• The Hornets (1) aka Cleveland Quartet 

    The Emanons (1) (Brooklyn, New York)
    ref : The Sequins (1)


    Personnel :

    Ronald Coleman (Lead)

    Carl White (First Tenor)

    Ralph Steely (Second Tenor)

    James Dukes (Baritone)

    James Hill (Bass)


    Discography :

    The Emanons (1)
    Singles :
    1956 - Change of Time / Hindu Baby (Gee 1005)
    1956 - Blue Moon / Wish I Had My Baby (Josie 801)
    Unreleased :
    1956 - Itty Bitty Mama (JOZ/Josie 801)

    The Sequins (1)
    1956 - Don't Fall In Love / Why Can't You Treat Me Right (Red Robin 140)


    Biography :

    The Emanons hailed from New York. The group members were Ronald Coleman (Lead), Carl White (First Tenor), Ralph Steely (Second Tenor), James Dukes (Baritone) and James Hill (Bass). Coleman also was the lead voice for the Sequins with Carl White when they recorded "Don't Fall In Love" and "Why Can't You Treat Me Right" who was the last record on the Red Robin label. The Emanons (the No Names spelled backward) recorded "Change of Time" / "Hindu Baby" for Gee Records, a New York-based American record label formed as a subsidiary to George Goldner's Tico Records and Rama Records labels. The same year, they recorded "Blue Moon" and it’s the first time it was performed in an up-tempo fashion, five years before Pittsburgh’s Marcels had a #1 hit with it. The Marcels’ version on Colpix #186 charted nationally on Billboard in April 1961 for 14 weeks reaching #1. It stayed #1 for 3 weeks. "Blue Moon" is one of the classic popular standard songs written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934. Through its different lyric changes by Hart, it has been featured in many movies through the years and recorded by many artists. Some artists were: Frank Sinatra, Elvis, Dean Martin, Herb Lance & The Classics, Sam Cooke, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Bobby Vinton, Nat King Cole, Billy Eckstine, Mel Torme, Rosemary Clooney, Jo Stafford - with too many more to list.



    Songs :

    The Emanons (1)

      
         Blue Moon                                     Wish I Had My Baby

      
    Change of Time                                  Hindu Baby


    Itty Bitty Mama



    The Sequins (1)

      
          Don't Fall In Love                          Why Can't You Treat Me Right



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