The Cineramas 1959 - Life Can Be Beautiful / It Must Be Love (Champ 103) 1960 - Crying For You / I'm Sorry Baby (Rhapsody 71963/ Candlelite 433) 1973 - Is This All Mine / Crying For You (Clifton 4)
Roc Rowland & The Cineramas 1960 - Playing For Keeps / I Don't Care (Rhapsody 71987)
Biography :
The Cineramas were a doo-wop group from the late 50's and early 60's based in Stamford, CT. They were a mixed black and white group led by Joey Bennett and Frankie Palmer. The other members were Barti LoDolce & Curtis Grasty .
Frankie Palmer still very active in the business. He also has other records and was part of the act of “Frankie & Johnny” (Frankie Palmer & Johnny Angel). They were with Mercury Records where they recorded “Hometown USA”, “Lucille/Slipp’in an a Slid’in”, I can’t Stand up Alone” and on Lourie Record “Midnight Magic Man”, with the group Franklyn Circle.
The Gaylarks 1955 - Tell me Darling / Whole lot of love (The Rovers) (Music City 792) 1955 - Romantic Memories / Lil Dream Girl (Music City 793) 1956 - My Greatest sin / Teenage Mambo (Music City 805) 1957 - Mr Rock-n-roll / Church On The Hill (Music City 809) 1957 - Somewhere in this World / Just one more chance (L.Luther) (Music City 812) 1958 - Ivy League clothes / The Doodle-Doo (Music City 819)
John Heartsman & The Gaylarks 1957 - Johnny's House Party (Part I & II) (Music City 807)
Biography :
Richards, Moore. Davis, and Vance started singing in their San Francisco high school. Carl Lovejoy, from nearby Oakland, states that he brought the group to Music City's facilities. It is stated elsewhere that Music City owner Ray Dobard brought the group to his label.
"Ivy League Clothes."although credited to the Gaylarks, was by another Bay area group — the Five Lyrics. The Gaylarks' first recording, "Tell Me Darling," was actually the flip side of the Rovers' "Whole Lot of Love" (1955). The Gaylarks had a loyal following in the Bay area, but when they went on tour, they failed to receive the same kind of reception.
Songs :
Tell me Darling Ivy League Clothes Somewhere in this World
1957 - Friendship Ring / Baby Baby (Gallo 108) 1957 - Please Don't Leave Me Now / You're In Love (Galo 110)
Biography :
It was at the Charcoal Ovens that I hooked up with some guys who liked to hang out there, and one day, after the lunch rush, we started singing doo-wop, just for fun. But the more we sang, the more we liked what we heard; and the Royal Aires were born: Rudy, Ray, Frank, John, and me. We started doing local shows, and then went to New York to seek a record deal. While we were doing background for a singer at a recording studio, one of the engineers told us he knew a guy who was looking for new groups.
Frank Amodeo, Johnny Lem, Sal Richards , Ray Freudenberger, Rudy Gasparik..
So we went to see Lee Clark, owner of Gallo Records. We auditioned for him, and he signed us to a record deal. So now we were recording artists, doing record hops all over the country to promote the group. We wound up with a two-sided hit in some of the New England states and a few in the South—“Baby, Baby” was number one, and “Friendship Ring” was number three on the charts in those areas.
Then it started to get played in New York, on the Allen Freed Show—and if he played it, it would become a hit. But he didn't play it for long. Payola was big in those days, and the owner of Gallo Records refused to pay to have the record played, so it went off the charts quickly. When the second record was released, the same thing happened. We tried to keep going, doing shows around town, but when the kids didn't hear the record on the radio, they didn't show up. The group split up after two years Sal Richards (Behind the Laughter, Hidden Tears)
Frank Amodeo was Gino of Gino & The Dells . Frank "Gino" Amodeo with Peter Chacona, Louis Reyes and Augie Borgess. The group started in '62 on the Long Island streets of Eastern Suffolk County, NY. "Altar Of Dreams" became the title song of Clark Galehouse's Shelley and Golden Crest Great Hits. The record never got any exposure and was a limited pressing record so the value is higher than the group's other releases. This was the group's only actual release while Gino released three singles with the unlisted Dells. Frank "Gino" Amodeo was with the Reflections(on ABC-Paramount Records) & he was Darin D’Anna on World Artists.
The Vows (2) 1963 - Girl In Red / Born With The Rhythm (Ran-Dee 111/112) 1963 - When A Boy Love A Girl / Say You'll be mine (Sta-Set 402) 1963 - Lost In A City / When A Boy Love A Girl (Big Three 400)
The Majors (6) 1963 - Lost In A City / Say You'll be mine (Big Three 403)
Biography :
The Vows on Ran-Dee, Big 3 and Sta-Set were a Chicago group (led by Larry Montgomery) that later changed their name to The Major IV. They also recorded for Mickey Stevenson on Venture Records. They had nothing to do with The Majors on Imperial (Philadelphia group), or The Vows on Markay (L.A. female group), or The Symphonics .
This group was earlier known as The Vows . They made a vocal harmony cut called "Girl in Red" on the Ran-Dee label, the A side was Andre Williams' r&b song entitled "Born with The Rhythm." The Fantastic Doo wop "Girl in Red", was composed in 57 but was released in 63.
"Lost In A City", "Say You'll be mine" all originally recorded as The Vows on Bob Lee's Big Three as #400 and was later re-released as Big Three #403 by The Majors.
(L to R) Carol Stansbury, Shirley Taylor, Barbara Thompson, Thelma Stansburry, Barbara Lee.
The Deltairs (1) (Jamaica, Queens, NY) aka The Tranquils
Personnel :
Barbara Thompson (Lead)
Barbara Lee
Carol Stansbury
Thelma Stansbury
Shirley Taylor
Discography :
The Deltairs (1) 1957 - Lullaby Of The Bells / It's Only You, Dear (Ivy 101) 1958 - Standing At The Altar / I Might Like It (Ivy 105) 1958 - Who Would Have Thought It / You Won't Be Satisfied (Felsted 8525)
The Tranquils 1958 - One Billion, Seven Million, Thirty-Three / You're Such A Much (Hamilton 50005)
Biography :
The trade magazines in 1961 took notice of a growing trend to female singers, female-led male groups and female groups. The fair sex up to that point had not been getting much attention (on records, that is). That, and the revival of interest in "oldies," gave a whole new audience the chance to hear one of the best female harmony groups, the Deltairs.
Barbara Lee, Carol Stansbury, Thelma Stansbury, Shirley Taylor, and lead Barbara Thompson were discovered by bandleader Al Browne in 1955. Impressed by their harmony skills, he took them to artist managers Ed Portnoy and Stan Feldman. Portnoy and Feldman started a label to showcase the talent under their wings. They called it Ivy. (Portnoy later had the Porwin label.)"Lullaby Of The Bells," written by Carol Stansbury, got good reviews when it was first released in 1957 and sold well on the East Coast.
The girls got to do a few personal appearances, including a spot on American Bandstand. The lack of promotion from Ivy kept the record from breaking out nationwide. A few more releases, including one as the Tranquils, and the group left the business to focus on family life. A reissue of "Lullaby Of The Bells" in 1961 made the Bubbling Under charts. http://www.uncamarvy.com/Deltairs/deltairs.html
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