Shellie Resnick, Ronnie Davis, Burt DuBois and Joe Garcia

The Agendas (Miami, Florida)

Personnel:

Ronnie Davis (Lead Vocal)

Burt DuBois (Vocal/Guitar)

Joe Garci (Bass/Vocal)

Shellie Resnick (Drums)

Discography :

Unreleased :
1964 - You Can Fall in Love
1964 - Pennies From Heaven
1964 - Whispering Bells
1964 - Don't Blame Me

Biography :

The Agendas were a popular vocal and instrumental group in Miami in the 1960's composed by Ronnie Davis (Lead Vocal), Burt DuBois (Vocal/Guitar), Joe Garci(Bass/Vocal) and Shellie Resnick (Drums). For several years, they played everywhere in South Florida and they recorded four songs at Criteria Studios, North Miami 12/17/64.

Songs :

  
You Can Fall in Love                     Pennies From Heaven

  
Whispering Bells                       Don't Blame Me


...

The Four Coachmen (2) (New Jersey)

Personnel :

Ed Brennan

Paul Messier

Dick Jorgenson

Dave Delaney

Discography :

1959 - Nothing But Love, Love, Love / If You Believe (Castle 507)
1959 - That Thing Called A Girl / Wintertime (Adonis 102)
1960 - Shalom / Swamp Legend (Adonis 106/ Stellar 712 / Dot 16297)

Biography :

Vocal group from New Jersey composed by Ed Brennan, Paul Messier, Dick Jorgenson and Dave Delaney. Their first record was released by Castle Records in Boonton, New Jersey. The same year, Joe Gottfried, formerly general manager of Castle Records, has formed Adonis Records, together with Ivan Ellis and Sylvan Epstien, two business execs. The new company — headquartering at 200 W. 57 St., has signed the Four Coachmen for their next release.

When their second record was released in 1959,  "Wintertime" got a fair amount of local play in the New York/New Jersey radio market that winter. In 1960 {April 11th} the Four Coachmen performed "Swamp Legend" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV weekday afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'... The month before in March of 1960 Adonis Records released their "Shalom", b/w "Swamp Legend", neither side made Billboard's Top 100 chart...

The following year in early 1961 Stellar Records re-released the record, this time with "Swamp Legend" as the A-side and "Shamon" as the B-side, still no Top 100 entry. Then in November of 1961 Dot Records gave it a try and released the record, but still no success on the charts... This Four Coachmen are not related with the four Coachmen aka The Banners on MGM.

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim) 

  
Nothing But Love, Love, Love                    If You Believe              

  
That Thing Called A Girl                                Wintertime       

  
Swamp Legend                                          Shalom  

...

The Themes (1) (Nashville, TN)

Personnel :

Alvin Gaines (Lead)

Jack Snow (Lead)

Thomas Reynolds (Lead)

Discography :

The Themes (1)    (With Jack Snow/ With Thomas Reynolds)
1959 - The Magic Of You / Yes! That's Love (Excello 2152)

Alvin Gaines & The Themes (1)   
1959 - Let's Jump The Broomstick / Cross My Heart (Fidelity 420592)

Biography :

"Let's Jump the Broomstick" is a song written by Charles Robins and performed first by a black group, Alvin Gaines & The Themes, in 1959, then covered that year by Brenda Lee. Her version reached No.12 in the United Kingdom in 1961. The song was featured on her 1960 album, Brenda Lee. The song is based on the popular custom and phrase jumping the broom.

Alvin Gaines & The Themes were group was from Nashville, Tennessee. They cut a single on Fidelity Records with the tracks "Let’s Jump The Broomstick" and "Cross My Heart" on the B side. This same group recorded a few months before "The Magic Of You" and "Yes! That's Love" released by Excello in February 1959. They are two different lead singers featured Jack Snow on "The Magic Of You " and Thomas Reynolds on "Yes! That's Love" .

Songs :

The Themes (1)     

  
The Magic Of You (Jack Snow)        Yes! That's Love (Thomas Reynolds)

Alvin Gaines & The Themes (1)   

  
       Cross My Heart                           Let's Jump The Broomstick


...

The Gypsies (2) (Baltimore, Md)

Personnel :

?


Discography :

1957 - Why / Young Girl To Calypso (Atlas/Angeltone 1073) 

Biography :

The Gypsies' "Why"/"Young Girl to Calypso" is another rather appealing Atlas pairing which receiveed airplay only in their native Baltimore. Atlas, one of the myriad small independent labels in New York, was owned by Tommy Robinson.  Originally from Detroit, Robinson was one of the few blacks in New York at that time who owned a record company (Lexy "Flap" Hanford and Bobby Robinson - no relation - were others). Atlas had been in business since 1951, but had only recently started recording vocal groups.

Songs :
 (By Hans-Joachim)

   
          Why                                      Young Girl To Calypso

 ...

  Gerald Nelson.

The Archers (Paducah, Kentucky)

Personnel :

Gerald Nelson

Bill Parker

Carl Earten

Jim Roberts

Discography :

1959 - Motorcycle Michael / Golden Girl (Summer 502)

Biography :

In 1959, Two Paducahan songwriters, Gerald Nelson, 23, and Fred Burch, 28, were honored at a “Gold Record” party night in Memphis, where they make their home, for writing the song “Tragedy,” whose recording by Thomas Wayne hit the million mark. The Paducahans have formed their own music publishing company, "Nugget Inc" and their own recording firm, "Klondike Inc." in 1956 Gerald Nelson had his first experience in music being part of the vocal group "The Escorts" "which later changed their name to "The Country Gentlemen".

  
Gerald Nelson and Fred Burch                                                            Gerald Nelson.

In 1959, Three recordings of Burch-Nelson songs  hit the Top 100  in the national poll. Besides the Wayne recording of “Eternally,” they are “I'll Be All Right,” recorded by Jay B. Loyd on the ‘Hi label, and “Motorcycle Michael,” sung by the Archers, a vocal quartet, on Summer Label. The Archers are consisted of Gerald Nelson himself, Bill Parker, Carl Earten and Jim Roberts, all from this area. The flip side of “Motorcycle Michael” a clever novelty song is "Golden Girl" another Burch-Nelson effort.

Songs :

Motorcycle Michael

...