The Nobletones (Elizabeth, New Jersey)


Personnel :

Ellis Dowles

Darnell Lamb

Howard "Punky" McDonald

Jerry Timmons

Spencer "Boop" Timmons


Discography :

Singles:
1958 - I Love You / I'm Really Too Young (C&M 182)
1958 - I'm Crying / Mambo Boogie (C&M 438/439)
1958 - Who Cares About Love / Cha-Lyp-So-Baby (C&M 182)

Unreleased:
1958 - Dream Girl (C&M)
1958 - Why Did You Go  (C&M)


Biography :

C&M Records from Elizabeth,N.J. were a label owned by Castino Queen and Mary Linkowitch (also owners of Wanger Records). The C&M label was just beginning but was about to sign a young black group from Elizabeth called the Nobletones . C&M Records was a small outfit so they worked out of a storefront and these kids [the Nobletones] happened to be from the neighbourhood and they went in and he recorded them first. The Nobletones had fantastic harmony and they wrote every song they recorded. They were from Elizabeth and composed by Ellis Dowles, Darnell Lamb, Howard "Punky" McDonald, Jerry Timmons, and Spencer "Boop" Timmons. The group recorded three singles for the label. C&M also had other artists like John Lester who had some R&B chart action with “Getting Nearer". Wanger/C&M existed 1958 & 1959. However, within those two years many fine Vocal Group recordings was to enter the lives of the Tri-State teens (New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania), and some even to go national.


Songs :

  
      I Love You                                 I'm Really Too Young

  
I'm Crying                                    Mambo Boogie

  
Cha-Lyp-So-Baby                      Who Cares About Love


Dream Girl


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