• The Boyfriends (3) aka The Five Discs


     Charlie DiBella, Paul Albano, Tony Basile, Joe Barselona

    The Boyfriends (3) (Brooklyn, New-York)
    aka The Five Discs

     

    Personnel :

    Eddie Parducci(Lead)

    Paul Albano(First Tenor)

    Tony Basile(Second Tenor)

    Joe Barselona(Baritone)

    Charlie DiBella(Bass)



     

    Discography :

    1964 - Let's Fall In Love / Oh Lana  (Kapp 569)


     

    Biography :

    In 1961, The Five Discs with their new lead singer John Carbone and new bass Charlie DiBella cut two singles for Calo & Cheer records. ‘Never Let You Go’ was the last single to feature Carbone, as Eddie Parducci of the Delvons took his place. Trying for a change of luck, the group became the Boyfriends, releasing a solitary single on Kapp Records titled "Let’s Fall In Love" b/w "Oh Lana"".

       
    Top : Paul Albano, Charlie DiBellaBottom : Joe Barselona, Tony Basile                                                                              

    By 1965, DiBella, Albano, and Basile had seen enough; with replacements the group became Parducci (lead), Donnie LaRuffa (first tenor), Frank Arnone (second tenor), and the ever-present Barsalona (baritone). In 1968 (two years before Tony Orlando gave up publishing for stardom as Tony Orlando and Dawn) the Five Discs/Boyfriends became Dawn on Rust for a remake of Sam Cooke's "Bring It on Home to Me.

     

    Songs :

       
    Let's Fall In Love                                       Oh Lana

     

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    1
    Monday 4th July 2016 at 09:08

    Let's Fall In love, Excellente version

     

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    Bobby Diskin
    Tuesday 13rd August at 05:45

    The tall guy. in the two pictures, is the bass Russell Johnson of the Five Discs.  Russell sang bass on "Come On Baby" b/w "I Don't Know What I'll Do" on Yale Records, "Adios" b/w "My Baby Loves Me" on Calo Records and the slow demo version of "You Belong To Me" that morphed into "Never Let You Go" with Charlie DiBella taking Russell's place on Cheer Records.  Charlie DiBella sang bass on the Boyfriends release on Kapp Records.  Previously, before joining the Five Discs, Charlie sang bass with the Rendezvous when they backed up Emmy Oro and Jimmy Wilde on Chelsea Records.  He sang bass with the Five Discs on Cheer Records and as the Boyfriends on Kapp Records.  He last recorded with the Magnets on Groove Records.

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