Arnie was Arnie Magraner.  (Please correct spelling). He was Cuban born  - 12-7-1941 - That's rightt. Pearl Harbor Day..and I hope he made it back to the island he loved. Arnie sang with me for about four years with our group of different personnel, but finally on the Squires version of "So Many Tears Ago" on the Gee label, the last record Gee would press.  They neglected to put our version of "Don't Accuse Me" (the flip) on the record and sent the thing out to 33 distributors and that was the end of it.  Thank you Morris and George. Richard Barrett  arranged it with us and Arlene Smith from the Chantels sat in on the session. We got the record "deal" because we won Amateur Night at the Apollo. We sang the Dominoes' "Stardust" acapella.  I've got at least a dozen acapella cuts where  Arnie sings with us.  Other personnel included Peter Baralt , lead and first tenor, Garry Bonner, second and lead and myself, bass-baritone. Arnie sang baritone. He recalled a show the Crystal Chords did with Dr. Jive at Palisades Amusement Park (I think) where there were some acrobatics with mike cords.

I grew up with these guys on 105th st, on the west side of Manhattan.

One of the few Blocks in the city that had it's own group!!