Horace Little aka Ben Higgins (bb The Five Satins)

Horace Little (bb The Five Satins)  (New haven, CT.)
Aka Ben Higgins

Personnel :

Horace Little (Ben Higgins) (Lead)

The Five Satins

Fred Parris (Lead)

Wes Forbes (Tenor!

Richie Freeman (Second Tenor)

Lou Peebles (Baritone)

Sylvester Hopkins (Bass)

Discography :

Horace Little (bb The Five Satins)
1962 -  500 Years / Texas Stomp (Ascot 2102)

Ben Higgins (bb The Five Satins)
1962 - A Whole Lot O'Lovin' / Really Paradise (Jamie 1217)

Biography :

In 1960, after three years with Ember Record, The Five Satins were signed by Cub, a pop subsidiary of the mighty M-G-M label which was enjoying a hot spell on the charts. Though expectations were high, M-G-M were unable to break the Group, and when the Five Satins heard they were to be dropped by the label. It was at this moment that Fred Parris teamed up with Sam Goldman. they wrote songs for the group released as The New Yorkers on Wall records and the Wildwoods on Caprice Records before reverting to their original name on some later records.

  
The Five Satins       

In 1962, Fred Parris and Sam Goldman wrote four (Excellent) songs for Horace Little, a young man from New Haven, Connecticut. The first two "500 Years" and "Texas Stomp" backed by The Five Satins will be released in March 1962 on Ascot, a United Artists subsidiary as Horace Little. Shortly afterward he also made the two other sides "A Whole Lot O'Lovin'" and "Really Paradise" for Jamie Records. He couldn’t record for two companies under the same name, So, Ben Higgins was picked for the second company.

Songs :

(updated by Hans-Joachim) 

Horace Little (bb The Five Satins)

  
 500 Years                                        Texas Stomp

Ben Higgins (bb The Five Satins)

  
A Whole Lot O'Lovin'                                Really Paradise   

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