• The School Belles

    Written by dion1 in *SCHOOL BELLES on 6 October 2010 à 15:05


    The School Belles (New Jersey)



    Personnel :

    Diana Moore

    Leta Moore


    Discography :

    1958 - Waiting for My Date / Billy Boy, Billy Boy (Dot 15746)
    1958 - Turtle Dovin' / Cool it baby (Dot 15801)
    1959 - Swing Swang / Count Down (Hanover 4526/)
    1961 - Whistling Bells / Whistling at the Boys (Buena Vista 378)
    1962 - Don't Believe him / Valley High (Crest 1104)


    Biography :

    Dot Records new fern vocal team, the School Belles, whose first disk was released this week, are the daughters of songwriter Marvin Moore, co-cleffer (with Bob davie) of Green Door."

    The girls — Diana, 16, and Leta, 13 — originally hail from Dallas, but now reside in New Jersey, where the latter attends Benjamin Franklin Jr. High School and the former, Ridgewood, NJ, High School.


    Their first platter spotlights "Waiting for My Date" and "Billy Boy, Billy Boy."
    Both Tunes were written by their father and Davie.
    Billboard - 14 avr. 1958


    Song :


    Don't Believe Him

     

     


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  • The Tradewinds (1)

    Written by dion1 in *TRADEWINDS (1) on 4 October 2010 à 22:01

    The Tradewinds (1) (Newark, New Jersey)
     (Update By Hans-Joachim)


    Personnel :

    State Ralph Rizzoll "Dusty"

    Phil Mehill

    Angel Cifelli "Chubby"

    Sal Capriglione


     

    Discography :

    1959 - Toni / Twins (RCA 7511)

    1959 - Furray Murray / Crossroads (RCA 7553) 

     

    Biography :

    Ralph Rizzoll (Dusty), Phil Mehill, Angel Cifelli (Chubby) and Sal Capriglione are the 19-year- old New Jersey lads who make up the Tradewinds. The boys all attended Barringer HS in Newark.
Phil and Dusty are cousins, and have known Sal since they were nine. When the trio met guitarist Chubby, they formed their group. Their first professional experience came with night club dates around the Newark area.

      

    Manager Peter Paul caught their act and signed them. Later Paul arranged an audition with Hugo and Luigi. "Furry Murray" is the Trade- winds' second waxing for RCA Victor.  Both Dusty and Chubby are baseball fans. Phil and Sal are horseback riding enthusiasts. 
(Billboard - 24 Aug 1959 )

     

    Songs :

         
    Furray Murray                             Twins                                      Toni

     

     

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  • The Majorettes (1)

    Written by dion1 in *MAJORETTES (1) on 2 October 2010 à 16:35

    Rickie Page & Groups
    Rickie Page

    Rickie Page & Groups (Los Angeles, Ca)

    aka The Georgettes (1) (Ricki)
    aka The Page Sisters (Ricki & Sonya)
    aka The Austin Sisters (Ricki & Sonya)
    aka The Majorettes (1) (Sheila, Joanna, Susie and Rebecca)
    aka Joanne & The Triangles (3) (Sheila, Joanna,Rebecca)
    aka Beverly & The Motor Scooters (Ricki, Sheila, Joanna,Rebecca)
    aka Becky & The Lollipops (2) (Joanna,Rebecca)
    aka The Bermudas (Sheila, Joanna,Rebecca)
    aka The Cinders (3) (Ricki, Sheila, Joanna,Rebecca)

     

    Personnel:

    Ricki Page

    Rebecca Page

    Joanna Page

    Sheilah Page

     

    Discography :

    The Georgettes (1)
    1957 - Love Like A Fool / Oh Tonight (Ebb 125)
    1959 - Dizzy Over You / Oh Oh Yes (Jackpot 48001)
    1960 - Down By The River / Pair Of Eyes (Fleet 1111/UA 237)
    1963 - The Story / Little Boy (Troy 1001)

    The Page Sisters
    1957 - Sweet Sweetheart / All My Love Belongs To You (Zephyr 70-012)
    1958 - Dream Boy / If They Only Knew (Liberty 55133)

    The Austin Sisters
    It Happened At The Hop / Love Can Do Most Anything (Edison International 401)

    The Majorettes (1)
    1962 - Stretch Sensation / Dance With Me (Regency 8000)   
    1962 - White Levi's / Please Come Back (Troy 1000)
    1963 - Let's Do the Kangaroo / Dance With Me (Troy 1004)

    Rickie Page & Groups     Rickie Page & Groups

    Joanne & The Triangles (3)
    1963 - After The Showers Come Flowers / Don't Be A Cry Baby (Vip 25003)

    Beverly & The Motor Scooters
    1964 -  He's My Boy / I Had To Walk Home Myself (Epic 9654)

    Becky & The Lollipops (2)
    1964 - I Don't Care (What They Say) / Come On Home (Troy 6493)
    1964 - I Don't Care (What They Say) / My Boyfriend (Epic 9736)

    The Bermudas
    1964 - Donnie / Chu Sen Ling (Era 3125)
    1964 - Blue Dreamer / Seing is Believing (Era 3133)

    The Cinders (3)
    1964 - I'll Follow You    / The Story (Original Sound 43)   

     

    Biography :

    Rickie Page was born June Evelyn Kuykendall in tiny Lindsay, Oklahoma on 7 November 1929. June became a recording star with releases on Liberty, Dot, Zephyr, and Rendezvous. Sometimes recording with her sister Sonya (The Page Sisters and The Austin Sisters) and Sometimes with some combination of her three daughters Joanna, Sheila, and Becky (Rebecca) Page and their friend Susan Kuykendall.

    Rickie Page & Groups
    The Georgettes

    She also put records out on Con, Landa, Decca, Epic, Era, Fleet, Hit, Landa, Spar, United Artists, and VIP, using a huge variety of artist names, including The Georgettes.   The Georgettes was fronted by Rickie Page in 1957 and were named after her husband/co-writer/producer George Motola. Rickie Page was the only vocalist for the group. The Georgettes appeared on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand in January, 1958.

    Rickie Page & Groups
    The Majorettes :  Sheila, Joanna, Susie and Rebecca

    They hired a little Philipino girl, Rosalie, to be the other half and they did the Dick Clark show. The Bermudas, the Majorettes, the Georgettes, Becky & Lollipops, Joanne & the Triangles and Beverly & the Motorscooters – these are just some of the recording names used by  Rickie Page and the female members of her musical family. The Majorettes first released "Stretch Sensation" b/w Dance With Me" which is very much inspired by the recordings of Little Eva and Dee Dee Sharp – in 1962 on the Regency International label.

    Rickie Page & Groups   
    The Bermudas : Joanna, Sheilah & Rebecca                                                                                                           

    They then released “White Levis” on George Motola’s Troy label later that year. “Let’s Do The Kangaroo” followed in 1963 with “Dance With Me” resurrected for the flipside. Rickie Page and George Motola were active in the music business in the late 50s and 60s. They wrote “Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie” for Eddie Cochran, “Donnie” for the Bermudas and “Borealis” for the Markets among other achievements. George wrote “Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams)” with John Marascalco.

    Videos


    Donnie

     

     

    Songs :
    (updated by Hans-Joachim) 

    The Georgettes (1) 

          
    Oh Tonight                          Love Like A Fool                          Oh Oh Yes

            
    Dizzy Over You                             Pair Of Eyes                    Down By The River

    The Story / Little Boy

     

    The Page Sisters


    Sweet Sweetheart


    The Austin Sisters

      
       It Happened At The Hop                   Love Can Do Most Anything


    The Majorettes (1)

      
     White Levi's                                     Please Come Back

      
           Dance with Me                        Let's Do the Kangaroo

    Joanne & The Triangles (3)


    After The Showers Come Flowers / Don't Be A Cry Baby


    Beverly & The Motor Scooters

      
                  He's my boy                                I Don't Care (What They Say)

    Becky & The Lollipops (2)

         
    I Don't Care (What They Say)              My Boyfriend                      Come On Home        

    The Bermudas

        
    Chu Sen Ling                        Seing is Believing


         
    Blue Dreamer                       Donnie

     


    The Cinders (3)

      
       The Story                                           I'll Follow You


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  • The Swallows (2) aka The Guides, aka The Senders, aka The Uptones

    Written by dion1 in *GUIDES on 2 October 2010 à 16:13

    The Swallows (2), aka The Guides, aka The Senders, aka The Uptones

    The Swallows (2) (Los Angeles)
    aka The Guides, aka The Senders, aka The Uptones

     

    Personnel :

    Carlton Beck (Lead Tenor)

    Harry Binns (Tenor)

    Richard Betts (Baritone)

    Jackie Eugene Ware

    Raymond Washington

     

    Discography :

    The Swallows (2)
    1959 - You Must Try / How Long Must A Fool Go On (Guyden 2023)

    The Guides
    1959 - You Must Try / How Long Must A Fool Go On (Guyden 2023)

    The Senders
    1959 - I Dream Of You / The Ballad Of Stagger Lee (Kent 320)
    1959 - One More Kiss / Everybody Needs To Know (Kent 324)
    1961 - Pretty Little Pretty / Spinning (Entra 711)

    The Uptones (1)
    1962 - No More/ I'll Be There (Lute 6225)
    1962 - Be Mine / Dreamin' (Lute 6229)
    1963 - Wear My Ring / Dreaming (Magnum 714)

    Carlton Beck bb The Hollywood Saxons
    1962 - The Girl I Left Behind / You'll Be Coming Home Soon (Penney 1306 /Troy 100)


    Biography :

    In 1959, Lead singer, Carlton Beck, backed by Richard Botts, Jackie Eugene Ware and Raymond Washington recorded "You Must Try" b/w "How Long Must A Fool Go On" as The Swallows on Guyden  #32023. There was a legal issue challenging Guyden's use of the name "The Swallows," so Guyden changed the group's name to "The Guides" and pressed new copies with the change. The same year, they changed their name to The Senders.

    The Swallows (2), aka The Guides, aka The Senders, aka The Uptones
    Produced by George Motola, he Brought to the Kent label who at that time was working for the Bihari Brothers. The Senders epitomised the southern California vocal group sound of the later 1950s and early 1960s with the ethereal "I Dream Of You Night After Night" (Kent 320) from 1959. It was their first of two singles on Kent that year — they also had 1961 releases on Entra. Probably with some personnel changes (Richard Betts), the group later recorded as the Uptones on Lute and Magnum in 1962-63.

    The Swallows (2), aka The Guides, aka The Senders, aka The Uptones   The Swallows (2), aka The Guides, aka The Senders, aka The Uptones
                                                                                                            The Hollywood Saxons

    The group's lead singer, Carlton Beck, also had a rare vocal group record on Motola’s Troy label under his own name in 1962 backed by Stan Beverly, Charles Taggart, and Maudice Giles of the Hollywood Saxons. Carlton Beck was a member of the Hollywood Saxons (who recorded on Elf, Entra, Swingin’ and Twentieth Century in the 1960s) and its evolving groups in the 1970s — the Professionals on Action Pac and Speed Limit on Watts.

     

    Songs :

    The Guides / The Swallows (2)

        
                  You Must Try                         How Long Must A Fool Go On

     

    The Senders

      
           I Dream Of You                        The Ballad Of Stagger Lee

     
         One More Kiss                          Everybody Needs To Know

       
    Pretty Little Pretty                                       Spinning     

     

    The Uptones (1)

      
    No More                                     I'll Be There

      
    Be Mine                                        Dreamin'

      
    Wear My Ring                             Dreaming

     

    Carlton Beck bb The Hollywood Saxons


    The Girl I Left Behind

    ...


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  • The Three Sharpes aka The Three Sharpes Quartet

    Written by dion1 in *THREE SHARPES on 29 September 2010 à 06:19


    The Three Sharpes aka The Three Sharpes Quartet (Montreal, Canada)




    Personnel :

    Marcel Desjardins (vocals / saxophone)

    Pierre Brault (vocals / guitar)

    Raymond Brault (vocals / guitar)




    Discography :

    The Three Sharpes
    1960 - Reviens chérie / Je veux danser (Apex 13168)
    1961 - Kili Watch / Sous les étoiles (Apex 13210)

    The Three Sharpes Quartet
    1963 - Que c'est bête / Montréal (Quality 1529 X)
    1963 - My love was not a true love / Belle St John  (Quality 1570 X)


    LPs:
    1964 - The Three Sharpes Quartet (London GA 1008)
    Blues (part 1) / Sweet Georgia Brown / Rêve d'amour / Montréal / Drum solo / Blues (part 2) / Alouette / Bourrée / The lady is a tramp / C'est si bon



    Discography :

    Vocal & instrumental Trio from Montreal, comprised of Marcel Desjardins (vocals and saxophone) Pierre Brault (vocals and guitar) and Raymond Brault (vocals and guitar). The group begins in cabarets and theaters, it was quickly noticed by Yvan Dufresne.

      

    In 1960, Raymond left the band and was replaced by Pierre Boisvert.
    They sign with Apex record company and markets a  first 45 whose titles: Reviens chérie / Je veux danser.

    In 1961, the 3 Sharpes record a second 45 laps which includes the songs: Kili Watch / Sous les étoiles.
    In 1963, Pierre Brault left the band and was replaced by Guy Robichaud, and Don Kelly (vocals / drums) joins the group and training named Three Sharpes Quartet .

    The band recorded for the label Quality two 45s, then in 1965 the band changed their name to the Kangaroos.
    http://www.retrojeunesse60.com/3sharpes.html


    Song :


    Reviens, Chérie

     


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