clockwise from top : Morrie Marino, Robert A Fortunato, Nick Fortunato, Vinny Gangi & William Schwartz

 
The Aladins  (Greenwich, Connecticut)


Personnel :

Morrie Marino

Robert A Fortunato

William Schwartz

Vinny Gangi

Nick Fortunato

Discography :

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Biography :

Unrecorded group from Greenwich (Connecticut) The Aladdins ( was composed  by Morrie Marino, Nick and Robert A. Fortunato, William Schwartz & Vinny Gangi.

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George Heidtman, jim morfino, John Falbo & Charlie Velez

The Teen-Clefs (Bronx, New York)

Personnel:

Charlie Velez (Lead)

jim morfino

John Falbo

Charlie Velez

Discography :

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1957 (Left to right) Norman Dunlap, Joseph Denton, Victor Smith, Jimmie Byrd and James Pace

The Jo-Ettes (Kinross Air Force. Base, Michigan)

Personnel :

Norman Dunlap (Lead)

Joseph Denton

Victor Smith

Jimmie Byrd

James Pace

Discography :

???

Biography :

The Jo-Ettes were orignally organized in August of 1955 at Kinross Air Force Base by T-Sgt. Denton of the Communications section at Kinross AFB. The Jo-Ettes entered "Tops in Blue", which is an annual Force talent contest, and placed second. They have appeared on numerous radio and TV shows both in Michigan and Canada and have performed for many benefit shows such as the March of Dimes, Rotary Club and so on. In 1957, The Jo-Ettes have contract with the Aladdin Company of Hollywood, But it seems they never recorded. The quintet consists of T-Sgt. Joseph Denton, A-1C Victor Smith, A-2C James Pace, A-2C Jimmie Byrd and A13C Norman Dunlap. Dunlap, who happens to be the soloist is known for his recordings and has appeared in many night spots  in and around Hollywood, Chicago, Boston and numerous other places. This is probably the same guy who recorded for Aladdin in 1953 with the Melodettes "It's Easy To Remember" and "Dream And A Prayer".

Norman Dunlap & The Melodettes
1953 - It's Easy To Remember / Dream And A Prayer (Aladdin 3213)

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Ronald Harris, Doug Grant, George Davis, George Richardson.

The Orlandos (Columbus, Ohio)

Personnel :

Ronald Harris (Lead)

Doug Grant (Baritone)

George Davis (Bass)

George Richardson (Falsetto)

Biography :

Back in the middle 1950’s, The Orlandos had many good singers and especially their lead singer, Ronald Harris had a voice like Frankie Lymon, the lead singer of the Teenagers .The Orlandos were founded by their bass singer, George Davis who had a beautiful and far ranging bass voice. The other member of the Orlandos were George Richardson (falsetto) and Doug Grant. They occur locally for several years and over the years, other young men joining the Orlandos as vacancies, occurred were: Robert Wallace, lead and first tenor, Steve Martin, lead and first tenor, Robert Clark, first tenor, Keith White, first tenor, Leroy Foster, baritone and James Eskridge,bass..


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Left to right : Paul O' Connor, Keith Gwillians, Wes Clanahan, Dan Bowers and Kenton Kidd.
 

The Continentals (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

Personnel :

Paul O' Connor (Lead)

Keith Gwillians

Wes Clanahan

Dan Bowers

Kenton Kidd

Biography :

Vocal Group from Oklahoma City composed by Paul O' Connor, Keith Gwillians, Wes Clanahan, Dan Bowers and Kenton Kidd. The group was managed  by Venita Cravens who brought all of the big shows to Oklahoma City? and who promised them they would be on all the major shows. The Continentals warmed up the audience for many big-name stars such as the Four Preps, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, the Platters and Ricky Nelson. The group will be content with covers and will never record songs.

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