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Artis RuckerThe Five Letters (1) (Sumter, South Carolina)
Personnel :
Artis Rucker (Lead)
Henry Postel
Louis Carpenter
John Josey
Julius Colcolough
Discography :
1957 - Your First Love / Hold Me Baby (Ivy 102)
Biography :
Lincoln High School, an institution in Sumter, has a one-legged tackle, 17 year old Artis Rucker, who lost his right leg in a train accident when he was eight yearsold. Five years later he got an artificial limb and reported to foothall practice in 1957. Reputedly capable of running 100 yards in 13 seconds in football togs, his Coach Robert Jenkins, who calls him "my best defensive lineman." Artis Rucker became co-captain of the Football team and leads his small vocal group composed of Henry Postel, Louis Carpenter, John Josey and Julius Colcolough. In 1957, the Five Letters recorded "Your First Love" b/w "Hold Me Baby" released by Ivy Records owned by Stan Feldman and Ed Portnoy with offices at 1697 Broadway.
Songs :
Your First Love Hold Me Baby
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Shirley Gunter & The Queens (Los Angeles)
Personnel :
Shirley Gunter (Lead)
Lula B. Kenney (Soprano)
Lula Mae Suggs (Middle Harmony)
Blondene Taylor (Alto)
Discography :
1954 - Oop Shoop / It's You (Flair 1050)
1955 - You're Mine / Why (Flair 1060)
1955 - Baby, I Love You So / What Difference Does It Make (Flair 1065)
1955 - That's The Way I Like It / Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (Flair 1070)Biography :
Shirley Gunter was born in 1934 in Coffeyville, Kansas, and migrated to Los Angeles with her family in early 1942. She began her singing career as a solo artist in 1953 when her older brother, Cornelius, a member of a vocal group called The Flairs, took her to his label, Flair Records, a subsidiary of Modern Records.
After her first two singles, Shirley put together her own group called The Four Queens in 1954 with high soprano Lula B. Kenney, Lula's Aunt Lula Mae Suggs (middle harmony) and alto Blondene Taylor, Shirley's best friend at Polytechnic High School. One day the four girls were fooling around on the piano in Shirley's living room when they came up with a "Sh-Boom"-like ditty with nonsense lyrics called "Oop Shoop." When they took it to saxophonist Maxwell Davis, Shirley's mentor at Flair Records, he helped them work up a more polished arrangement.
Label chief Joe Bihari liked what he heard, changed their name to Shirley Gunter & The Queens, and released "Oop Shoop" in August 1954. Within two months it entered the R&B charts and rose to number eight, but before the record had a chance to cross over into pop territory, The Crew-Cuts, who had already had a major hit by covering "Sh-Boom" for Mercury Records, gave "Oop Shoop" the same treatment.
Blondene Taylor The FlairsBandleader Spike Jones' wife, Helen Greco, also recorded it (on RCA's X label), along with The Hamilton Sisters (Columbia), Big John & His Buzzards (Okeh) and Kay Brown (on Crown, another Modern Records subsidiary ). After four singles and a couple of tours with The Queens, Shirley Gunter paired up with her brother's group, The Flairs.
Songs :
Oop Shoop That`s The Way I Like It
Why You're Mine
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Baby, I Love You So
It's You What Difference Does It Make..
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The Del Satins (Manhattan, New York)
Personnel :
Stan Ziska (Lead)
Fred Ferrara (Baritone)
Tom Ferrara (Bass)
Leslie Cauchi (First Tenor)
Keith Koestner (Second Tenor)
Discography :
The Dell Satins
1961 - I Remember The Night / I'll Pray For You (End 1096)The Del Satins
Singles :
1961 - Counting Tear Drops / Remember (Win 702)
1962 - Teardrops Follow Me / Best Wishes, Good Luck, Good-Bye (Laurie 3132)
1962 - Does My Love Stand A Chance / Ballad Of A Dee-Jay (Laurie 3149)
1963 - Feelin´ No Pain / Who Cares (Columbia 42802)
1964 - Believe In Me / Two Broken Hearts (Mala 475)
1965 - Hang Around / My Candy Apple Vette (B.T. Puppy 506)
1965 - Sweets For My Sweet / A Girl Named Arlene (B.T. Puppy 509)
1965 - Relief / The Throwaway Song (B.T. Puppy 514)
1967 - Love, Hate, Revenge (If I Want You To Cry) / A Little Rain Must Fall (Diamond 216)
1970 - I’ll Do My Crying Tomorrow / A Girl Named Arlene (B.T. Puppy 563)
1991 - Read Between The Lines / I'll Never Know (Genie 31865)
Unreleased :
1962 - Naturally
1962 - I Don't Care
1962 - Clicky Clack
196? - I Wanna Know
1962 - Crazy Questions
1962 - If You Ever Am In LoveLPs :
1972 - Out To Lunch
Sweets For My Sweet / Relief / I'll Do My Crying Tomorrow / Ski Beat / My Candy Vette / Out To Lunch / I Can't Find The Girl On My Mind, Now / Hang Around / A Girl Named Arlene / The Throwaway Song / Today I'm In Love (B.T. Puppy BTPS-1019)
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Dion bb The Del-Satins
1961 - Runaround Sue / Runaway Girl (Laurie 3110)
1961 - The Wanderer / The Majestic (Laurie 3115)
1962 - Lovers Who Wander / (I Was) Born To Cry (Laurie 3123)
1962 - Little Diane / Lost For Sure (Laurie 3134)
1962 - Love Came To Me / Little Girl (Laurie 3145)
....Stan Vincent & The Del-Satins
Unreleased :
1961 - She's So Wonderful
1961 - Please Be Mine
1961 - She's Not Around Anymore
1961 - Angel By My SideNicky Como bb The Del-Satins
Single :
1961 - Just A Little While / Guardian Angel (Tang 1231)
Unreleased :
1961 - Crazy QuestionsBill Baker bb The Del-Satins
Single :
1962 - I Wanna Know / Is It A Dream (Audicon 115)
Unreleased :
1962 - So Bad
1962 - She's Not Around Anymore
1962 - Calling My LoveBig Jim & The Sundowners
1961 - Poor Little Sad Eyed Sue / Never Let You Go (The Sundownders) (Chip 1008)Johnny Dawn bb The Del-Satins
1962 - Walking Down The Avenue / What Can I Do (Johnny Dawn) (Swirl 110)Jackie Forrest bb The Del-Satins
1962 - Breaking Your Heart, For Fun / Mama Don't Sit... (Jackie Forrest) (Hitsville 1138]Victor bb The Del-Satins
1962 - I Really Do / Stop A Knockin' (Dorset 5011)The Sundownders bb The Del-Satins
1963 - Someone To Care / Such A Lovin'(Fargo 1051)John Corey bb The Del-Satins
1963 - The Prettiest Girl I Kissed Today / Hey Little Runaround (Vee Jay 514)Rick Russell bb The Del-Satins
1963 - My Angel / It's Time To Cry (Poplar 120)Bobby Callender bb The Del-Satins
Single :
1964 - Beatty Dean / One By One (Bobby Callender) (Sky 970)
Unreleased :
1964 - Win Or Loose (Sky)
1964 - Devil Named Sue (Sky)Clay Cole bb The Del-Satins bb The Del-Satins
Unreleased :
1964 - Miss America TeenagerBiography :
The Del-Satins were one of the finest white male doo wop groups of all time. Though not as well known as The Earls, Jay & The Ameicans, or The Four Seasons, in their own style (which was rhythm and blues and rock and roll) they were every bit as good. Unfortunately, they received no credit on any of their 13 hit records, although they did have the chance to make a few excellent singles under their own name.
The Del-Satins first time on stage as professional entertainers (Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, April 23, 1958Formed in 1958 in the Yorkville section of Manhattan, the quintet consisted of Stan Ziska (lead), Leslie Cauchi (first tenor), Bobby Fiela (second tenor), Fred Ferrara (baritone), and his brother Tom Ferrara (bass). Les attended Power Memorial while Fred and Tom went to Machine and Metals Trade School. Influenced by R&B groups like The Heartbats, The Dubs, and The Flamingos, the Del-Satins, aged 15 to 17, would practice on Tom and Fred’s stoop on 69th Street when they weren't searching for a good overpass or bathroom to provide that perfect echo.
November 1958Early on they were called the Jokers, not as a singing group but rather as a basketball team playing in a house league for the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House. They decided on the name Del-Satins by putting together two of their favorite groups, The Dells and The Five Satins. They then made their own first break by participating in a talent show at the Empire Hotel on New York’s West Side. The first prize, which they won, was a record deal with George Goldner’'s End Records, and s0 it was that the Del-Satins’ first single, “I'll Pray for You,” was released in 1961.
The Del Satins with DJ Alan Fredriks
The record received good local response, especially from WADO disc jockey Alan Fredericks, leading to some shows for Fredericks at the Levittown Arena.Around this time Jim Gribble, manager for other New York-area harmony groups like The Passions, took on the Del-Satins. He brought the quintet to Bob and Gene Schwartz at Laurie Records when he heard Dion was looking for a new backup group.The Del-Satins were instantly sent to work on his new song, "Runaround Sue", which then rose to number 1 in the Billboard charts.
Anthony LaRosa avec Richie Greejn, Stan Zizka, Tom Ferrara, Fred Ferrara, Joe Ferrara et Leslie Cauchi.Although their contribution to the hit was substantial, the Del-Satins received no credit. They also sang on Dion's later solo hits, "The Wanderer", "Lovers Who Wander", "Little Diane", "Love Came To Me", "Ruby Baby", "Donna the Prima Donna" and "Drip Drop", as well as on records by Len Barry and Jan and Dean.
They released a number of singles under their own name, but had little success until "Teardrops Follow Me" in 1962, after which they found regular work on television and radio. They then moved to Columbia Records as part of Dion's new contract. Still frustrated by their lack of recognition, in 1963 they auditioned for Phil Spector but declined his subsequent invitation to record with him. As Dion's solo career ran into the commercial doldrums in the mid-1960s, the group moved on to Mala Records and then B.T. Puppy Records where they released an album, Out to Lunch.
Ziska left in the mid-1960s and Cauchi and Tom Ferrara were drafted. The remaining members of the Del-Satins continued to play live with the addition of Johnny Maestro (former lead singer of The Crests), Richard Green, and Mike Gregorio. When Cauchi returned, they changed the group's name to Brooklyn Bridge. In 1991 the Del-Satins, led by Stan Ziska, re-formed for nostalgia shows and issued an album, Still Wandering
Songs :
The Dell Satins
I Remember The Night / I'll Pray For You
The Del Satins
Remember / Counting Tear Drops Teardrops Follow Me / Best Wishes, Good...
Does My Love Stand A Chance Ballad Of A Dee-Jay
Feelin´ No Pain Naturally
I Don't Care Who Cares
Believe In Me Two Broken Hearts
Hang Around / My Candy Apple Vette Sweets For My Sweet / A Girl Named Arlene
Relief The Throwaway Song
Love, Hate, Revenge (If I Want You To Cry) Read Between The Lines / I'll Never Know
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Patty Lace & The Petticoats (3) (New York)
Personnel :
Patty Lace (Diane Christian) (Lead)
Paula ...
Peppi ...
Pixie ...
Discography :
1963 - Sneaky Sue / The Back (Kapp 563)
1964 - Girls Don't Trust That Boy / Girls Should Always Look Their Best (Kapp 585)
1965 - A New Boy / Say One (Is A Lonely Number) (Kapp 667)Biography :
Hotshot producers Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer notched up some remarkable successes back in the 60s, including number ones with "My Boyfriend’s Back" by the Angels in 1963 and "Hang On Sloopy" by the McCoys in 1965, with lots of flops and almost-made-its coming in between. In late 1963 the team scored again with the Angels’ follow-up, "I Adore Him" and nearly made it three hits in a row that year with Patty Lace & The Petticoats, whose deliciously camp "Sneaky Sue" (on Kapp) undoubtedly influenced Shadow Morton's work with the Shangri-Las. Issued in the solemn aftermath of the Kennedy assassination, "Sneaky Sue" made it to #104 in early January 1964.
Diane ChristianBob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer frequently used studio vocalists from the New York session pool on their recordings and it seems that Patty Lace & The Petticoats were one such aggregation. Their only follow-up* had the peculiar distinction of being issued well over year later, when the group had been forgotten. Perhaps sensing this, Kapp helpfully named them on the label as ‘Patty, Paula, Peppi and Pixie’. Bob Feldman cannot recall the real identities of Patty Lace & the Petticoats other than to say that their original lead singer, Diane Christian, cut a solo 45 for Mercury. However, we do have a picture of the girls from a rare French release.
Songs :
Sneaky Sue The Back
Girls Don't Trust That Boy Girls Should Always Look Their Best
A New Boy / Say One (Is A Lonely Number)
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Ronald Harris, Doug Grant, George Davis, George Richardson.
The Orlandos (Columbus, Ohio)Personnel :
Ronald Harris (Lead)
Doug Grant (Baritone)
George Davis (Bass)
George Richardson (Falsetto)
Biography :
Back in the middle 1950’s, The Orlandos had many good singers and especially their lead singer, Ronald Harris had a voice like Frankie Lymon, the lead singer of the Teenagers .The Orlandos were founded by their bass singer, George Davis who had a beautiful and far ranging bass voice. The other member of the Orlandos were George Richardson (falsetto) and Doug Grant. They occur locally for several years and over the years, other young men joining the Orlandos as vacancies, occurred were: Robert Wallace, lead and first tenor, Steve Martin, lead and first tenor, Robert Clark, first tenor, Keith White, first tenor, Leroy Foster, baritone and James Eskridge,bass..
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