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The Dappers (2) aka The Four Buddies (1) aka The Buddies (2)

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The Dappers (2) (New York)
aka The Four Buddies (1) aka The Buddies (2)




Personnel :

Larry Harrison (Lead)

Gregory Carroll (Tenor)

Leonard "Zeke" Puzey (Baritone)

Jerome Robinson (Bass)



Discography :

First Group
1956 - Unwanted Love / That's All, That's All, That's All (Groove 4G-0156)
Second Group
1956 - Bop Bop Bu / How I Need You Baby (Rainbow 373)



Biography :

After the Four Buddies split, Gregory Carroll signed on with the Orioles in the spring of 1953. In 1955, Carroll reunited with fellow Four Buddies alum Larry Harrison to form the Dappers, recruiting baritone Zeke Puzey and bass Jerome Robinson to complete the lineup.


The Four Buddies with Larry Harrison & Gregory Carroll

In early 1956, the quartet signed to RCA to cut a single, "Unwanted Love," but the Dappers split even before the record was released on the label's Groove subsidiary. Carroll quickly set about assembling a new Dappers lineup, first enlisting bass/baritone Al Showell and then luring soprano Pat Williams and alto Joy Wright from the Sweethearts.

  

 Puzey also returned to duty in time for the Dappers' first session for the Rainbow label. "Bop Bop Bu" hit retail in late 1956, but Rainbow's financial problems conspired to squash any planned promotion and the record went nowhere.

   
                                                                           Paste Up Picture :Harrison, Carroll, Puzey

The Dappers nevertheless toured across the East Coast, even making a handful of television appearances before Wright's pregnancy forced her to resign.
http://www.uncamarvy.com/Dappers/dappers.html



Songs :

First Group

   
That's All, That's All, That's All                     Unwanted Love

Second Group

   
Bop Bop Bu                                 How I Need You Baby



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The Kounts

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Ed Peine, Jack Michael, Wes Knebel, Tom Driskill

 The Kounts (Fort Worth, Tx.)

 

Personnel :

Ed Peine

Jack Michael

Wes Knebel

Tom Driskill

 

Discography :

The Kounts
1959 - I Couldn't Stay Away From You / Please Please Come Back (Vamalco 504)

Royce Porter & The Kounts
1958 - Good Time / Beach Of Love (Mercury 71314)

Royce Porter (bb The Kounts)
1958 - Yes I do /  Our perfect romance  (D Look 1001)
1958 - Lookin' / I Still Belong To You (D Look 1026)




Biography :

In the summer of 1957 "Yes I do", a song with strong Presley influences, was recorded in Fort Worth by Royce Porter and and a local group, renamed the Kounts, performing back up vocals. The Kounts are Ed Peine, Jack Michael, Wes Knebel and Tom Driskill.  Royce Porter use the group on three singles for the Mercury & his sub-label Look. but only one is credited with the Kounts. Though panned in Billboard ""Yes I do" did develop into some type of minor hit.

  

  The Kounts became a de facto Jordanaires and they and Porter got around just a bit off the 45's short success. The group cut  one nice single on the Vamalco label, an Independent Record Labels from Houston, TX.

 

Songs :

The Kounts

  
Please Please Come Back             I Couldn't Stay Away From You


Royce Porter & The Kounts

     
Beach Of Love                       Our perfect romance                 Good Time

         
Yes I Do                                      Lookin'                         I Still Belong To You


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The Mystics (3) aka The Dealers

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The Mystics (3) (Cincinnati)
aka  The Dealers

 

Personnel :

Claude Johnson

Doc Morris

Melvin Thomas

Don Thomas

 

Discography :

The Mystics (3)
Singles :
1962 - Mash Potatoes With Me / The Hoppy Hop (King 5678)
1963 - The Jumpin' Bean / Just For Your Love (King 5735)
Unreleased :
1962 - Humpty Dumpty (Had A Great Fall) (King)
1962 - Stars In The Sky (King)

The Dealers
1965 - You Got It / (We're So) Glad That We Made It (Big Bunny 507)

 

Biography :

The Mystics on King Record were : Claude Johnson, Doc Morris, Melvin Thomas, and Don Thomas (he's the one who later joined the Drifters - his real name was Charles Thomas, but he changed it to Don so as not to be confused with the Charlie Thomas who'd been in the Drifters for many years).

 

After two singles for king they became the Dealers and have a last one with Big Bunny Records.
Thanks to Marv Goldberg


Songs :

The Mystics (3)

  
Just For Your Love                       The Hoppy Hop

   
Humpty Dumpty                           Stars In The Sky

   
Mash Potatoes With Me                   The Jumpin' Bean

 

The Dealers


You Got It

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Bill "Bass" Gordon & His Colonials (1)

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Bill "Bass" Gordon & His Colonials (1) (New York)




Personnel :

Bill "Bass" Gordon



Discography :

1954 - Two Loves Have I / Bring My Baby Back (Gee 12)



Biography :

Bill "Bass" Gordon and His Colonials "Two Loves Have I" Served as one of the very first singles to be issued on George Goldner’s Gee Label in October 1954, and saw the label with a very uncommon yellow and green color format.

   Bill "Bass" Gordon & His Colonials (1)

Bill Gordon, is the owner of Teenage Records. He recorded The isley Brothers and issued their first single, the doo wop, tenor-led ballad “The Angels Cried.”

 

 



Songs :

  
Two Loves Have I                             Bring My Baby Back

 

 

 

 

 

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The Pharaohs (5) Aka The Pharoh's

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The picture left to right: Junior, Marty, Greg Shannon, Willie, Greg Patterson, Gerry(in back), and Bob.

The Pharaohs (5) (Pittsburgh)
Aka The Pharoh's
 

Personnel :

Dave Detillo

Ron "Junior" Leone

Bob Burnett

Willie McGee

 


Discography :

1961 - Betty / (no flip side) (Unreleased)
1961 - Come to Me / If I Had the Power (Pharaohs)


Biography :

The Pharaohs were originated in mid-October, 1961, by Bob Burnett and Dave Detillo, Juniors at Baldwin High School in Pittsburgh. They wanted to create a mixed race singing group that would shake up the industry. The other members are  Jr. Leone, and Willie McGee.  Their first record was "Oh Betty", which received numerous plays on Pittsburgh radio stations. This song was the pick of the week on WZUM and also took off on WAMO. They toured with the legendary Porky Chedwick for a couple of weeks performing our hit song. Later the Pharaohs recorded If I Had The Power with the group name being spelled Pharohs and some members changing.  Later members were Stanford Whiting (who joined right after they recorded "Oh Betty), and Greg Patterson (who wrote "If I Had The Power").

  
Porky Chedwick                                                                                                     

Their managers were James Harvey, Joe Talarico, and Bob Mack a huge Pittsburgh promoter. They recorded a major album that was to be released, but Mack's other group, Tommy James and the Shondel's had their single released first.  The group disbanded without the album (which was really good) never being released after Mack spent a lot of money on it. Ron "Junior" Leone went on to "tommy james and the shondells""The only group in Pittsburgh that was known better than us was the guys who did "Blue Moon". I truely felt that if our record would have been released 1st, we would have taken off. We were the mixed group with the white lead singer, who sounded like a black guy and made girls of all races scream. "
Bob Burnett



Songs :

    
         Betty                                               If I Had The Power

 

 

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The Lyrics (5)

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The Lyrics (5) (Menphis, TN.)

 

Personnel :

Percy Millen (Lead)

La Vern Edwards (Second Tenor)

Fonnie Harley (First Tenor)

William Glenn (Baritone)

Cornethers "Kirk" Kirkwood (Bass)

 

Discography :

1959 - Let's Be Sweethearts Again / You And Your Fellow (Fernwood 129)
1959 - Crying Over You / Down In The Alley (Mid South 1500)
1963 - Darlin / How A Woman Does Her Man (Goldwax 101/910)
1963 - The Side Wind / So Hard To Get Along(Goldwax 105/ABC 10560)

 

Biography :

The Lyrics were all buddies from the Orange Mound neighborrhood : La vern Edwards, Fonnie Harley, William Glenn, Cornethers "Kirk" Kirkwood and Percy Millen. Kirkwood organized, Managed and wrote much of the Lyrics' material.  The Lyrics won first prize in a local talent contest.

    
                                                          Early Fernwood Studio

When the group discovered they had something going for them they found a manager, WLOK Jock Rubin Washington. Kirkwood Brought the Lyrics to the attention of Stax Records. The Group attented at least one taping session at Stax, they recorded a lot of songs, but ever came out.

   
                     Kirkwood, Glenn, Edwards, Harley                                                                               Percy Millen

Kirkwood took the Tape straight to Ronald 'Slim' Wallace at Fernwood records. Fernwood chose to issue two songs from the Stax Tape. Stax choose to create the Mid South subsidiary and put out the Lyrics stunning "Crying over you"/"Down in the Alley". Quinton Claunch formed with Rudolph V. "Doc" Russell on August 11, 1964 Goldwax Records. In 1963, the group  had the first ever R&B release by Claunch and Russell, Darlin (Goldwax 101). Their second single for the label was picked up by ABC, but didn't do much. At that point, Quinton Claunch and Doc Russell decided to cut Percy as a solo artist.

 

Songs :

     
Let's Be Sweethearts Again                  You And Your Fellow      

  
Crying Over You / Down In The Alley                  The Side Wind                  

  
How A Woman Does Her Man                  So Hard To Get Along    


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The Maples

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The Maples
 (Top) Reggie Smith, (Middle) Harold Jones, Johnny Jones, Howard Pitman, (Bottom) Kenneth Childers

The Maples (Chicago)

 

Personnel :

Kenneth Childers (Lead)

Johnny Jones

Albert Hunter

Andrew Smith

 

Discography :

1955 - I Must Forget You / 99 Guys (Inst.) (Blue Lake 111)

 

Biography :

On the Al Benson's Blue Lake label, a subsidiary of Parrot Records, The Maples were a one-time ad hoc gathering of vocal group singers who came together in November 1954. The Five Chances started working with singer Kenneth Childers, who was paying for his own sessions to get on record. Reggie Smith and Howard Pitman recalled the Five Chances (using the name Maples) making a recording with Childers. But it never got that far according to Johnny "Chubby" Jones (who was the lead singer for the Five Chances at the time).

  
                       The Five Chances                                                                                             Al Benson

Rather, Jones arranged to back Childers at the recording session with an ad hoc group consisting of himself, Albert Hunter (from the Clouds), and Andrew Smith (from the Fasinoles). The record was "I Must Forget You" b/w "99 Guys" and the group was dubbed the Maples. Like many Benson-produced jump sides, "99 Guys" gets a superb instrumental break courtesy of Von Freeman on one of the tenor saxophonist's first recordings.
http://www.vocalgroupharmony.com/mustforg.htm


Songs :

   
 I Must Forget You                                99 Guys

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The Fantastics (1) aha The Pharoes akaThe Keynoters (2)

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The Fantastics (1) (Brooklyn, New-York)
The Pharoes aka The Keynoters (2)


Personnel :

William "Sonny" Forrest（Lead）

Sammy Strain（First Tenor）

Billy Sutton（Second Tenor）

Freddy Warner（Baritone）

Larry Lawrence（Bass）



Discography :

The Pharoes
Unreleased :
1956 - Bye Byre Baby (Melba)
1956 - Rocket 88 (Melba)

The Fantastics (1)
Singles :
1959 - There goes my love / Millionaire Hobo（RCA 7572）
1959 - I got a zero / This is my wedding day（RCA 7664）
1961 - Dancing doll / I told you once（UA 309）
Unreleased :
1959 - Believe in me (RCA)
1959 - My girl (RCA)
1959 - Angie Lee (RCA)
1959 - Drum Beat (RCA)
1960 - My Buddy's girl (Princeton)

The Keynoters (2)
1962 - Come Back Home / I Wanna Know Who (Keynote 504)


Biography :

The Pharoes consisted of William “Sonny” Forrest (lead), Bill Medley (first tenor), someone remembered only as JW (second tenor), Fred Warner (baritone) and Wilbert “Larry” Lawrence, Jr. (bass). The Pharoes recorded “Rocket 88” and “Bye Bye Baby” for Melba Records on September 7, 1956 but it was not released. The Pharaohs underwent some personnel changes. JW left the group and was replaced by James “Billy” Sutton &  Billy Medley started missing rehearsals so Sammy Strain took Billy’s place. In addition to personnel changes, the group toyed with different names. They were the Holidays for a short time and then became the Passions. The Passions auditioned for a number of record companies.Auditioning for RCA-Victor producer Charlie Grean, the Passions eventually signed with RCA- Victor Records around May, 1959.


The Passions / Fantastics

The group went into the studio and recorded four songs on May 21, 1959: “Drum Beat”, “There Goes My Love”,“This Is My Wedding Day” and “Millionaire Hobo” . Just prior to the release of “There Goes My Love,” RCA-Victor got wind of another group called the Passions, and forced their group to find a new name, the Fantastics. The Fantastics were called back into the RCA studios on October 20, 1959 for a second recording session. They recorded “I Got A Zero,” “Angie Lee,” “My Girls,” and “Believe In Me”. In late 1960, Sammy Strain left the Fantastics to hang out with Richard Barrett and sing with the Impacts.   


Sonny Forrest, Larry Lawrence, Fred Warner, Sammy Strain, James Sutton

The Fantastics continued singing after Sammy Strain left the group. They acquired a new first tenor named Nick Nicholson. They continued singing as the Fantastics for the next couple years. Eric Bernay the owner of A-1 Records  decided to rename the group the Keynoters and record them on his Keynote label. Keynote had been an important indie label for jazz folk and Gospel music in the 1940’s  The Keynoters recorded “I Wanna Know Who” backed with “Come Back Home” for Keynote Records. “I Wanna Know Who” . The group soon went back to being the Fantastics. 

     

The Fantastics                                                                                 The V.I.P.S

Billy Sutton left the group and was replaced for a short time by Danny Hicks of the Continentals. In 1964, Larry Lawrence, Fred Warner and Nick Nicholson formed the V.I.P.’s, along with Horace Brooks from the Impacts and Blue Chips and a female singer, Jackie Carter.  They used to rehearse at the Brill Building on Broadway and the producer’s name was Bill Giant who lived in Matawan, New Jersey. The V.I.P.’s recorded three records for Bigtop Records.
http://www.classicurbanharmony.net/



Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

The Fantastics (1)

     
Believe in me                    There goes my love                 Millionaire Hobo

     
This is my wedding day            Dancing doll                    I told you once

     
I got a zero                              My girl                             Angie Lee

   
Drum Beat                            My Buddy's Girl

 

The Pharoes

  
Rocket 88                            Bye Bye Baby

 

The Keynoters (2)

   
Come Back Home                 I Wanna Know Who

 

 

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The Sunbeams (2) aka The Sawyer Sisters aka The Soo Sisters

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The Sawyer Sisters  Joanie, Susie and Katie

The Sunbeams (2)  (Tacoma, Washington)
The Sawyer Sisters aka The Soo Sisters

 

Personnel :

Katie Sauer

Susie Sauer

Joanie Sauer

 

Discography :

The Sunbeams (2)
1955 - I'm Gonna Go Home To Mama / Blue Mountain Waltz (Dot 1271)
1956 - Wrap It Up And Save It / How About It (Dot 1280)

The Soo Sisters
1956 - Three Hearts Later / My World (chic 1005)

The Sawyer Sisters
1959 - Here I Am / Rock-a Boogie Babies (Dynasty 621)

 

 

Biography :

This vocal trio is composed by three sisters from Tacoma, Katie, Susie and Joanie Sauer. It is under the name of the Sauer Sisters that they perform locally and begin to attract crowds. In mid-1955, the girls signed a recording contract with Dot Records. Two singles will be released by the Label in October 1955 and in Mars 1956 under the name of the Sunbeams. in December 1956, a new single released By Chic Records from Georgia. They still see their artist name change : The Soo Sisters

The Sawyer Sisters       
In June 1959 Dynasty Records, the new label headed by Lee Palmer released the last single of the trio under The Sawyer Sisters with "Here I Am" and "Rock A Boogie Babies". Between 1961 and 1963, the Sawyer Sisters appeared at Showboat, New Frontier, Flamingo and Riviera Hotels...

 

Songs :

(updated by Hans-Joachim) 

The Sunbeams (2)

  
Wrap It Up And Save It                         How About It      


I'm Gonna Go Home To Mama / Blue Mountain Waltz

 

The Sawyer Sisters

  
Here I Am                                      Rock-a Boogie Babies

 

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The Caprees

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The Caprees (Jackson, Mississippi)


Personnel :

Maurice Tony Gray

Willie “Butch” Johnson

Eddie Anderson

Robert “Earl” Johnson


Discography :       

1962 - If I Should Lose You / Where There’s a Will (Buccaneer 502)


Biography :

The Caprees were Maurice Tony Gray, Willie “Butch” Johnson, Robert “Earl” Johnson and Charles “Chuck” Guy. Jobie linked them with Bob McRee, owner of the same studio that hosted The Vels’ session. McRee called in Tim Whitsett to provide the backing band for “If I Should Lose You” and “Where There’s a Will”. Released on McRee’s Buccaneer label, the disc had regional success. Later, in 1966, the group traveled to Detroit and was signed to Golden World by producer Don Davis. Changing their name to The Holidays, their debut single (“I’ll Love You Forever”) was a hit. Coincidentally, Don later joined Stax Records in Memphis, and hired Tim Whitsett to run the music publishing division East/Memphis Music, proving that it is indeed a small world.



Songs :

 
If I Should Lose You


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