The Five Thrills (1) aka the Earls (1)

The Five Thrills (1) (Chicago)
aka the Earls (1)

Personnel :

Gilbert Warren (Lead Tenor)

Oscar Robinson (Baritone)

Fred Washington (Baritone)

Obie Washington (Second Tenor)

Levi Jenkins (Bass / Piano)

Discography :

The Five Thrills (1)
Singles :
1953 - My Baby's Gone / Feel So Good (Parrot 796)
1954 - Wee Wee Baby / Gloria (Parrot 800)
Unreleased :
1953 - My Saddest Hour
1953 - All I Want
1953 - Ride Jimmy Ride
1953 - Rockin' at Midnight
1953 - So Long Young Girl

The Earls (1)   
1954 - Laverne / Darlene (Girl of My Dreams) (Parrot 803 )

Biography :

Parrot Records was a Chicago-based label founded in 1952 by disc jockey Al Benson. It specialized in blues, jazz, doo-wop, and gospel. The Five Thrills were basically an aggregation of young men who lived Thirty-first Street and began singing together in 1950, while they were still students at Douglas Elementary School at Thirty-second and Calumet.

   
Al Benson                                                                                                  

The Five Thrills flashed onto the R&B scene in Chicago for a year during 1953-54 and then disappeared forever. During that year, they were the most frequently recorded group on Parrot. By early 1954, Robinson had left the group and was replaced with Leon Pace . Two sides from their last session (Parrot 800) were released under a new name : "The Earls".
Robert Pruter "Doowop: the Chicago scene"
http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/parrot.html

 

Songs :

The Five Thrills (1)

     
My Baby's Gone                      Feel So Good                  Ride Jimmy Ride

     
Gloria / Wee Wee Baby           So Long Young Girl                       Gloria

     
Wee Wee Baby                     All I Want                      Rockin' At Midnight

The Earls (1)

  
           Laverne                      Darlene (Girl Of My Dreams)