• The Cupids (6)

    The Cupids (6) 

    The Cupids (6) (Brooklyn, New York)

     

    Personnel :

    Lenny Colton (Lead)

    Henry Jensen

    Nicky Rodriguez

    Danny Rodriguez

     

    Discography :

    1962 - (If You Cry) True Love, True Love / Let's Twist (Say Man Let's Twist) (UWR 4241/4242)
    1963 - Brenda / For You (KC 115/AAnko 1002)
    1963 - Lorraine / Little Girl Of Mine (MusicNote 119)
    1964 - Pretty-Baby / Lets Rock (Time Square 1)

     

    Biography :

    Vocal group from Brooklyn  consisted of two Black guys ( Brothers Nicky and Danny Rodriguez) , one White (Henry Jensen) and a Puerto Rican as lead (Lenny Colton). In 1962, They recorded on United World Records "True Love, True Love" b/w "Let's Twist". With their second single, The Cupids enjoyed a big Hit with "Brenda" (First Issued on Aanko and leased to KC owned by Nat King Cole ) but their career came to a sudden halt with the death of Lenny Colton, their lead singer. He died by accident while sleeping in his car of carbon monoxide. This caused hardly a bother to their record company.

    The Cupids (6)   The Cupids (6)

    The record started to make some noise so the record company decided to send out another group in the Cupids place. The Camelots, David Nicholas , Milton Pratt , Joe Mercede , Elijah Summers and Julius Williams from Coney Island recorded in the same time for the Jerome brothers (Steve & Bill) for Aanko Records. Typical of the times, they simply took one of their other groups and gave them the name. So the Camelots went out doing shows as the Cupids, but didn’t make the record.

    The Cupids (6)  
                             The Cupids                                                                  The Camelots as The Cupids

    The group got a free ride as the Cupids on the strength of "Brenda" but they were already quite popular as the Camelots and later did well as the Harps. A few months later despite the death of their lead singer, the remaining three original singer recruited a new singer. Henry Jensen took over the lead singer and the group recorded "Lorraine" b/w "Little Girl Of Mine" on MusicNote in 1963 and "Pretty-Baby" b/w "Lets Rock" on Time Square the next year.


     

    Songs :


    (If You Cry) True Love, True Love / Let's Twist (Say Man Let's Twist)


      
    Brenda                                                     For You

     

       
    Little Girl Of Mine                                Lorraine

     

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  • Comments

    1
    Lauren Jenzen
    Friday 31st March 2017 at 09:48

    Thank you @ dion1 for this wonderful blog post! I am proud to say that my grandfather Henry Jenzen was part of The Cupids. He sang lead on quite a few songs after Lenny's death. I believe he sang lead on another recording of Brenda as well. Thank you again for this post and for keeping Doo Wop alive!

    2
    Guy Baffi
    Sunday 30th June 2019 at 19:43
    His brother Georgie was my best friend R.I.P my friend
    Listened to them as boy in Red Hook Bk.
    Lived up the blick from the Jenzens
    There were other brothers and sisters and knew and loved them all.. thanks
    3
    Celina1967
    Thursday 31st December 2020 at 16:39
    Hello Thanks for this although the last names of Nicky and Danny is incorrect it's not Hughes it's Rodriguez. Nicky is my father and Danny my uncle..
      • ntmulroy
        Thursday 9th February 2023 at 10:03
        I’d love to interview your dad or uncle for my podcast, are they still with us? feel free to email, ntmulroy@gmail.com
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