Marvin Frederick Saiontz

The Unknowns (3) (Baltimore, Maryland)
aka The Classics (5)

Personnel :

Larry Herbert Pozanek

Marvin Frederick Saiontz

Carl Capian

Allen Hanenbaum

Charnaine Saiontz

Biography :

The Unknowns (3)
1958 - Oh Summer Love / Cool Wool (Felsted 8535)

The Classics  (5)
1959 - To Live My Life / Lonely Without A Love (Abel 231)


Biography :

Larry H.Pozanek, Marvin Saiontz, Carl Capian and Allen Hanenbaum, seniors at the universitycof Maryland School of Pharmacy, plus Charnaine Saiontz, sister of Marvin  Saiontz, recorded two songs in 1958  for Felsted, a subsidiary of London Records. The vocal group under the name of "The Unknowns" has become quite well known in the Baltimore area through appearances on radio, television and a number of record hops. Their recordings are entitled "Ho Summer Love," and "Cool Wool," and vere written by Larry H.Pozanek and Larry Saiontz.  The record was released in August 1958 in the Baltimore / Washington, D.C. area,   The single  was released nationally the fourth week of September. Cash Box Magazine rates these songs as "B". The group would return to the studio a few months later and record "To Live My Life" and "Lonely Without A Love". the disc will be released by Abel records under the name Classics.

Songs :

(updated by Hans-Joachim)

The Unknowns (3)

Oh Summer Love / Cool Wool


The Classics  (5)

  
To Live My Life                              Lonely without a love

   The Minors : (L to R) back: Ernesto Colon, Benny Travies, Frankin Millin. front : Raymond "Rayfall" Diaz, Yvonne Lee and Harry Hillard

The Minors (Manhattan, New York)
aka. The Excels (1)

Personnel :

Yvonne Lee (Lead)

Ernesto Colon

Benny Travies

Frankin Millin

Raymond "Rayfall" Diaz

Harry Hillard

Discography :

The Minors
1957 - Jerry / Where Are You (Celeste 3007/Mello 554)

The Excels (1)
1957 - You're Mine Forever / Baby Doll (Central 2601)
1960 - My Foolish Heart / Just You And I Together (Gone 5094)
1961 - Can't Help Lovin' That Girl Of Mine / 'Til You Were Gone (RSVP 111)

Biography :

Celeste was one of the many short-lived (A little more than one year in duration) record label which specialized in R&b and headquartered in New York City during  the middle fifties heyday of Rock'n Roll. The label owned by David Levitt sign a recording contract with the Minors for a single in 1957. The Minors were Yvonne Lee, Ernesto Colon, Benny Travies, Frankin Millin, Raymond "Rayfall" Diaz and Harry Hillard . In 1957 the Minors appeared at the a apollo theater along with the Cadillacs, Crazy Cris Columbo and his "wild" Combo, Linda Hopkins, George Holmes and Spence Twins.
  

Some months later, Benny Travies, Raymond "Rayfall" Diaz & Harry Hillard join Joe Robles & Fred Orange to form the Excels. The new group  cut "You're Mine Forever" b/w "Baby Doll" for Central record with Al Browns & His Orchestra.  According to Excels' member Joe Robles and Bobby Diskin, the group continued for a while and recorded several songs "My Foolish Heart", "Just You And I Together", "Can't Help Lovin' That Girl Of Mine" and "'Til You Were Gone". Their songs were released years after the group disbanded, the first two were released on Gone Records in 1960, the next two on RSVP in 1961.
Thanks to Marv Goldberg

Songs :

The Minors

     
Jerry                                                Where Are You

The Excels (1)

  
   Baby Doll                                 You're Mine Forever

  
  My Foolish Heart                           Just You And I Together

  
Can't Help Lovin' That Girl Of Mine               'Til You Were Gone                

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Fred “Tuck” Carty, Steve Engle and George Diffenbaucher 

The Varsity Men (Waynesboro, PA)

Personnel :

Fred “Tuck” Carty

George Diffenbaucher

Steve Engle

Discography :

1962 - Please Don’t Cry / Jackie (Staff 86536)

Biography :

Group formed by by three Waynesboro Area Senior High School friends, Carty of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Diffenbaucher of Alexandria, Virginia and Engle, who lives in Alexandria, Pennsylvania. In September 1962, they left Waynesboro for Staff Recording Studio, Baltimore, to record two songs. ‘Jackie’ (full title, ‘Take Good Care of Him, Jackie’) was written by Steve Engle as an open letter from the young people of our country to the first lady, Jackie Kennedy.

The single was released on the Staff Record label just three weeks before JFK’s TV speech concerning the Cuban Missile Crisis in October of that year.  “Please Don’t Cry” on the B side was written by Fred “Tuck” Carty, with the second verse created on the drive to the studio. The instrumental recording group for both songs consisted of Allan Wishard, bass; Jeff Schlichter, organ, and  Lynn Zody, drums, and Engle, piano. The record piqued a little interest in a few markets, was spun in Waynesboro by then WAYZ Disc Jockey Denny Brubaker and played on the jukebox at The Big Dipper. Before the record’s untimely demise, they did have one memorable and somewhat harrowing experience performing on a big rock ’n’ roll show at the Norfolk (Virginia) Arena, with a roster that included Roy Orbison, Minnie Pearl, The Isley Brothers, Ray Stevens, and George Hamilton IV,

Songs :

   
Please Don’t Cry                                       Jackie        


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Tippie & The Wisemen

Tippie & The Clovermen (Washington, D.C)
aka The Clovers (2) aka The Wisemen

Personnel :

Harold Lucas

Robert Russell

Roosevelt "Tippie" Hubbard

James "Toy" Walton

Discography :

Tippie & The Clovermen
1962 -  Please Mr. Sun / Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (Stenton 7001)

Tippie & The Clovers (2)
1962 - Bossa Nova, Baby / The Bossa Nova (My Heart Said) (Tiger 201)

Tippie & The Wisemen
Unreleased :
1965 - Wait Till I Get There (Shrine)
1965 - Let Me Walk Away (Shrine)
1965 - I Wouldn't Mind Crying (Shrine)
1965 - Bye, Bye (Shrine)

Biography :

The Clovers, who hailed from the Washington area, had been recording since 1950; by 1961 the group had split and reformed as two separate Clovers, one led by Harold Lucas the other by John Bailey.  The line-up of the Lucas group was Robert Russel, James “Toy” Walton and Eddie “Tippie” Hubbard.  The Lucas group recorded and released records as "Tippie and the Clovermen" and "Tippie and the Clovers" for Tiger Records, a subsidiary of Rust Records.

   
Harold Lucas                                                                                                                                  

In December 1962 "Bossa Nova Baby" (written by Leiber and Stoller) / "The Bossa Nova" was released, credited to Tippie and the Clovers. Also released in 1962 on Stenton Records was "Please Mr Sun" / "Gimme Gimme Gimme", credited to Tippie and the Clovermen.  In 1965, Harold Lucas, Robert Russell, Tippie Hubbard and Toy Walton added a fifth member, Al Fox. The group recorded four tracks (all unreleased) as "Tippie and The Wisemen" for Shrine Records. That same year Tippie and The Wisemen changed their name to The Clovers.

Discography :

Tippie & The Clovermen

  
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme                           Please Mr. Sun     

Tippie & The Clovers (2)

  
      Bossa Nova, Baby                     The Bossa Nova (My Heart Said)

Tippie & The Wisemen

  
I Wouldn't Mind Crying                            Wait Till I Get There 


Let Me Walk Away

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The Skylarks (Alton, Illinois)

Personnel :

Frank Holmes

Mike Taylor

Johnny Harp

Jimmy Wilson

... Johnson

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