• The Sweet Teens (1) aka The Ru-Bee-Els aka The Hollywood Chicks aka The Chicks (2)

    The Sweet Teens (1) (Pomona, Los Angeles, CA)
    aka The Ru-Bee-Els aka The Hollywood Chicks aka The Chicks (2)

     

    Personnel :

    Elnora Hicks

    Betty Hicks

    Mary Thomas

    Ruth Davis

     

    Discography :

    The Sweet Teens (1)
    1955 - Don't Worry About A Thing / Forever More    (Flip 311)

    The Ru-Bee-Els
    1961- I'll Try / Evil (Flip 359)

    Kell Osborne & The Chicks (2)
    1962 - Little Chick-A-Dee / Do You Mind (Class 302)

    The Hollywood Chicks
    1962 - Tossin' a Ice Cube / Hey, Little Gigolo (Class 303)

     

    Biography :

    The Sweet Teens were a female quartet from Pomona area of Los Angeles. The Members were Elnora Hicks, Betty Hicks, Mary Thomas & Ruth Davis. Although their name was similar to the Six Teens, they never enjoyed the string of recordings and popularity of their successful label mates. Their lone single, "Don't Worry About A Thing" / "Forever More" (Flip 311) went unnoticed in April 1955. The Ballad "Forever More" written by Elnora Hicks and Mary Thomas is a very close female take-off of the Los Angeles classic "The Letter" (Dootone 347) by Vernon Green & the Medallions.

    The Sweet Teens (1) aka The Ru-Bee-Els aka The Hollywood Chicks aka The Chicks (2)     The Sweet Teens (1) aka The Ru-Bee-Els aka The Hollywood Chicks aka The Chicks (2)

    Ruth Davis and The Hicks Sisters reappeared seven years later as a trio with one of Flip's last releases, "I'll Try" / "Evil" issued on Flip 359. The Trio comprised Ruth Davis, Elnora Hicks and Betty Hicks, and their name derived from the first two letters of each of their names. The Ru-Bee-Els also backed Kell Osborne as the Chicks and recorded "Tossin' a Ice Cube" b/w "Hey, Little Gigolo" as The Hollywood Chicks, Both singles released by Class records. Barry White once said that this record was his first professional job in the recording industry - he did the handclaps on "Tossin' A Ice Cube".

     

    Songs:
    (updated by Hans-Joachim) 


    The Sweet Teens (1)

      
    Don't Worry About A Thing                           Forever More         

    The Ru-Bee-Els

      
    I'll Try                                                  Evil

    The Hollywood Chicks

      
    Tossin' a Ice Cube                                  Hey, Little Gigolo   

    Kell Osborne & The Chicks (2)


    Little Chick-A-Dee / Do You Mind

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