• The Invictas (1)

    The Invictas (1) (Long Beach, CA.)

     

    Personnel :

    John Perkins [aka Sonny Patterson]

    Robert Jones

    Booker Banks

    Alan Jay

    Ervin Simril

     

    Discography :

    The Invictas (1)
    1959 - Gone So Long / Nellie (Jack Bee 1003)

    Jimmie Hombs & The Invictas (1)
    1959 - Voo Doo Dolly / Ask The Stars(with The Twinkle Tones) (Jack Bee 1004)

    Sonny Patterson & The Invictas (1)
    1962 - Gone So Long / Troubles (With The Pastel Six) (Vault 101)

    1963 - The Invictas (1) featuring Sonny Patterson
    1962 - Gone So Long / Troubles (With The Pastel Six) (Vault 903)

     

    Biography :

    The Invictas with the Hollywood Rebels excellent pleading ballad “Gone So Long” b/w the jump “Nellie” didn’t chart, yet moved briskly at the Wenzel Music Town counter. Lead singer Sonny Patterson (RN: John Perkins; b: Texas) was backed by Robert Jones, Booker Banks, Alan Jay and Ervin Simril. All except Perkins hailed from the same Long Beach neighborhood with Simril singing briefly with the Debonaires. Their name was derived from the brand new Buick Invicta. According to Simril, “a white Jewish guy named Pete” owned a meat market on Orange Ave. and contacted Jack Bee and arranged for the recording session. The backing group, the Hollywood Rebels were most likely Hollywood session players hired to back these acts. The Invictas then backed teen idol Jimmie Hombs on “Voo Doo Dolly” with the Twinkle Tones backing Holmes on the flip. When Jay left the Invictas, he was replaced by ex-Debonaires Bill Melvin. When Perkins got into legal trouble, he too left the group, but “Gone So Long” was reissued on the Vault label b/w “Troubles” with the Pastel Six.

     

    Songs :

    The Invictas (1)

      
    Gone So Long                                         Nellie      

    Jimmie Hombs & The Invictas (1)


    Voo Doo Dolly


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