Original Sound)





Biography :

Pal Recording Studio (1957–1964) was an independent recording studio that operated in Cucamonga, California. The studio was started by engineer/innovator Paul Buff. The studio is known for its instrumental Surf music recordings such as "Wipe Out" by The Surfaris and the original demo recording of "Pipeline". Buff’s studio creativity and complete openness in recording musicians of all backgrounds and styles naturally resulted in studio bookings by many local artists. Pal Recording Studio quickly became a place where musicians could record their rehearsals and repertoire and leave with high quality recordings.

Paul Buff’s Original Sound output was credited to his own name as well as many other artists. Paul also recorded with his first wife Allison as The Catalinas. Terri And Johnnie had cut "Your Tender Lips" at Pal for release on Donna, but their version was not a hit. So, Paul Buff did his own version as The Catalinas for Original Sound. Unlike Terri And Johnnie's version as a male/female duet, all the vocals on The Catalinas' version were by Paul. The Catalinas released "Gonna Tell" as the Original Sound B-side of "Your Tender Lips." Unlike the A-side, "Gonna Tell" features Allison Buff in the lead with Paul doing the bridge.

   
                     Paul Buff                                                                                        Frank Zappa
Pal was also the training ground for a young Frank Zappa who worked at the studio starting in 1961. Zappa learned basic recording techniques at Pal. He recorded his first rock n' roll record, "Breaktime", by The Masters, which consisted of himself, Paul Buff, and Ronnie Williams. In 1964, Zappa bought the studio and renamed it Studio Z.






Songs :

  
 Your Tender Lips                                  Gonna Tell          

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The Celebrities (3) (Bronx, New York)


Personnel :

Jo Jo (Lead)

Douglas Rodriguez

Billy

Pefly

???


Discography :

1961 - I Want You /  Mambo Daddy (Music Makers 101)


Biography :

The Celebrities were a racially mixed group from the Bronx composed by Jo Jo (Lead) , Douglas Rodriguez, Billy, Perfly and another guy.  "I Want You " b/w Mambo Daddy" was recorded in 1961 by the group at Musicmakers Studios W.57th St. in New York with King Curtis's Band  who did a fabulous solo on his Sax with "Mambo Daddy" on the B side. "I want You" charted in 1961 at #31 on the WABC Swinging Sound Survey April 18, 1961.

  
King Curtis                                                                                                       

The same year, Douglas Rodriguez and his new group , The Rialtos with Hector Ruiz, Fred Campos, Francisco Zubillaca and Patrick Gaul recorded again at Musicmakers Studios with King Curtis's Band the tunes "It Hurts" and  "Let Me In" . In 1966 Douglas Rodriguez became a member of the The Latin Souls with Frank Ruiz,Anthony Florez, & Sammy Marrero.

Songs :

  
 I Want You                                 Mambo Daddy

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Top : Freddie Marione  Bottom : Sal Marino 

The Tu-Tones (1) (New Jersey)

Personnel :

Sal Marino

Freddie Marione

Discography :

1957 - True To Me / Don't Say We're Through (Cabot 114)
1957 - Crazy Baby / Be My Steady Love (Cabot 115)

Biography :

Sal Marino was born and raised in New Jersey and spent much of his youth in Hudson County, he went on to Memorial High School in West New York. Following high school, Sal Marino began to march to the beat of a different drum, and off to show business he went.

 
                                                                                             Freddie Marione & Sal Marino

Through song and dance, Sal Marino and his buddy, Freddie Marione, entertained crowds across the country, in a musical act the pair dubbed The Tu-Tones. They performed at the Ted Mack Amateur Hour in Seaside Heights and won twice. 

After coming into contact with Ted Mack, a famous radio and television show host of the era, the duet met Teresa Brewer — a famous pop singer — who took them under her wing. She helped to get them a recording contract. The Tu-Tones cut two singles on Cabot Records  founded by Paul Wexler in January 1957 in New York.

 

Songs :


Crazy Baby

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1961 - Top L to R: George, Ellery & Halsey Payton - Bottom L to R: Charles Hudgins, Gene Evans, George Britt 

The Royal Robins (1) (Tidewater, VA)

Personnel :

George Payton (Lead)

Halsey (Jose) Payton (Baritone / Lead)

Ellery Payton (Lead / First Tenor)

George Britt (Second Tenor / Lead))

John (Pete) Wiggins (Bass)

Eugene Evans (Guitar)

Discography :

The Royal Robins (1)
1963 - Turn Me Loose / The Country Fool (ABC Paramount 10504)
1964 - How High The Moon / Something You've Got, Baby (ABC Paramount 10542)
1966 - Something About You Sends Me / Roller Coaster (Tru-Glo-Town 506)

The Soul City
1966 - Everybody Dance Now / Who Knows (Goodtime 801)
1967 - Cold Hearted Blues / Who Do You Think You Are (Goodtime 802)
1967 -  I Will Take Care Of You / I Shot For The Moon (Mercury 72735)

Biography :

From Doo Wop to Soul.  The Royal Robins became an official group in 1955. Original members were George Payton, Halsey (Jose) Payton, Ellery Payton, Barry Fonville, Charles Hudgins  and Eugene Evans. In 1957 they won the Booker T. Washington High School Talent Show in Norfolk, VA. Before their first recordings in 1963, there will be some personnel changes, in 1959, George Britt replaced Barry Fonville. In 1960 Charles Hudgins left the group and in 1962 Jose was drafted in the Army and John (Pete) Wiggins replaced him. After several years of practices they obtain a recording contract with ABC Paramount where they recorded two singles in 1963 & 1964. A third single will be released in 1966 on the Tru-Glo-Town label from Englewood, NJ.

From 1957 to 1967, the Royal robins shared the stage with The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Flamingos, Mr. Jerry Butler, Little Anthony and The Imperials, Gladys Knight and The Pips, Martha and The Vandellas, Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions, Fats Domino, Dionne Warwick, The Showmen, Gary U.S. Bond…. They Worked with Musical Arrangers such as Bert Keyes, Hal David, Count Basey or Burt Bacharach.

1964 picture of George Payton , Ellery Payton, Halsey (Jose) Payton, and George Britt

The group appeared in the Mike Douglas Show in Ohio, The Apollo Theater in Harlem, The Chitterlin Circuit, The Norfolk Arena, The Seaview Beach in Va. Beach, Sunset Lake Park, The Fox Theater in NY, The Howard Theater in D.C., The Twenty Grand in Detroit, Eureka Lodge in Norfolk, The Petite Ballroom in Portsmouth, Palms Garden Night Club in Hampton, Fort Story NCO Club, Fort Belvoir NCO Club, Norfolk State Auditorium, The Virginia Beach Dome. In 1965 the Royal Robins changed their name as Soul City , the group continues a few years and recorded three singles. The Viet Nam War interrupted and eventually ended the group's continued success because Jose and Ellery were drafted.

Songs :

The Royal Robins (1)

  
Turn Me Loose                         How High The Moon

  
Something You've Got, Baby       Something About You Sends Me

  
Roller Coaster                             The Country Fool

The Soul City

     
Everybody Dance Now               Who Knows                          Cold Hearted Blues

     
Who Do You Think You Are      I Will Take Care Of You              I Shot For The Moon

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Jess Du Boy & The Hitch-Hikers (Richmond, Virginia)

Personnel :

Jess Du Boy (Lead)

John Kelly

Kay Sanderson

Dick McCray

Discography :

Jess Du Boy & The Hitch-Hikers
1957 - Beautiful Love / Angels Don't Live On Earth (ABC 9848)

Jess DuBoy
1959 - Echos / Puppy Love (Colonial 7002)
1960 - Achin' Breakin' Heart / The Only One I Love (Brooke 121)
1964 - Silhouettes / That's When Your Heartaches Begin (Brunswick 55270)

Biography :

In 1957, Jess Du Boy called up WRVA announcer Stutz, a successful songwriter who had scored a No. 1 pop hit with “Little Things Mean a Lot” by Kitty Kallen, and boldly asked if he would listen to his doo-wop vocal group, Jess Du Boy and the Hitch-Hikers. Stutz ended up hiring Duboy's band to make demos of his new song copyrights. One of these, “Beautiful Love,” eventually was released on the national ABC-Paramount label in 1957 and scored as a big regional hit.  Jess and the Hitch-Hikers embarked on an unusual tour to support the disc, thumbing to gigs across America.

In 1959 he was the lead singer of in the the Rock-A-Teens, a Richmond, Virginia band. They had a couple of hits, and one of them, “Woo Hoo,” has been covered countless times over the years, appearing in numerous films and advertisements.  Though it’s considered an instrumental, the song features vocals (“woo hoo, woo hoo hoo…”) by Jess Du Boy.  He and the Rock-A-Teens recorded the song in Don McGraw’s studio, in Roanoke County.  The song was put out in 1959 (first on McGraw’s label, Doran, but later by Roulette).  The song peaked at #16 on the Billboard pop charts.

Jess recorded some single on Colonial, Brooke and Brunswick. He served as a DJ on WEZL while in college. He then went to WEET, where he developed what is thought by broadcasters to be the first or among the first station identification jingles in the country. Mr. Duboy was program manager and the afternoon DJ at WLEE when he approached J. Sargeant Reynolds, who owned some media, to purchase a radio station for Mr. Duboy to run.
http://www.richmond.com/news/local/article_0d1c4f91-2935-555d-bd25-05d51a3a027a.html

Songs :

Jess Du Boy & The Hitch-Hikers

  
       Beautiful Love                            Angels Don't Live On Earth


Jess DuBoy

  
Puppy Love                             Silhouettes


When Your Heartaches Begin

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