Tippie & The Wisemen

Tippie & The Clovermen (Washington, D.C)
aka The Clovers (2) aka The Wisemen

Personnel :

Harold Lucas

Robert Russell

Roosevelt "Tippie" Hubbard

James "Toy" Walton

Discography :

Tippie & The Clovermen
1962 -  Please Mr. Sun / Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (Stenton 7001)

Tippie & The Clovers (2)
1962 - Bossa Nova, Baby / The Bossa Nova (My Heart Said) (Tiger 201)

Tippie & The Wisemen
Unreleased :
1965 - Wait Till I Get There (Shrine)
1965 - Let Me Walk Away (Shrine)
1965 - I Wouldn't Mind Crying (Shrine)
1965 - Bye, Bye (Shrine)

Biography :

The Clovers, who hailed from the Washington area, had been recording since 1950; by 1961 the group had split and reformed as two separate Clovers, one led by Harold Lucas the other by John Bailey.  The line-up of the Lucas group was Robert Russel, James “Toy” Walton and Eddie “Tippie” Hubbard.  The Lucas group recorded and released records as "Tippie and the Clovermen" and "Tippie and the Clovers" for Tiger Records, a subsidiary of Rust Records.

   
Harold Lucas                                                                                                                                  

In December 1962 "Bossa Nova Baby" (written by Leiber and Stoller) / "The Bossa Nova" was released, credited to Tippie and the Clovers. Also released in 1962 on Stenton Records was "Please Mr Sun" / "Gimme Gimme Gimme", credited to Tippie and the Clovermen.  In 1965, Harold Lucas, Robert Russell, Tippie Hubbard and Toy Walton added a fifth member, Al Fox. The group recorded four tracks (all unreleased) as "Tippie and The Wisemen" for Shrine Records. That same year Tippie and The Wisemen changed their name to The Clovers.

Discography :

Tippie & The Clovermen

  
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme                           Please Mr. Sun     

Tippie & The Clovers (2)

  
      Bossa Nova, Baby                     The Bossa Nova (My Heart Said)

Tippie & The Wisemen

  
I Wouldn't Mind Crying                            Wait Till I Get There 


Let Me Walk Away

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