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Etta James & The Peaches

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Etta James & The Peaches (San Francisco, California)


Personnel :

Etta James "Jamesetta Hawkins"

Jean Mitchell

Abbysinia "Abbye" Mitchell




Discography :

Etta James & The Peaches
1955 - The Wallflower (Roll With Me Henry) / Hold Me, Squeeze Me (Modern 947) 

1955 - The Wallflower (Dance With Me Henry) / Hold Me, Squeeze Me (Modern 947)

Etta James bb The Peaches
1955 - Hey Henry / Be Mine (Modern 957)




Biography :

Etta James, whose real name was Jamesetta Hawkins, was born on 25 January 1938 in Los Angeles, USA.  When she was twelve, her family moved to San Francisco and here she developed a strong interest in Rhythm and Blues, being particularly influenced by Billie Holiday. She decided that she too wanted to pursue a professional career as a songstress, and formed a singing trio 'The Creolettes' with two girlfriends.

   

She was only fourteen when they went for an audition with the famous band-leader Johny Otis. It was a successful audition and landed them a recording deal with Modern Records. Jamesetta agreed to change her name to the more catching anagram, Etta James, the Creolettes took on her nickname 'Peaches', and, in 1954, they were in Los Angeles for the recording. It was the start of what was to be an immensely successful and equally volatile career.

   

The song they recorded was the same one they had performed for the audition, a song inspired by the current chart-topper by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters. It was called 'Work With Me Annie', but Etta James and the Peaches, deciding this song was too tame for them, had transformed it into the more suggestive 'Roll With Me Henry'.

This, however, was too wild for the moralistic atmosphere of the Nineteen-Fifties, and so, after receiving objections from several Radio Programmers, the title had to be changed to 'Wallflower'. While agreeing to these changes however, Etta James did not compromise with the soulfully seductive quality of the song, and it proved to be an instant hit, reaching the second place on the 1955 R&B Charts.  It received further impetus when Georgia Gibbs, a well-known singer of the period, did a more sedate cover version that was recorded as 'Dance With Me, Henry'. This version reached the number one spot. Shortly after this, the Peaches split and Etta James sailed on to a solo career.
http://home.earthlink.net/~v1tiger/ettaj.html
http://redkelly.blogspot.com/2006/04/etta-james-im-gonna-take-what-hes-got.html



Songs :

   
The Wallflower (Roll With Me Henry)            Hold Me, Squeeze Me

   
Hey Henry                                                Be Mine


 

 

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The Pretenders (7)

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The Pretenders (7) 

The Pretenders (7) (Los Angeles)

 

Personnel :

Bobby Rose (Lead)

Tommy Gonzales

Ray Rocha

Fred Garcia

 

Discography :

Singles :
1960-  Answer To My Prayers / Don't Tell A Lie (Rose Int'l 100)

Unreleased :
1960 - I'm In The Mood For Love (Eldo)

 

Biography :

The group was started in the 50s at Fremont High School in Los Angeles. The song was written by Bobby Rose. On the recording was Don Julian from the Medowlarks helping in background, and the famous Johnny Otis on drums.

Recorded in 1960 at Eldo Studios in Hollywood. Released on Rose International Label.
SuperBobbyrose


Songs :

   
Answer To My Prayers                      Don't Tell A Lie


I'm In The Mood For Love

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Jimmy Ricks & The Raves (2)

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Jimmy Ricks & The Raves (2) (New York)
(Update By Hans-Joachim)


Personnel :

Jimmy Ricks (Bass)

Howard Guyton

Derek Martin

Leonard Puzey



Discography :

1961 - Deep River (Festival) (Unreleased)
1962 - Daddy Rollin' Stone / Um Gowa (Festival 25004)
1962 - Daddy Rollin' Stone / Homesick (Atco 6220)


Biography :

This group was assembled after Jimmy Ricks left the Ravens and was pursuing a solo career.
Jimmy Ricks covering the Otis Blackwell '53 classic "Daddy Rollin' Stone" in his post-Ravens career, here backed by Leonard Puzey, Howard Guyton, and Derek Martin (billed as the Raves).

   
                                                                             Paste-up picture : Puzey, Guyton, Ricks, Martin

The first release was the Festival record. Atco re-released "Daddy Rollin’ Stone" with a different flip ("Homesick"). On "Homesick" Jimmy Ricks was backed up by Joe Van Loan, Paul Van Loan, and Jimmie Steward!
Derek Martin re-recorded "Daddy Rollin' Stone" under his own name two years later, which was covered by the Who in 1965.

http://www.uncamarvy.com/Ravens/ravens10.html



Songs :

   
Daddy Rollin' Stone                             Homesick

   
Um Gowa                                     Deep River

 

Cds :

  

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The Crystal Chords

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The Crystal Chords (Spanish Harlem, New York)

Personnel :

Lenny Montalvo (Lead)

Hector "Tito" Santiago (Baritone)

Joe Paredes

Eddie Sotolongo (Lead)

Arnie Magranrer

 

Discography :

1958 - Be Mine Again / When In The World (3D 373)

 

Biography :

In 1958, five friends from Spanish Harlem (Lenny Montalvo, Eddie Sotolongo, Hector Santiago, Arnie Managrer, Joe Paredes received local attention from neighborhood teens when their record was heard on the radio. Their tune "Be Mine Again" was originally a Spanish Folk song.

       

Lenny Montalvo and the guys decided to translate the Spanish lyrics into English but chose to leave the bridge part to be spoken in Spanish. An agent heard the group rehearse and invited them to 3D records in the Bronx. There they recorded two sides. "Be Mine Again" was lead by Lenny Montalvo which became the A side. "When in the World" was lead by Eddie Sotolongo which became the flip side.
doowopkid    


Songs :

   
Be Mine Again                                    When In The World

 

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Day, Dawn & Dusk

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 Day, Dawn & Dusk  (New York)
aka Day, Dawn & Dusk Trio
(By Hans-Joachim)

 

 

 



Personnel:

Bob Caver (also plays piano)

Eddie Coleman

(Bot) Gus Simmons

 



Discography:

Day, Dawn & Dusk
1946 -Basin Street Blues / Rigoletto In Harlem (Collector Item 805)
1946 - Mein Stetela Belz / Bones, Bones, Bones (Collector Item 806)
1955 - Let The Tears Fall / Miss Petunia (Apollo 476)
1955 - Let The Tears Fall / A Cheat’s A Cheat (Kent 519)
1956 - Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere / Who Are You Kissing? (Josie 794)

Day, Dawn & Dusk Trio
1954 - All Thru The Years / The Kiss (That Broke My Heart) (Herald 1000)

 

 


Biography:

At one time there was a vocal - instrumental trio called Day, Dawn, and Dusk. They were very much in a style of other small combos that we have chronicled on this site such as the Three Bits of Rhythm, Do-Ray-Me Trio, and the Three Peppers. They occupy a small niche in the history of the music and are hard to define. Not quite R & B, not quite jazz, not quite pop, but a curious mixture of all three with a bit of classical or even country thrown in.

Day, Dawn, and Dusk were comprised of Bob Carver the pianist for the trio, Eddie Coleman, and Gus Simmons.They did not have an extensive recording history but they did put out records for a number of different labels.They began their recording career for a label called Collectors Items which was located in New York City.

These sides date from the late nineteen forties and include "Basin Street Blues" and "Rigoletto In Harlem" on # 805. This was followed by "Bones, Bones, Bones" and " Mein Stetela Belz" on # 806.The next mention of the trio in the trade press announces that they are doing good box office for an extended club date in Denver, Colorado in December of 1953.

Day, Dawn & Dusk  

During the following summer, a recording for the Herald label shows up as selling moderately well in the Los Angeles area. This is "The Kiss That Broke My Heart" and "All through The Years" recorded with the Orchestra of Charles LaVerne and released on Herald # 1000. The next year finds the trio recording for the Apollo label with "Let The Tears Fall" and "Miss Petunia" on # 476.

     

A year later they show up on Josie Records with "Anytime" and "Who Are You Kissing?" on # 794. Oklahoma City reports that "Anytime" is one of the top ten best selling records in the R & B field in may of 1956. That seems to be the last mention of Day, Dawn, and Dusk.
J.C. Marion
http://www.vocalgroupharmony.com/DayDawnAndDusk/DayDawnAndDusk.htm
http://www.vocalgroupharmony.com/4ROWNEW/WhenTheSaints.htm

 

 

 


Songs :

     
Who Are You Kissing?           Let The Tears Fall              A Cheat’s A Cheat

     
Basin Street Blues            Rigoletto In Harlem              Mein Stetela Belz

     
Bones, Bones, Bones          Miss Petunia        Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere



 

 

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Phil & the Catalinas (7)

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Phil & the Catalinas (7)

Phil & the Catalinas (7) (Columbus, Ohio)


Personnel :

Phil Gary Sciamamblo (Lead)

Harry Smith

Rick Guyton


Discography :

1960 - Bobby Layne / June 30th (Olimpic # /Triodex 106)
1960 - Dancing Little Fool 'Clementine' / Our Love is So True (Olimpic #)


Biography :

By his own admission, Phil Gary (Sciamamblo) was never a great singer. However, at age 16, he was already a promoter.

Inspired by Watching Freddy Cannon lip-synch"Tallahassee Lassie" on The Dick Clark Show, he cowrote a song with his mother called "Bobby Lane"an recorded it in a basement with a group of Guy (Harry Smith, Rick Guyton, and later Phil Stobart) he named the Catalinas. Olimpic records was formed by Phil Gary for releasing records by himself and the Catalinas.

 

Phil Gary booked Veterans' Memorial in 1961 for what he called the Battle of the Groups. In addition to Phil Gary and the Catalinas, those that competed included the Carians. Gary eventually persuaded Phil Stobart of the Carians to join the Catalinas but he still considers the Carians to have been the best of all the local groups.
David Meyers,Arnett Howard,James Loeffler,Candice Watkins (Columbus: The Musical Crossroads)
http://www.buckeyebeat.com/olimpic.html


Songs :

   
                   June 30th                         Our Love Is So True (unfinished)

     
            Bobby Lane                             Dancing Little Fool 'Clementine'

 

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The Secrets (4)

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The Secrets (4) (Cleveland, OH)

 

Personnel :

Karen Gray Cipriani (Lead)

Carole Raymont McGoldrick (Alto or Bass)

Jackie Allen Schwegler (high dum-dee-dums)

Patty Miller (Soprano)

 

Discography :

1963 - The Boy Next Door / Learnin' To Forget (Philips 40146)
1964 - Hey Big Boy / The Other Side of Town (Philips 40173)
1964 - Here He Comes Now / Oh Donnie (Philips 40196)
1964 - He Doesn't Want You / He's The Boy (Philips 40222)

     

 

 

Biography :

Formed in Cleveland in the early '60s, the group -- Jackie Allen Schwegler, Karen Cray Cipriana, Carole Raymond McGoldrick, and Patty Miller -- first called themselves the Sonnets when their pianist looked at his Sonnet piano and suggested that as a name.

In 1963, Tom King, leader of the local group the Starfires, (who later went on to become the Outsiders), asked the girls to do five Twist shows with the Starfires accompanying them. It was after one of these performances that Redda Robbins, a talent promoter, offered to represent them, lining up a meeting with Johnny Madara and David White, staff producers for Philadelphia-based Chancellor Records.

   

Madara and White had already written Danny & the Juniors' "At the Hop" and "Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay," Lesley Gore's "You Don't Own Me," and were also members themselves of the Spokesmen. They brought the group to Mercury, who ultimately recorded two songs, scoring a Top Twenty hit with "The Boy Next Door," which charted in late December, 1963. They recorded three unsuccessful singles for the label and made live appearances before splitting up in 1965.

  

The group has two interesting bits of music trivia. They were booked to appear on American Bandstand the weekend of November 22nd, 1963, which was cancelled due to John F. Kennedy’s assassination, and they were the last group to appear on American Bandstand in the spring of 1964, before Bandstand shifted from Philadelphia to Los Angeles. McGoldrick and Miller continued as a duo called the Memories for a year. In the early '90s, all of the original Secrets regrouped to perform at their 30th high school reunion.
~ Bryan Thomas, All Music Guide
http://thatphillysound.com/artists/secrets.html



Songs :

   
The Boy Next Door                                Hey Big Boy

    
 The Other Side of Town                           Oh Donnie           

   
Learnin' To Forget                                  He's The Boy  

    
Here He Comes Now                       He Doesn't Want You

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H

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H

 


*HACIENDAS
*HALL BROTHERS
*HALOS (1)
*HALOS (2) (ERNIE & THE )
*HAMILTONES
*HARBOR LIGHTS
*HARBOR LITES
*HARMONAIRES (3)
*HARMONY GRITS
*HARPS (2)
HARPTONES
*HARRIS SISTERS
*HAWKEYES
HAWKS (1)
*HERALDS
*HEARTBEATS (1)
*HEARTBEATS (2)
*HEARTBREAKERS (1)
*HEARTBREAKERS (2)
*HEARTBREAKERS (4)
*HEART-THROBS
*HEARTS (2)
*HEARTS (3) (LEE ANDREWS & THE)
*HEPSTERS
*HIDEAWAYS (2)
*HI-FIDELITIES
HI FIVES (1)
*HI-FIVES (2)
*HIGH KEYES
*HIGH SEAS
*HIGHTOWERS (GARY FAULKNER & THE)
*HIGHLIGHTERS (4)
*HIGHLIGHTS (1)
*HI-LITERS (2)
*HI-LITES (4)
*HI-LITES (10)
*HI-LITES (7) (RONNIE & THE)
*HI-NOTES (1) (TOMMY FREDERICK & THE)
*HIPPIES
*HI TENSIONS
*HOLIDAYS (2)
*HOLIDAYS (3)
*HOLIDAYS (4)
HOLIDAYS (6) (DICK HOLLER & THE)
*HOLIDAYS (8)
HOLIDAYS (9)
*HOLLYWOOD ARGYLES
HOLLYWOD FLAMES
HOLLYWOOD PLAYBOYS (1)
HOLLYWOOD PLAYBOYS (2)
HOLLYWOOD SAXONS
*HONEY BOYS
*HONEYCONES
*HONEYTONES (1)
*HORIZONS (1) (SUNNY & THE)
HORNETS (1)
HOT TAMALES
*HUMDINGERS (2)
*HUNTER'S IV
HURRICANES (2)

 

 

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Jesse Belvin & The Space Riders

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Jesse Belvin & The Space Riders (Los Angeles, CA)



Personnel :

Jesse Belvin (Lead)

Dub Jones

Tommy "Buster" Williams

Alex Hodge



Discography :

1957 - My Satellite / Just To Say Hello (Modern 1027)



Biography :

 In December, Dub Jones (Jacks/Cadets) joined Tommy "Buster" Williams and Alex Hodge as the "Space Riders" behind Jesse Belvin's "My Satellite"/"Just To Say Hello."

  

This became the last Modern single until the label was reactivated some years later. 

  (paste-up picture ) Belvin, Jones, Hodge, Williams

http://www.uncamarvy.com/JacksCadets/jackscadets.html
http://www.electricearl.com/dws/belvin.html



Songs :

   
My Satellite                                           Just To Say Hello

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Neville Taylor & The Cutters

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Neville Taylor & The Cutters (England)

 

Personnel :

Neville Taylor "Hal Munro" (Lead)

Shane Keane

Al timoyhy

Sonny McKenzie

 

Discography :

Singles :

Neville Taylor bb The Cutters
1958 - Mercy Mercy, Percy / House of Bamboo (Parlophone 4447)
1958 - I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire / Tears On My Pillow (Parlophone 4476)   
1958 - The Miracle Of Christmas / A Baby Lay Sleeping (Parlophone 4493)
1959 - Crazy Little Daisy / The First Words Of Love (Parlophone 4524)

The Cutters
1959 - I've Had It / Rockaroo (Decca 11110)

Lps :
1958 - Oh Boy!(Parlophone PMC 1072)
Good Good /  Little Miss Ruby / Leroy (Neville Taylor The Dallas Boys)

 

Biography :

Neville Taylor and his band, the Cutters, were among the handful of black rock & roll acts working in England during the late '50s. The West Indian-born Taylor had an excellent ballad style, but on the hard-rocking numbers he was heavily influenced by Little Richard's vocal style.

   

The group was signed to EMI's Parlophone label, where their first release included the excellent "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" as a B-side -- as an A-side it could have charted, but it was too rich for Parlophone's blood in 1958, and "House of Bamboo" ended up as the play side.

Their three follow-up singles were "I Don't Want to Set the World On Fire" b/w "Tears on My Pillow," "The Miracle of Christmas" b/w "A Baby Lay Sleeping," and "Crazy Little Daisy" b/w "The First Words of Love," the latter released in 1959.  The group, which was heavy with horns and saxes as well as guitar, typical of British bands of this period, got regular exposure on the British television series Oh Boy!. Despite this edge and their appearance on the accompanying EMI tie-in LP (Oh Boy!, Parlophone PMC 1072), they never charted a single, but were influential as a television phenomenon. Their sound was already considered out of date by the turn of the 1950s into the 1960s.
Bruce Eder, Rovi


Videos :

   
Good Cats                                           Charlie Brown

 

Songs :

   
Little Miss Ruby                                 I've Had It

   
Rockaroo                                          Tears on my pillow


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