Bonnie & The Little Boys Blue

L to R: Charles Barbour Jr, Mary Evans, Ronnie West, Bonnie Johnson, “Red” George

Bonnie & The Little Boys Blue (Lexington KY)

Personnel :

Bonnie Johnson

Robert Taylor “Red” George

Ronnie West

Charles Barbour Jr

Mary Evans

Discography :

Bonnie & The Little Boys Blue
1960 - You'd Better Run / Those Bells (Nikko 611)

Bruce Marvello
1960 - Teen-Age Broken Heart / You've Got To Love Me Too (Nikko 610)

Biography :

Bonnie and the Little Boys Blue were students and friends from Lexington’s original Paul Laurence Dunbar and Frederick Douglass High Schools. Robert Taylor “Red” George teamed with Ronnie West and tenor Charles Barbour Jr . A couple young ladies, Bonnie Johnson and Mary Evans complete the group. “Red” George, Bonnie and another friend (Emmett Brown) had experience singing on street corners downtown, which preceded the true formation of the group.

   
                                                                                     Bruce Marvello

Also, at least two future Blue Boys had prior recording experience backing Bruce Marvello on label owner Tom Birch’s original composition “Teen-Age Broken Heart.” Clearly their voices made an impression on Birch and he approached the quintet with an offer of a recording contract. Bonnie & The Little Boys Blue was delivered to an unknown studio on Division Street in Nashville, Tennessee. With a group of seasoned studio musicians, The group recorded  "You'd Better Run" b/w "Those Bells" released on the Tom Birsh's label "Nikko". The single helped launch the group into the Lexington market and shows followed at the predominantly black music clubs .
https://www.lexingtunes.com/2021/09/25/bonnie-and-the-little-boys-blue/


Songs:

Bonnie & The Little Boys Blue

  
You'd Better Run                                  Those Bells

Bruce Marvello


Teen-Age Broken Heart

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