The Cliques  (Los Angeles, CA)

Personnel :

Eugene R. Church

Jesse Belvin

Discography :

Singles :
1956 - Why Oh Why / Don't Stop Loving me (Modern 967)
1956 - The Girl of My Dreams / I Wanna Know Why (Modern 987)
1956 - I'm in Love (With a Girl) / My Desire (Modern 995)

Unreleased:
1956 - Come Back Baby (Modern)
1956 - I'll Mess You Up (Modern)
1956 - Once Upon A Time (Moder)

Biography :

Jesse Belvin was a prolific songwriter, but his business approach was rather cavalier. In a period in which millions of dollars were sometimes earned on a carefully protected copyright, Belvin wrote songs as a way of raising quick cash and often sold them outright to others for as little as 100 dollars.

The result was dozens upon dozens of songs that Belvin was responsible for as writer and singer on the demo or guide track, few of which he actually received credit for. In 1956, he signed a long-term contract with Modern Records, and also continued to sing for other labels under assumed names, working in the background with other artists.

Some of the Modern releases were credited to the Cliques, which was really Jesse Belvin and Eugene Church, but most were credited to Belvin alone.

Songs :

    
The Girl of My Dreams                     I Wanna Know Why 


   
I'm in Love (With a Girl)                          My Desire        

The Fortunes (2) (Los Angeles)


Personnel :

Eddie Williams (Lead Tenor)

Prentice Moreland (First Tenor)

Ray Brewster (Bariton)

Don Wyatt (Bass)


Discography :

1958 - Tarnished Angel / Who Cares (Decca 30541)
1958 - How Clever Of You / Trees (Decca 30688)


Biography :

When the Aladdins disbanded, their manager, Buck Ram, built a new group around Eddie Williams ; The Fortunes. Don Wyatt was a member of the Fifties vocal groups the Colts (who recorded 'Adorable' on the Vita imprint, 'Sweet Sixteen' on the Plaza imprint and 'Oh, When You Touch Me' for Delco Records). The Colt's featured vocalists were Don Wyatt and Eddie Williams , who had replaced members who had been drafted into the armed forces. Don had also worked with Nat King Cole.

   
Prentice Moreland

Moreland was a member of many vocal groups including The Ink Spots, The Dominoes, The Du Droppers, The Chanteclairs, The Cadets, The Crescendos, The Colts, The Fortunes, The Hollywood Flames, and possibly The Sevilles (the group that had a hit with "Charlena" in 1961)

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Songs :

   
Tarnished Angel                      Who Cares     

   
How Clever Of You                            Trees         

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Carl McGinnis , Kenneth Goodloe, Josephus Jones, Otis Munson & Ted Goodloe

The Pentagons (San Bernardino, Los Angeles)
aka The Chesterfields (3) aka The Shields (2)

Personnel :

Josephus Jones "Joe C. Jones" (Lead）

Otis Munson （Tenor）

Kenneth Goodloe（Tenor）

Ted Goodloe（Baritone）

Carl McGinnis (Bass)

Bill James

Discography :

The Pentagons
Singles:
1958 - It's Spring Again / Silly Dilly（Speciality 644）
1960 - To Be loved (forever) / Down At The Beach（Fleet Int'l 100/Donna 1337）
1961 - For A Love That Is Mine / I Like The Way You Look（Donna 1344）
1961 - I Wonder (If Your Love Will Ever Belong To Me) / She Loves Me（Jamie 1201）
1962 - Until Then / I'm In Love（Jamie 1210 / Caldwell 411）
1964 - Gonna Wait For You / Forever Yours（Sutter 100）
Unreleased:
1960 - Walking Alone (Donna)
1962 - Help Me With My Broken Heart (Jamie)

The Shields (2)
1960 - You'll Be Coming Home / The Girl Around The Corner (Falcon 100/Trans.1013)

The Chesterfields (3)
1962 - You Walked Away / A Dream Is But A Dream (Philips 40060)

Biography :

The original Pentagons group, which was assembled in 1958, comprised the Goodloe brothers, McGinnis, plus Bill James as tenor and Johnny Torrence as lead. They recorded one unsuccessful single for Specialty Records, and then Torrence and James departed to be replaced by Jones and Munson, respectively. A trip to Los Angeles that same year attracted the attention of George Motola's Fleet International, a label Motola owned with Lee Silver. The group recorded a single, "You'll Be Coming Home Soon," which Motola released under the name the Shields.

They were forced to change their name to the Pentagons after discovering a local act from Los Angeles had a hit that year under the same name ("You Cheated").In 1961 the group had a big hit with a Ken Goodloe song, 'To Be Loved (Forever)' (number 48 pop). It was released on Bob Keane's Donna label, but after one follow-up on Donna the group moved to the Jamie label.

They reached the charts again during 1961 with this Goodloe composition, 'I Wonder (If Your Love Will Ever Belong To Me)' (number 84 pop). Ricky Nelson was so impressed with the song he recorded it in 1964.In 1962 the group cut two great early soul singles under the alias of the Chesterfields but with no additional hits forthcoming, the group disbanded and faded into obscurity.

Songs :

The Pentagons

      
To Be Loved                           Until Then                            I'm In Love

        
It's Spring Again / Silly Dilly         I Wonder / She Loves Me               Forever Yours             

      
Gonna Wait For You           I Like The Way You Look          For A Love That Is Mine

       
           Down At The Beach                  Walking Alone             Help Me With My Broken Heart

The Shields (2)


You'll Be Coming Home / The Girl Around The Corner

The Chesterfields (3)

  
You Walked Away                             A Dream Is But A Dream

...

The Four Vibes (New York)



Personnel :

Charles Hargro (Bass)

Discography :

1962 - You're All I Live For / You Got Soul  (Swa Ray 1001)

Biography :

This is Charles Hargro reprising the sound of his doo wop group the Vibraharps from Buffalo,N.Y. He had moved to New York city when he did this single.

Songs :

   
You're All I Live For                You Got Soul

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*GADABOUTS
GALLAHADS (1)
*GALLAHADS (2)
*GALAXIES (2)
*GALENS
*GALES (1)
*GALES (3)
*GALLEONS
*GATES
*GAY CHARMERS
*GAYDEN SISTERS
*GAYLARKS
*GAY POPPERS
GAY TUNES
*G-CLEFS
*GEE'S (DICKIE & THE)
*GEE-TONES
GEMS (1)
*GEMS (2) (GERRY & THE)
*GENE & BILLY
*GENE & EUNICE
*GENELLS
*GENIES (1)
*GENTS (1)
*GEORGETTES (1)
*GIANTS (1) (LITTLE GUY & THE)
*GIFTS (YOUNG HENRY FORD & THE)
*GINO'S (JEFF & THE)
*GIRLFRIENDS (3)
*GLADIATORS (1)
*GLADIOLAS
*GLEEMS
*GLENS (2)
*GLIDERS (LAVERN BAKER & THE)
*GLOWTONES
*G-NOTES
*GI'S
*GOLDENAIRES
*GOLDEN BELLS
*GOLDENRODS
*GOLDEN TONES (2)
*GO-TOGETHERS
*GRADUATES (1)
*GRADUATES (2)
*GRAND PREES (1)
*GRIFFINS (1)
*GUM DROPS
*GUYTONES
*GYPSIES (2)
*GYPSIES (3)

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