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The Jac-O-Lacs aka The Flairs (1) (Los Angeles)
Personnel :
Cornell Gunter (Lead)
Thomas 'Pete' Fox (Tenor)
Obediah 'Obie' Jessie (Baritone)
Discography :
The Jac-O-Lacs
1955 - Cindy Lou / Sha-Ba-Da-Ba-Doo (Tampa 103)
The Dooley Sisters (bb The Jac-O-Lacs)
1955 - Shtiggy Boom / Johnny, My Love (Dooley Sisters) (Tampa 101)
Biography :
The last recordings done by this Flairs group were "She Loves To Dance" and "My Darling, My Sweet," two more tunes led by Cornell Gunter and released in March 1955.
After this, Charles Jackson left to join the Chimes (who would soon record "Zindy Lou" for Specialty). Randy Jones departed too, becoming an emergency replacement for Bruce Tate in the Penguins, when they went to New York to do an Alan Freed show.
Cornell Gunter, Obie Jessie & Pete FoxThis left the trio of Cornell Gunter, Pete Fox and Obie Jessie. To get some "fast cash," they recorded a single record as the "Jac-O-Lacs" for Robert Scherman and Irving Shorten's Tampa label.
"Cindy-Lou" and "Sha-Ba-Da-Ba-Doo" were released in May 1955.
Obie Jessie, Cornell Gunter & Pete FoxSince there's a bass present, they might have gotten Randy Jones back for a while, but Pete has no memory of this session at all. Actually, while they were accumulating that fast cash, they also backed up the Dooley Sisters on their version of "Shtiggy Boom," released in February.
http://www.uncamarvy.com/Flairs/flairs.html
Songs :
Sha-Ba-Da-Ba-Doo Cindy Lou
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The Laddins (Harlem, New York)
(By Hans-Joachim)Personnel :
Sylvester 'Sonny' Johnson（Lead）
Ernest 'Mickey' Goody（Tenor）
Earl Marcus（Tenor）
John Marcus（Baritone）
Robert Jeffers " Bobby Jay" (Bass）
Discography:
Singles :
1957 - Did It / Now You`re Gone (Central 2602)
1959 - Yes, Oh Baby Yes / Light A Candle (Gry Cliff 721)
1960 - She's The One / Come On (Isle 801)
1961 - Oh How I Hate To Go Home / There Once Was A Time (Theatre 111)
1962 - I'll Kiss Your Teardrops Away / If You Need Me, I'll Be There (Angie 1790)
1962 - Try, Try Again / That's What You Do To Me (Groove 4-5)
1963 - Push, Shake, Kick And Shout / Push, Shake... (inst.) (Angie 1003 / Bardell 776)
1963 - Dream Baby / Dizzie Jone’s Birdland (Butane 779)Album
1974 - Bobby Jay presents The Laddins (Central / Relic LP 5018)
Did It / Now You're Gone / Yes, Oh Baby Yes / Light A Candle / She's The One / Oh How I Hate To Go Home / There Once Was A Time / That's What You Do To Me / Try, Try Again / I'll Kiss Your Teardrops Away / I'll Be There / Dream Baby / Dizzy Jones Birdland / Diamons And Pearls (prev. unrel.) / You Talk Too Much (prev. unrel.) / A Hundred Pounds Of Clay (prev. unrel.) / Tossin' And Turnin' (prev. unrel.) / Every Beat Of My Heart (prev. unrel.) / Mother-In-Law (prev. unrel.)
Unreleased :
1957 - My Baby's Left Me (Central)
1957 - I'm Falling In Love (Central)
1959 - Eternally (Grey Cliff)
1959 - So Long Darling (Grey Cliff)
1960 - A Certain Kind Of Love (Isle)
Diamonds And Pearls (prev. unrel.)Biography:
Originating from Harlem, NY, in the mid-'50s, the Laddins carved an unspectacular recording career from 1957 to 1964 on a succession of hotdog-stand recording companies. The originals members were David "Pinky" Coleman (lead), Ernest "Micky" Goody (first tenor), Early "E.J." Marcus (lead/second tenor), and John Marcus (baritone). Bobby Jay (bass) joined in 1957 and missed seemingly their only early photo session, which depicts the Laddins as a quartet. They scored a now-sought-after single that did little when released, entitled "Did It," on Central Records in 1957. Disappointed, Central allowed scheduled releases for 1958, "My Baby's Left Me" and "I'm Falling In Love," to gather dust.
"Yes, Oh Baby Yes" appeared on Grey Cliff Records in 1959; but history repeated itself as proposed follow-ups, "Eternally" and "So Long Darling," never were released. Their next release was "Come On" on Isle in 1960; but its pre-picked successor, "A Certain Kind of Love," was shelved. Initially, companies loved the Laddins, but withdrew the adulation after their first singles with the labels bombed. Their most popular failure came courtesy of Theater Records in 1961. The two-sided pleaser, "Oh How I Hate to Go Home" and "There Was Once a Time," was their only known release on the short-lived label.
After two 1962 releases, "I'll Kiss Your Teardrops Away" b/w "If You Need Me, I'll Be There" on Angie and "Try, Try Again" on Groove, the Laddins left the Big Apple for the Big Orange (Miami, FL). You seldom hear of entertainers leaving New York City for recording opportunities, but that's exactly what they did the winter of 1962. In the interim, Angie unleashed "Push, Shake, Kick and Shout" in late 1962; Bardell Records reissued it in 1963. The Laddins refreshed their lineup with new lead singer Yvonne "Frankie" Gearing, Alfred Ellis, and Dizzy Jones, joining Goody and the Marcus brothers; other members came and went but these were the main cogs. (Bobby Jay joined the military). The new group had one single on Butane Records, "Dream Baby" b/w "Dizzy Jones Birdland," in 1964 before evolving into the Steinways, a group with a similar sound to Motown's Elgins and Philadelphia's Formations.
Bobby Jay later worked as a DJ at WWRL and WCBS-FM in New York City, and stations in Augustus, GA; Memphis, TN; and Newark, NJ. Billboard honored him as Air Personality of the Year in 1977. Jay also acted off-Broadway, hosted a magazine-style talk show, appeared in the soap Guiding Light, and toiled as a record producer. He appeared sometimes in a revamped lineup of Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers with Lymon's brother, Lewis Lymon; long-time stand in Jimmy Castor; and original members Jimmy Merchant and Herman Santiago.
Frankie Gearing sang with the Coeds, the Steinways (which also included Goody and the Marcus brothers), the Glories, Quiet Elegance, and recorded as a solo artist. She also relocated to her hometown, St. Petersburg, FL, where she's a popular entertainer. David Coleman is deceased. Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis toiled for years as a saxophonist for James Brown.
Andrew Hamilton, All Music Guide
Songs :
Yes, Oh Baby Yes I'll kiss your teardrops away If You Need Me I'll Be There
Oh How I Hate To Go Home Push, Shake, Kick And Shout Try, Try Again
Light A Candle She’s The One Come On
Oh How I Hate To Go Home / There Once Was A Time Did It / Now You’re Gone
That's What You Do To Me Push, Shake, Kick And Shou t Push, Shake, Kick And Shout (inst. vers.)
Dream Baby / Dizzie Jone’s Birdland Diamonds And Pearls / You Talk Too Much
A Hundred Pounds Of Clay / Tossin' And Turnin' Every Beat Of My Heart / Mother-In-Law
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The Chancellors (2) (Rahway, NJ)
Personnel :
Paul Bozung (Lead & Piano)
Don Girvan (Baritone / Guitar)
Joe Gassaway (Tenor / Bass)
Georges May (Bass / Drum)
Discography :
1956 - Too Many Memories / Everything Has A Place (Unique 341)
1957 - I'm Coming Home / Gotta Little Baby (XYZ 104/601)
1958 - Seaport At Sunset / Chalypso Train (XYZ 105)Biography :
Paul Bozung, Joe Gassaway and Georges May are from Rahway. Don Girvan sings baritone and plays guitar in the quartet. Paul Bozung sings lead and plays piano. Joe Gassaway sings tenor and plays the Bass, Georges May Sings Bass and plays the CocKtail drum. After performing at parties, the group moved into the local club circuit and have little success. In 1956, The Chancellors recorded "Too Many Memories" b/w "Everything Has A Place" released by Unique Records. Unique Records Started in new York early 1955 by Bandleader, arranger, conductor, record producer and trumpeter Joseph J. Leahy , and bought out later by RKO Teleradio leaving Leahy as A&R manager.
Their two next records are for XYZ. XYZ Records was a record label founded by Frank Slay and Bob Crewe, mainly as an outlet for their own songs. The label opened in 1957 and was sporadically active till about 1960. Their only success was with The Rays "Silhouettes" that was taken over for national distribution by Cameo Records in Philadelphia.
Their song, "I'm Coming Home," made the Top 10 in 1957, and went to No. 2 later that year when it was recorded by Sammy Davis Jr. Played at the Sands in Las Vegas, met Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Jerry Lewis and others. Has opened at conventions for the Fraternal Order of Eagles, performing before Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, Connie Stevens, Lorrie Morgan, Billy Ray Cyrus and others. They appeared on the Today Show and twice on Dick Clark's American Band Stand and had appearances at the Sands in Vegas. Their second single on the label "Seaport at Sunset" b/w "Chalypso Train" goes unnoticed and the band split soon after ...Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim)
Too Many Memories / Everything Has A Place
I'm Coming Home Gotta Little Baby Chalypso Train
Seaport At Sunset
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The Kodaks (Newark, New Jersey)
aka The Kodoks aka The Kadak's
Personnel :Pearl McKinnon (Lead)
James Patrick (First Tenor)
William Franklin (Second Tenor)
Larry Davis (Baritone)
William Miller (Bass)
Discography :
The Kodaks
1957 - Teenager's Dream / Little Boy And Girl (Fury 1007)
1957 - Oh Gee, Oh Gosh / Make Believe Worlds (Fury 1015)
1958 - My Baby And Me / Kingless Castle (Fury 1019)
1958 - Guardian Angel / Run Around Baby (Fury 1020)The Kadak's
1960 - Don't Want No Teasing / Look Up To The Sky (J&S-1683 / 1684)The Kodoks
1961 - Twista Twistin' / Let's Rock (Wink 1004)
1961 - Mister Magoo / Love Wouldn't Mean A Thing (Wink 1006)Biography :
An early male R&B group with a female lead, the Kodaks' chief asset was the uncanny similarity of Pearl McKinnon's voice to that of Frankie Lymon. Pearl's first group got together in Newark, New Jersey, at Robert Trent Junior High and consisted of 15-year-old Pearl, Marian Patrick, and Jean Miller. The boys, who grew up in the Baxter Terrace housing project, included Marian's brother James (lead, tenor, and brother of Charles Patrick of The Monotones), William Franklin (second tenor), Larry Davis (baritone), and William Miller (bass). The guys met Pearl in 1957 and felt she would be the unique twist that would differentiate them from the volume of vocal acts singing throughout Newark. The group's influences included The Harptones, The Spaniels, The Heartbeats and Frankie Lymon's Teenagers.
The Kodaks (1957) William Franklin, William Miller, James Patrick and Larry DavisWhether conscious or not, Pearl's amazing ability to sound like Frankie made the group a popular quintet around the Baxter Terrace recreation hall where they rehearsed. They called themselves the Supremes (over four years before the Detroit superstars) and when they felt confident enough headed for Harlem to audition for Fury label owner Bobby Robinson. Since Bobby had reportedly missed out on signing Frankie Lymon because he had been late for an appointment with Richard Barrett (who had then taken Lymon downtown to George Goldner's Gee label), he made up for it by grabbing the Supremes and recording "Teenager's Dream," a ballad Pearl and he collaborated on.
Pearl McKinnonAt this time the group decided to change their name to the Kodaks after the camera company. Both "Teenager's Dream" and its flip, the rollicking "Little Boy and Girl," were immediate New York airplay favorites, and the group's smooth yet enthusiastic harmonies gave both the songs and Pearl's lead an aura of quality not found in many of the Lymon-like groups. The group's second single, "Oh Gee Oh Gosh," written by Pearl when she was 12, became their best-known effort; it did well in the Northeast and reached number eight R&B on their hometown chart in June 1958. They performed a number of times at the Apollo, did the chitlin circuit from Philadelphia's Uptown Theatre to the Howard in Washington, and appeared on Dick Clark's "American Bandstand." Around this time Franklin and Davis left to join the Sonics ("This Broken Heart," Harvard, 1959).
They were replaced by Harold "Curly" Jenkins and Richard Dixon. The group had two more Fury singles, neither of which reached the level of the previous efforts, and within a year the Kodaks had disbanded. Pearl married and stopped performing; James Patrick joined his brother in the Monotones. Miller, along with his wife Jean, Harold Jenkins, and Renaldo Gamble (the Schoolboys, Okeh), formed a new Kodaks and recorded one single for Zell Sanders' J&S label in 1960 and two for Sol Winkler's Wink label, the best side being "Love Wouldn't Mean A Thing". In 1960 Pearl, along with Carl Williams (first tenor), James Straite (second tenor), Luther Morton (baritone), and Aaron Broadnick (bass), became Pearl and the Del tars and did another version of "Teenager's Dream" for Robinson's Fury label.
Songs :
The Kodaks
Teenager's Dream Little Boy And Girl Oh Gee, Oh Gosh
Make Believe Worlds My Baby And Me Kingless Castle
Guardian Angel Run Around BabyThe Kadak's
Don't Want No Teasing Look Up To The SkyThe Kodoks
Twista Twistin' / Let's Rock Mister Magoo
Love Wouldn't Mean A Thing
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The Heartbreakers (4) (Los Angeles, California)
Personnel :
Benny Rodriguez
Joe RodriguezDiscography :
1963 - Everytime I See You / Cradle Rock (Donna 1381)
1963 - Leavin' It All Up To You / Corrido Marsh (Brent 7037)
1964 - Please Answer / She Is My Baby (Linda 114)
Biography :Brothers, Benny & Joe Rodriguez were born in El Paso, Texas. When Benny was 14 and Joe was 12, they moved to East Los Angeles where Benny attended Roosevelt High School. They were discovered by Billy Cardenas (more on Billy later) who was the manager of the group, the Romancers. The Romancers were under contract to producer Bob Keane. At Paul Buff's Pal Studio in Rancho Cucamonga, California they recorded "Cradle Rock" and "Everytime I See You".
"Cradle Rock" was a re-make of a song recorded by the Rhythm Heirs on the Yucca label in 1959. The flip side "Everytime I See You" was co-written by Frank Zappa and Ray Collins (of Little Julian Herrera & The Tigers). The record was released on the Donna label (Donna 1381). The Heartbreakers next single, also in 1963 was "Leavin' It All Up To You" and "Corrido Marsh" on the Brent label (Brent 7037). "Leavin' It All Up To You" was a remake of the Don & Dewey hit & "Corrida Mash" was a rockin' instrumental.
These two songs were produced by Bumps Blackwell. In 1964 the Heartbreakers recorded "Please Answer" and "She Is My Baby" for producer Eddie davis and the Lind label (Linda 114). For these two tracks, they were backed by The Mixtures, a mixed-race band from Pomona, California.
http://wwwyoufoundthateastsidesoundcom.blogspot.fr/2011/10/eastside-legends-heartbreakers.html
Songs :
Everytime I See You Please Answer
Cradle Rock She Is My Baby...
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