The Vocal Lords (Brooklyn, New York)

 
Personnel:

Steve Tudanger

John Cipriani

Marty Joltin

Sal Ruggiero

Discography :

1959 - Girl Of mine / At Seventeen (Able/Taurus 2969/2969)

Biography :

Early in 1957 three junior high school students from Brooklyn - Marty Jolton, John Cipriani and Steve Tudanger - formed Marty & the Joltineers. Soon they met Larry and Sal Ruggiero, and the Corsairs were founded. When Larry dropped out, the group changed its name to the Vocal Lords and recorded "At Seventeen", released first on the tiny Abel logo, and then on Taurus. The disc earned the group some local fame and a spot on Clay Cole's TV show. While at Taurus, they also did back-ups on releases by Donnie & the Delchords and the Fireflies, whose song "Good Friends" Steve also wrote.

  
       Marty & the Joltineers                                                                                        The Vocal Lords

Meanwhile, in another neighbourhood, Joe DiBenedetto, Jimmy Gallagher, Tommy Saltzo and Nick Zagami formed the Paladians. After releasing "I'd Climb The Highest Mountain" the outfit disbanded, with Jimmy joining the Passions, while Nick and Joe teamed up with John and Steve of the Vocal Lords. This new quartet renamed themselves the Four-Evers..

https://www.spectropop.com/remembers/SteveTudanger.htm

Songs :

     
Girl Of mine                                      At Seventeen

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The Four Pearls (Tacoma, Wa)
aka The Fabulous Pearls

Personnel :

Artis Johnson Jr

Elsie Hall

Lloyd Foster

William Watson

Discography :

The Fabulous Pearls
Single :
1959 - Jungle Bunny / My Heart's Desire (Dootone 448)

Unreleased :
1959 - She'll Understand (Dootone)
1959 - Baby Drop Top (Dootone)
1959 - I Laughed So Hard (Dootone)

The Four Pearls
1960 - Look At Me / It's Almost Tomorrow (Dolton 26)

Biography :

The Pearls were an R&B vocal group that formed at Tacoma's McCord Air Force Base in March, 1957. Artis Johnson Jr. -- an alumni of Oakland, CA's Midnights -- recruited three other singers (Elsie Hall, Lloyd Foster, & William Watson) & they competed in the military's annual Tops-N-Blue talent contest. By the next year's show Johnson & Hall had added new members: Rueben Martin & Ronald Small, they took the prize, & ended up performing Hall's "My Love" on the Ed Sullivan Show which aired from New York City on August 31st.  Back home, the Pearls began working weekends at Seattle's top R&B dancehall, the Birdland (2203 E. Madison Street), where they were backed by house-band, the Dave Lewis Combo. In February, 1959, the quartet left Seattle by car & drove to Los Angeles with hopes of getting discovered. Arriving at the offices of Walter "Dootsie" Williams' Dootone Records, they lucked into an immediate audition – & as the Los Angeles Sentinel noted on March 19th: "after hearing them sing just once he immediately signed them to a long term contract." Ensconced in a recording studio with Ernie "Raunchy" Freeman's ace band – Williams was ecstatic about his Fabulous Pearls, declaring that "Both sides of this record will explode."

Well, not quite: even though the newspaper figured that the single's A-side ("Jungle Bunny") was an innocent "Easter-timed" (!) single, its title was actually based on some racist graffiti that Hall had once seen as a little girl. Williams thought it had "a slight edge due to its unusual style," but its edginess caused it to flop – so he began promoting the B-side, "My Heart's Desire," without much more luck. Three additional tunes -- "She'll Understand," "Baby Drop Top" & "I Laughed So Hard" -- were also cut, the latter finally surfacing on compilation CDs in 1995.  Back in Seattle -- & now recast as the Four Pearls -- they were signed in July, 1960, by Bob Reisdorff to his Dolton Records label which was scoring hits with Northwest acts like the Fleetwoods, Ventures & FranticsThe beautiful "Look At Me" (with Dave Lewis on piano) & "It's Almost Tomorrow" (with the Frantics) were cut by audio engineer, Kearney Barton, at his Northwest Recorders studio (622 Union Street).  When issued by Dolton around August, KOL & various other Northwest radio stations gave "Look At Me" some support, but it failed to grow into a broader hit & the Four Pearls headed to Canada where they played their final gigs.
http://nw-music-archives.blogspot.com/2009/12/four-pearls-northwest-doo-wop-1957-1960.html


Songs :

The Fabulous Pearls

   
Baby Drop Top                     Jungle Bunny

     
My Heart's Desire                  I Laughed So Hard

 The Four Pearls

     
            Look At Me                          It's Almost Tomorrow

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The Corals (3) (Jersey City)

Personnel :

Linda Kirkland

Marie Poole

Daisy Yarbrough

Thelma Yarbrough

Discography :

1962 - My Best Friend / Dancin' & Cryin' (Rayna 5010 / Kram 1001)
1962 - The Puppet / Tell Me Yes (Tell Me No) (Blackbird 4004 / Cheer 1001]

Biography :

In 1962, agent Michael Amato from Jersey City who discovered "Ronnie & The Hi-Lites" have a new group, The Corals. Te group consists of Linda Kirkland; 16, Marie Poole, 16, and sisters Daisy, 13, and Thelma Yarbrough. The girls all attend Ferris High. The Corals released "My Best Friend" b/w "Dancin' & Cryin'" first on Kram (1962). The same songs were re-issued on Rayna the same year. They also did "Puppet" on Blackbird that year, which was re-issued on Cheer. New York City labels. Their records was produced by Hal Wess whose wife wrote all the songs.

Songs :

  
My Best Friend                             Dancin' & Cryin'

  
The Puppet                                    Tell Me Yes

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Anthony Antonelli, Jim Grote, Jimmy Amatullo and Johnny Antonelli

The Young Lads (2) (Hell's Kitchen, New York)

Personnel :

Anthony Antonelli (Lead)

Jim Grote

Johnny Antonelli

Jimmy Amatullo

Discography:

The Young Lads (2)
1963 - Night After Night / Graduation Kiss (Felice 909/712)

Stan Vincent bb The Young Lads (2)
1963 - Hot Fudge Sundaes and Pizza Pies / The World Is Round (Felice 711)

Biography :

Anthony Antonelli  was born and raised in the west side in Hell's Kitchen around 51st and 52nd street and 10th avenue. Anthony began his singing career at the age of twelve and was a two-time winner on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour. In the late fifties Anthony started his first vocal group called The Young Ladds with his brother Johnny, Jim Grote and Jimmy Amatullo.

  
Marty ?, Johnny Antonelli And Anthony Antonelli                                                                                                                                   

TThe Group was immediately signed to Felice Records. The group released its first record on Felice Records entitled ''Night After Night''. This record immediately made its way to Billboards Top 100. During the session, the Young Lads backed Singer, songwriter, producer, arranger: Stan Vincent on "Hot Fudge Sundaes and Pizza Pies" b/w "The World Is Round"                                             

                                                                                                         Stan Vincent

Anthony's contract was sold to Music Tone Records where he joined a group called "The Classics". Anthony's next venture in show business was helping to launch a cartoon character called Smurf. '
Jimmy Amatullo was also a member (very possibly the Lead Singer) of the Dedications on the C & A label who had “Shining Star” b/w “Mary Lou” on C & A (# 506) in 1963.


Songs :

The Young Lads (2)

      
Graduation Kiss  /  Night After Night

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Rusty Carry

Rusty Carry (bb The Jordanaires) (Norton, Massachusetts)

Personnel :

Rusty Carry (Lead)

The Jordanaires

Hoyt Hawkins (Baritone)

Neal Matthews Jr. (Second Tenor)

Gordon Stoker (Tenor)

Ray Walker (Bass)

Discography :

Single:
1961 - Tag Along / Our Love Can Wait (Holiday Inn 106)

Unreleased :
1961 - Lonely Tears (Holiday Inn)

Biography :

In august 1961 Rusty Carry, a 16 year old Norton Boy, senior at J.I. Burton High School  in Vacation in Nashville  caught a bus to the RCA recording studios in hopes of seeing Elvis Presley and to try his luck in the song. Rusty Carry meet Floyd Cramer , a noted pianist and Gordon Stoker, a member of the famed Jordanaires . They took him for a recording session. Later Stoker took Rusty to a songwriter Marijohn Willin. Marijohn wrote two songs she thought be "Right" For Him.

  
                                  The Jordanaires                                                                                Rusty Carry

In September 1961, Rusty recorded Three Songs, "Tag Along”, "Our Love Can Wait” and "Lonely Tears" Backed by the Jordanaires especially the Low voice of Ray Walker on "Tag Along" . The  first two will be released by Holiday In Records. The record has been distributed to 2400 radio stations throughout the country.The teenager has been tagged by Nashville radio announcers as the “Big Voice From A Small Town.”

Songs :

  
   Tag Along                                    Our Love Can Wait

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