Doo Wop - Rhythm & Blues

The Catalinas (4)

Posted on August 31 2011 by dion1

The Catalinas (4) The Catalinas (1958)

The Catalinas (4) (Charlotte, North Carolina)
(Early Years)

Personnel :

Bob Meyer (Lead Vocals)

Buddy Emmerke (Vocals)

Wayne Donaho (Vocals)

Pam Kopp (Vocals)

Butch Gallagher (Vocals)

O.C Gravitte (Vocals)

Discography :

The Catalinas (4) featuring Bob Meyer
1961 - Hey Little Girl / Hey Senorita (Zebra 101)

The Catalinas (4)
1961 - Ring Of Stars / Wooly Wooly Willie (Rita 107/1006)

Biography :

The band held its first practice session in the chorus music room of Myers Park High School, Charlotte, NC on January 15,1958.

Personnel in 1958 ( (in various combinations) are Buddy Emmerke, Wayne Donaho, Pam Kopp, Butch Gallagher, John Soldati, Rusty Page, Hyman Harris, Harvey Grasty, Frank Avrett, Judy Westmoreland, Bob Meyer, O.C. Gravitte, Johnny Wyatt.

In 1961 they recorded two singles for Zebra Records & Rita Records. In the years the group have many personal changes, over 60 accomplished guitarists, keyboardists, trumpet players, drummers, bass players & singers have been a part of the band.

http://www.thecatalinas.com/Catalinas/myweb/Anthology.htm

Songs :

The Catalinas (4) featuring Bob Meyer

Hey Little Girl

The Catalinas (4)

Ring Of Stars Wooly Wooly Willie

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Freddie Scott & The Chimes (4) aka The Five Pennies ...

Posted on August 29 2011 by dion1

Freddie Scott & The Chimes (4) (Knoxville, Tennessee)
aka The Five Pennies aka The Four Jokers aka The Four Pennies (2)

Personnel :

Freddie Scott (Lead)

Benjamin Washington (Lead)

James Myers (First Tenor)

Herbert Myers (Second Tenor)

John Myers (Baritone)

Charles Holloway (Bass)

Discography :

Freddie Scott & The Chimes (4)
1958 - Please Call / The Letter Came This Morning (Arrow 724)

The Chimes (4)
1958 - Lovin' Baby / A Faded Memory (Arrow 726)

Biography :

In late 1957, The 5 Pennies did some recording as the "Chimes" for the Arrow label.

Freddy Scott

"Please Call" and "The Letter Came This Morning" were done as backups to Freddy Scott. They also recorded "Lovin' Baby" and "A Faded Memory" on their own.

http://www.ripopmusic.org/musical-artists/musicians/freddie-scott/
http://www.uncamarvy.com/5Pennies/5pennies.html

Songs :

The Chimes (4)

A Faded Memory Lovin' Baby

Freddie Scott & The Chimes (4)

Please Call The Letter Came This Morning

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Bobby Day & The Satellites (3) aka The Hollywood Flames ....

Posted on August 28 2011 by dion1

Bobby Day & The Satellites (3) (Watts, Los Angeles)
aka The Hollywood Flames aka ....

Personnel :

Bobby Byrd "Bobby Day" (Lead)

Earl Nelson (Tenor)

David Ford (Tenor)

Curlee Dinkins (Baritone)

Discography :

Bobby Day & The Satellites (3)
1957 - Little Bitty Pretty One / When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano (Class 211)
1957 - Beep-Beep-Beep / Darling If I Had You (Bobby Day solo) (Class 215)
1957 - Honeysuckle Baby / Sweet Little Thing (Class 220)
1958 - Little Turtle Dove / Saving My Love For You (Class 225)
1958 - Rockin' Robin / Over And Over (Class 229)
1958 - The Bluebird, The Buzzard, And The Oriole / Alone Too Long (Class 241)

The Satellites (3) (without Bobby Day)
1958 - Heavenly Angel / You Ain't Sayin' Nothin' (Class 234)

Biography :

He went several years with minor musical success limited to the West Coast, including being the original "Bob" in the duo Bob & Earl. In 1957, Day formed his own band called the "Satellites" following which he recorded three songs that are seen today as rock and roll classics.

Bobby Byrd "Bobby Day" (Thanks to Hans-Joachim)

Day's best known songwriting efforts were "Over and Over" made popular by the Dave Clark Five in 1965 and "Little Bitty Pretty One" popularized by Thurston Harris in 1957, Clyde McPhatter in 1962 and the Jackson Five in 1972.

Born Robert James Byrd in Fort Worth, Texas, he moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of fifteen. As a member of the R&B group, The Hollywood Flames, he used the stage name Bobby Day to perform and record. http://www.uncamarvy.com/HollywoodFlames/hollywoodflames.html

Songs :


Little Bitty Pretty One                       Over and Over


When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano           Heavenly Angel


Sweet Little Thing                Beep-Beep-Beep / Darling If I Had You

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The Saints (1) aka The Gents (2)

Posted on August 27 2011 by dion1

Tony Montalbano, Ronnie Kemp, Julian Barnett, Glenn Carlin and Johnny Smith

The Saints (1) (Houston, Texas)
aka The Gents (2)

Personnel :

Tony Montalbano

Glenn Carlin (First Tenor)

Johnny Smith

Ronnie Kemp

Julian Barnett (Vocal & Guitar)

Discography :

The Saints (1)
1957 - I Rocked When I Shoulda Rolled / Will You (Cue 7934)
1957 - Turtle Dove / Take Me Back (Cue 7937)
1958 - Honky Tonk Baby / Ain’t Cha Ever Comin’ Home (Cue 1202)
1958 - Doin The Stroll / Snap Dragon (Prescott 1570)

The Gents (2)
1962 - Golly Golly Dolly / It's Too Late To Cry (All Boy 8501)

Biography :

The Saints, vocal group from Houston, Texas are composed by Tony Montalbano, Glenn Carlin, Johnny Smith, Ronnie Kemp and Julian Barnett. The original singing group begin 1955 as the Velvetones but Montalbano and Kemp were the only original members. When the Velvetones broke up soon afterward, Montalbano, Kemp and two other singers appeared as the Saints at a dance at Oberholtzer Hall. Johnny Smith was present at this dance. He was so impressed with their performance that he decided to try to join them. With Johnny Smith as their new addition, the Saints began practicing for the Crow’s Nest show.

The Velvetones

Their appearance in Fiesta was the turning point in their early careers. Using Fiesta as a springboard, the Saints plunged into a new world-the entertainment field. Since Fiesta, the Saints have made some changes with the addition of Carlin as first tenor and Barnett as featured vocalist and guitar player. Two of the Saints are University students. Montalbano is a senior geology and business major and Smith is a mechanical engineering sophomore The other members of this singing group work full time. In November 1956 after all their performances Jimmy Duncan makes them sign a recording contract.

Jimmy Duncan

Cue Records was owned, in Houston, Texas, by Jimmy Duncan, songwriter, singer, composer, author, arranger and producer, best known for his 1957 song "My Special Angel", a #1 country/western hit for Bobby Helms. Cue release three singles of The Saints between 1957 and 1958, and one in 1958 on the Prescott Label. Four years later, Tony A. Montalbano and and Ronnie Kemp are part of a new group, The Gents. The group recorded two compositions of Tony, "Golly Golly Dolly" and "It's Too Late To Cry" released by All Boy Records.

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

The Saints (1)

Will You / I Rocked When I Shoulda Rolled

Turtle Dove Honky Tonk Baby

The Gents (2)

Golly Golly Dolly / It's Too Late To Cry

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The Four Bel-Aires (1) aka The Belairs (5)

Posted on August 3 2011 by dion1

The Belairs (5) (Georgetown, D.C.)
aka The Four Bel-Aires (1)

Personnel :

Alfred "Nookie" Robinson (First Tenor)

Warren Ricks (Second Tenor)

Robert "Slick" Russell (Bariton)

Vernon Ricks (Bass)

Discography :

The Four Bel-Aires (1)
1958 - Where Are You / Tell Me Why (X-tra 113)

The Belairs (5)
1963 - Where Are You / Tell Me Why (Time SQ 23)

Biography :

The start of the 4 Bel-Aires was at the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, in Georgetown, D.C. There, in 1955, bass Vernon Ricks and baritone Robert "Slick" Russell started harmonizing on R&B songs when they worked in the kitchen on Sunday mornings. They were eventually joined by first tenor Alfred "Nookie" Robinson (whose name is usually shown, incorrectly, as "Albert").
Finally, when they sounded like they had a shot at fame and fortune, Vernon brought in his cousin, second tenor Warren Ricks, and the 4 Bel-Aires were born. Although there were only four singers, a fifth member was guitarist Mike Jackson. The guys ranged in age from 13 (Warren) to 21 (Alfred).

There was a local Saturday evening radio program in D.C. called Teenarama (on WOOK, 1340 AM; this was before it moved to TV in 1963). A couple of teenagers (Calvin Hackett and Marjorie Bowman) acted as DJs, spinning hit records and inviting local groups to perform. Sometime around late 1957, the invitation was extended to the 4 Bel-Aires (who sang their arrangement of the Mello-Moods' "Where Are You"). Their singing impressed the "adult" member of Teenarama, Al "Big Boy" Jefferson, a DJ who had a nightly WOOK show, broadcast from the front window of Waxie Maxie Silverman's Quality Music store (located around the corner from the Howard Theater). In 1962, Ben Smith sold all his X-Tra masters to Slim Rose of Times Square Records. That's the reason that "Where Are You" and "Tell Me Why" appeared on Times Square in November 1963 (although the group was listed as the "Belairs").
http://www.uncamarvy.com/4BelAires/4belaires.html

Songs :

Where Are You Tell Me Why

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The Sunrisers aka The CuffLinx aka The Raindrops (1) aka the Webs (1) aka The Style Kings

Posted on August 2 2011 by dion1

The Sunrisers (Los Angeles,C.A)
aka The CuffLinx aka The Raindrops (1) aka the Webs (1) aka The Style Kings

Personnel :

Henry Houston (Lead)

Moses "Moe" Walker (First Tenor)

Jerry Speed (Second Tenor, Baritone, Alto),

Elroy Coleman (Bass)

Discography :

1956 - Behold A Dream (Unreleased)
1956 - Soft Soft Lips (Unreleased)
1956 - House Party (Unreleased) (released as by the Style Kings in 1962)
1956 - Never Happen (Unreleased) (released as by the Style Kings in 1962)

Biography :

Around 1952, a group called the Rain Drops formed on the U.S.S. Noble, an Attack Transport (APA 218) that had landed the first Marines in Korea. They consisted of Henry Houston (lead tenor), Moses "Moe" Walker (first tenor), Jerry Speed (second tenor, baritone, and alto), and Elroy Coleman (bass). They patterned themselves after the Dominoes, the Clovers, the 5 Royales, and the Midnighters and performed in clubs in and around San Diego.

The Raindrops (1) in 1960 (Houston, Coleman, Durden & Simmons)

When the Rain Drops started being discharged, they decided to stick around and continue singing together . In 1956, they held their first recording session, with John Dolphin. They recorded four songs ("Behold A Dream," "Soft, Soft Lips," "Never Happen," and "House Party") as the "Sunrisers" , but Dolphin never released any of them on either of his current labels (Cash and Money).

http://www.uncamarvy.com/Cufflinks/cufflinks.html

Songs :

Behold A Dream Soft Soft Lips

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The Sunrisers aka The CuffLinx aka The Raindrops (1) aka the Webs (1) aka The Style Kings

Posted on August 2 2011 by dion1

The Sunrisers (Los Angeles,C.A)
aka The CuffLinx aka The Raindrops (1) aka the Webs (1) aka The Style Kings

Personnel :

Henry Houston (Lead)

Moses "Moe" Walker (First Tenor)

Jerry Speed (Second Tenor, Baritone, Alto),

Elroy Coleman (Bass)

Discography :

1956 - Behold A Dream (Unreleased)
1956 - Soft Soft Lips (Unreleased)
1956 - House Party (Unreleased) (released as by the Style Kings in 1962)
1956 - Never Happen (Unreleased) (released as by the Style Kings in 1962)

Biography :

Around 1952, a group called the Rain Drops formed on the U.S.S. Noble, an Attack Transport (APA 218) that had landed the first Marines in Korea. They consisted of Henry Houston (lead tenor), Moses "Moe" Walker (first tenor), Jerry Speed (second tenor, baritone, and alto), and Elroy Coleman (bass). They patterned themselves after the Dominoes, the Clovers, the 5 Royales, and the Midnighters and performed in clubs in and around San Diego.

The Raindrops (1) in 1960 (Houston, Coleman, Durden & Simmons)

When the Rain Drops started being discharged, they decided to stick around and continue singing together . In 1956, they held their first recording session, with John Dolphin. They recorded four songs ("Behold A Dream," "Soft, Soft Lips," "Never Happen," and "House Party") as the "Sunrisers" , but Dolphin never released any of them on either of his current labels (Cash and Money).

http://www.uncamarvy.com/Cufflinks/cufflinks.html

Songs :

Behold A Dream Soft Soft Lips

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