The Concords (2) aka The Snowmen aka The Sherwoods

The Concords (2)  (Brooklyn, New York)
aka The Snowmen aka The Sherwoods (3)

Personnel :

Dickie Goldman (Lead)

Mike Lewis (First tenor)

Murray Moshe (Second Tenor)

Charles Presti (Baritone)

Steve Seider (Bass)






Discography :

The Concords (2)
Singles :
1961 - The Boy Most Likely / Again (RCA 47-7911)
1961 - Cross My Heart / Our Last Goodbye (Gramercy 304)
1962 - My Dreams / Scarlet Ribbons (Gramercy 305)
1962 - Away / One Step From Heaven (Rust 5048)
1962 - Marlene / Our Love Wasn't Meant To Be (Herald 576)
1962 - Cold And Frosty Morning / Don't Go Now (Herald 578)
1964 - It's Our Wedding Day / Should I Cry (Epic 9697)
1970 - I Feel A Love Comin' On / Down The Aisle Of Love (Polydor 14036/Boom 60021)
1970 - I Feel A Love Comin' On / Down The Aisle Of Love* (Polydor PD2-14036) *alt. vers.
Unreleased :
1964 - Tonight (Epic)

Wallie Hawkins bb The Concords (2)
1960 - First Date / Hog Tied (Joy 248)

Ginny Michels bb The Concords (2)    
1962 - True Confession / Ev'ryone Was There But You (Mala 446)

Neal Scott bb The Concords (2)
1962 - Run To Me / Tomboy (Comet 2151)
1963 - One Piece Bathing Suit / Little Girl (Herald 581)

Sue Kenny bb The Concords (2)
1963 - Look / A Fool In Love (Tribute 118)

Joel Grayson bb The Concords (2)   
1963 - No More / My True Story     (Riverside 4557)

Ricky Lisi bb The Concords (2)  
1963 - The River / Don't Go Now (Roulette 4511)

The Sherwoods (3)
1963 - Cold And Frosty Morning / True Love Was Born (With Our Last Goodbye) (Dot 16540)

The Snowmen
1964 - Cold & Frosty Morning / You Started It (Herald 597)

Lisa & The Lullabies bb The Concords (2) (uncredited)
1964 - He's So Good / Why Do I Cry (Coed 589)

Biography :

Formed in 1959 in the Brighton Beach enclave of Brooklyn, New York, USA. They named their group the “Concords” a Spanish word for “with cords.” The group started as the Con-Chords but later they became the “Concords” because their original label (RCA) spelled it that way and they stuck with it.The Concords' membership originally teamed Mike Lewis (lead and tenor), Dickie Goldman (lead and tenor), Murray Moshe (baritone), Charles "Chippy" Presti (second tenor) and Steve Seider (bass). Signed by RCA Records, the Concords made their debut with a vocal group standard, "Again".

The group did an uptempo version with Mike Lewis on lead. The record was arranged by the legendary Teacho Wiltshire who produced a number of great records for RCA. The record was not well-produced technically with too little bass and too much treble. The record was a “pick hit” of disc jockey Murray. This resulted in some publicity for the group and they later did some shows for Murray. The group also performed a memorable show at Stern’s Department store in Manhattan along with Santo and Johnny. Songwriter Stu Wiener then took them to his father's Gramercy Records label, where they released two singles, "Cross My Heart" and "My Dreams".

 
Neal Scott                                                                                        Tne Concords

After losing Goldman and deciding to continue as a quartet, they recorded  “Away“ b/w “One Step From Heaven“ on Rust Records in 1962, before finding a more permanent home at Herald Records. Their most successful single, "Marlene", followed, which became a major regional hit in the north-west, and led to them performing in Detroit with the Supremes. Their second single on Herald “Cold And Frosty Morning“ was  also released as The Snowmen and was sold to Dot who released it under the name of the Sherwoods. The group did a lot of backup work wile under the management of Stu Weiner for artists such as Sue Kenny, Joel Grayson, Ginny Michels, Wally Hawkins, Ricky Lisi and Neil Scott. However, it was not enough to dampen disquiet in the ranks and the Concords broke up in 1963.

Lewis briefly formed the Planets but returned to a reshuffled Concords in 1964, wherein he and Seider were joined by Teddy Graybill (ex-Stardrifts), Sal Tepedino (ex-Travelers) and Bobby Ganz. A new contract with Epic Records led to the release of "Should I Cry", although Lewis and Wiener enjoyed more success with their production of Roddie Joy's "Come Back Baby". A remake of the Quintones' "Down The Aisle Of Love" was the final Concords single in 1966, with only Lewis remaining in the music industry thereafter .






Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim) 

The Concords (2)

     
The Boy Most Likely                   Again                                 Cross My Heart

     
Our Last Goodbye                    My Dreams                          Scarlet Ribbons

     
Away                     One Step From Heaven                    Marlene

     
Our Love Wasn't Meant To Be       Cold And Frosty Morning             Don't Go Now                

     
It's Our Wedding Day                  Should I Cry                    I Feel A Love Comin' On

     
Down The Aisle Of Love                Tonight (unrel.)                         Away (alt.)           
 

Down The Aisle Of Love (Polydor alt. vers.)

 

Wallie Hawkins bb The Concords (2)

  
First Date                               Hog Tied



Ginny Michels bb The Concords (2)    

  
True Confession            Ev'ryone Was There But You


Neal Scott bb The Concords (2)

  
Run To Me                      Tomboy 

  
One Piece Bathing Suit                  Little Girl         


Sue Kenny bb The Concords (2)

  
Look                          A Fool In Love

Ricky Lisi bb The Concords (2)   

  
Don't Go Now                                         The River

 

Joel Grayson bb The Concords (2)   

  
My True Story                             No More      

 Lisa & The Lullabies bb The Concords (2) 

  
 He's So Good                            Why Do I Cry

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