The Brentwoods (1) (Los Angeles, Ca)
aka The Misfits ?

Personnel :

Warren Joyner

Jo An Wilson

Roberta Wilson

Alonzo Collins

Larzet Collins

Discography :

1960 - As I Live From Day To Day / Midnight Star (Doré 559)

Biography :

Warren Joyner's first composition The Way to My Heart was recorded by singer Billy Storm in 1958 for Barbary Coast Records. Storm knew the songwriter John Marascalco since his recording of Good Golly, Miss Molly with his group The Valiants, with whom Joyner began to write doo-wop songs for The Marathons in 1959.  Joyner also founded the doo-wop group The Brentwoods with a few other 1958 graduates from Dorsey High School in Los Angeles. It sang alongside Warren Alonzo Willis and Larzet Collins as well as the sisters JoAnn and Roberta Wilson. The group named itself after a street where rehearsals took place.The recorded two Joyner 's compositions "As I Live from Day to Day" and "Midnight Sta". The last two songs recorded the Brentwoods in 1960 under the direction of producer H. B. Barnum for their only single release on Dore Records under the number 559. "Midnight Star" was also recorded by the Misfits (Released 1961 on Aries). While not identical to the Brentwoods' recording, both groups sound very much alike and may be one and the same.

Songs :

  
As I Live From Day To Day                          Midnight Star          

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The Blue Jays (4) (New York)
aka The Castlemen

Personnel :

Mark Bennett Gartman (Lead)

Elliot Rothpearl

Ronnie Kalman

Martha ...

Discography :

The Blue Jays (4)
1959 - Practical Joker / Barbara (Roulette 4169)
1960 - Kum Ba Yah / Cave Man Love (Roulette 4264)

The Castlemen   
1961 - Tom Doolavitch / Driving On Bald Mountain (VCB 100-3

Biography :

Vocal group from New York composed by Mark Bennett Gartman, Elliot Rothpearl, Ronnie Kalman and a girl named Martha. The group signed a recording contract with Morris Levy. Levy was co-founder and owner of Roulette Records. In mid-1959, The Blue Jays recorded "Practical Joker" b/w "Barbara" followed by "Kum Ba Yah" b/w "Cave Man Love".

 
The Castlemen : Mark, Elliot & Jerry

“Barbara” is enjoying some success and the group performs regularly but Roulette records took advantage of many artists who never got paid for their work. The Blue Jay's are one of them!  In early 1961 With Martha and Ronnie Kalman departure replaced by Jerry Trevor, the group now as a Trio turned to another label: VCB records from New York City. In 1961, the group will record two new songs, "Tom Doolavitch" b/w "Driving On Bald Mountain" released by VCB with a new group name: the

The Castlemen

Castlemen. A 1979 Castlemen Reunion also included Mike Ferrigno on Bass. Performance at the Teacher Union Award Luncheon of the United Federation of Teachers at the Waldorf Astoria December 17th 1979 where there played Labor Songs and Folk Songs .

Songs :

The Blue Jays (4)

(updated by Hans-Joachim) 

  
   Barbara                                         Practical Joker

  
Cave Man Love                                      Kum Ba Yah  

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The Del Rays (1) (Fresno, Ca.)

Personnel :

Ronald Stutheit

Jack Hernandez

Floyd Siemens

Frank Stockton

Discography :

1958 - My Darling / The One I Adore (Warner Bros. 5022)

Biography :

In 1958, the Del Rays have signed a contract with an eight year option with a major recording company named Warner Bros. Their first recording is "The One I Adore" and "My Darling". The group is composed of Floyd Siemens, 19, Frank Stockton, 20, Ron Stutheit, 18, and Jack LaMont 20. The singers met in a choir class in the Roosevelt High School.

All except Floyd Siemens was graduated from Clovis Union High School and RHS graduates. The group has sung at numerous school and community functions in Fresno. Unfortunately the lack of advertising and necessarily the few sales forced the four boys to abandon their hopes of glory.

Songs :

  
 My Darling                                       The One I Adore


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Top : Charlie Angelo & Terry Jordan - Bottom : Patsy Cummings & Clyde Lewis

The Corvells (2) (Queens, New York)
aka The Fortunes (4)

Personnel :

Patsy Cummings (Lead)

Terry Jordan

Charlie Angelo

Clyde Lewis


Discography :

The Corvells (2)
1963 - The Jokes On Me / One (Is Such A Lonely Number) (Cub 9122)

The Fortunes (4)
1963 - The Ghoul In School / You Don't Know (What I've Been Through) (Cub 9123)


Biography :

Mixed Vocal group from Richmond Hill High School in the Queens, composed by Patsy Cumming, Terry Jordan, Charlie Angelo and Clyde Lewis. The group have sung in many School dance in New York before being noticed and participating in Tv performance in Baltimore & Washington DC.

March 8, 1963, the Corvells recorded four songs in the MGM Studios, "The Jokes On Me", "One (Is Such A Lonely Number)", "The Ghoul In School" and "You Don't Know". A month later, Cub Records, an MGM  Subsidiary released the four tracks on two singles, The first as the Corvells, and for not releasing two disks of the same group at the same time, the second will be under the name of the Fortunes.


Songs :

The Corvells (2)


The Jokes On Me / One (Is Such A Lonely Number)

The Fortunes (4)

  
You Don't Know                       The Ghoul In School


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Frank Chiaro, Howard Odell, Bobby Dreeben & Lionel "Ly" Wilsea

The Chippendales (Yonkers, New York)

Personnel :

Howard Odell (Bass / Vocal)

Frank Chiaro (Guitar / Vocal)

Lionel "Ly" Wilsea (Drums / Vocal)

Jess Felanchek (Guitar / Vocal)

Discography :

1959 - What A Night / Drip Drop (Andie 5013)
1960 - Voodoo / The Day Will Come (Rust 5023)

Biography :

Vocal and instrumental group, the Chippendales were first known as the Cytations and had established a good local reputation with their regular appearances for two years. The Cytations includes Frank Chiaro, who plays first guitar; Howie Odell, rhythm guitar; Bobby Dreeben on the bass, and Lionel Wilsea at the drums.  All the boys will be seniors at Yonkers High School. The young musicians organized their combiation in 1957 and have been playing together ever since at teenage dances, amateur shows, and all kinds of benefit performances all over the county.

They have had a number of professional engagement by Sigmund Dreeben, the bass player's father, has acted as their “business manager” arranging appearances and handling their finances. In October 1959, the group landed a recording contract with Andie Records, A Laurie Subsidiary. By this time, Bobby Dreeben had left the group and was replaced by Jess Felanchek. Their first record will be released the same month with "What A Night" b/w "Drip Drop". The song was introduced by Cleveland area DJ’s but failed to chart nationally.  Andie Records morphed into Rust Records with release #5022, following on numerically from Andie #5021, and the Chippendales had their next release as the second single on the Rust imprint, #5023 with "Voodoo" b/w "The Day Will Come".

Songs :

  
What a Night                                Drip Drop

  
      Voodoo                                       The Day Will Come

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