The Four Coachmen (2)

The Four Coachmen (2) (New Jersey)

Personnel :

Ed Brennan

Paul Messier

Dick Jorgenson

Dave Delaney

Discography :

1959 - Nothing But Love, Love, Love / If You Believe (Castle 507)
1959 - That Thing Called A Girl / Wintertime (Adonis 102)
1960 - Shalom / Swamp Legend (Adonis 106/ Stellar 712 / Dot 16297)

Biography :

Vocal group from New Jersey composed by Ed Brennan, Paul Messier, Dick Jorgenson and Dave Delaney. Their first record was released by Castle Records in Boonton, New Jersey. The same year, Joe Gottfried, formerly general manager of Castle Records, has formed Adonis Records, together with Ivan Ellis and Sylvan Epstien, two business execs. The new company — headquartering at 200 W. 57 St., has signed the Four Coachmen for their next release.

When their second record was released in 1959,  "Wintertime" got a fair amount of local play in the New York/New Jersey radio market that winter. In 1960 {April 11th} the Four Coachmen performed "Swamp Legend" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV weekday afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'... The month before in March of 1960 Adonis Records released their "Shalom", b/w "Swamp Legend", neither side made Billboard's Top 100 chart...

The following year in early 1961 Stellar Records re-released the record, this time with "Swamp Legend" as the A-side and "Shamon" as the B-side, still no Top 100 entry. Then in November of 1961 Dot Records gave it a try and released the record, but still no success on the charts... This Four Coachmen are not related with the four Coachmen aka The Banners on MGM.

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim) 

  
Nothing But Love, Love, Love                    If You Believe              

  
That Thing Called A Girl                                Wintertime       

  
Swamp Legend                                          Shalom  

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