Three belles of Bell Buckle known as the Tri-Tones. made some mighty fine music for several years. Individually they are Sandra Cathey, Emily Gilmore, and Marcia Manley. All claim the romantic age of 18 In 1959. They were invited to New York to sing on one of the Sunday Nite variety/talent shows. Besides friendship and money, music has brought the Tri-Tones national fame.
Their biggest achievement was the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scout Show. They were declared the winners and appeared on Arthur Godfrey's daytime show for a week. In 1959, Emily Gilmore join Delores Dinning, Darrell McCall and Hurshel Wigintin to form The Little Dippers.
The Palisades (4) (Brooklyn, New-York) aka The Cookies aka The Stepping Stones aka The Cinderellas (3) aka The Honey Bees (2)
Personnel :
Dorothy Jones (Lead Soprano)
Earl Jean McCrae (Lead Alto)
Margaret Ross (Lead Soprano)
Discography :
1963 - Make The Night A Little Longer / Heaven Is Being With You (Chairman 4401)
Biography :
When Darlene and Margie left the Cookies to join Ray Charles' backing group the Raelettes in 1958, Darlene's younger sister Earl-Jean joined along with Margaret Ross. It was this trio with Dorothy Jones that found itself in New York working for Dimension Records during the early 1960s.
Don Kirshner was involved in Dimension Records and he had other record labels. The first was Chairman Records, a subsidiary of London Records. The Cookies released a single on this Label under the name of The Palisades.
The trio also released several recordings under pseudonyms, mostly with Margaret Ross on lead. Their alter egos on recordings were with The Palisades : The Stepping Stones, The Cinderellas and The Honey Bees.
Songs :
Make The Night A Little Longer Heaven Is Being With You
Singles : 1959 - Do you want my love / Celebrity Party (Skyline 501) 1959 - Part Of You / Kingdom Of Love (Skyline 502) 1960 - Stolen Angel / Keep Laughin' (Ribbon 6905/6910) 1960 - Lost love / Only Then (Ribbon 6911) 1961 - Cindy Oh Cindy / Mama's little Baby (FTP 409) 1961 - Lonely Bluebird / Kingdom of love (FTP 415) 1961 - On Again Off Again Love / Sometimes I Wonder (FTP 418) 1962 - Memories / Beggin' For Your Love (Parkway 841) 1963 - Letter From My Baby / Welcome Me (Comet 2153) 1963 - Love And Tenderly / It's Gonna Happen Soon (Comet 2161)
Unreleased : 1959 - Teenage Love (Skyline) 195x - Life
Biography :
The Scott Brothers sometimes Scott Bros. that recorded on Skyline, Comet, FTP, Parkway and Ribbon records are in no way related to the Chicago Scott Bros. who recorded for USA, Smash, Zachron, and Toddlin' Town records in the late '60s.
The Scott Brothers was a "family affair," consisting of Three Brothers, Horace, Warren and Amos Scott with their uncle Adolphus Scott. They recorded mainly for Jerry Field's labels in New York But they were originally from The D.C. Area.
Horace and Warren were the main songwriters, and wrote a few songs for other artists. The Scott Bros. had a handful of singles in the early 1960s/late 1950s, but only "Stolen Angel" managed to register on the Billboard Hot 100 chart . The 1963 singles were on Comet, a short-lived label distributed by Ember and produced by Jerry Field....
1961 - Darling (I'm Home) / Who, Me? (Smart 323/Chess 1794) 1961 - Because I Love You / I Don't Have You (Smart 325)
Biography :
The Mandells were military men stationed at 2 airforce bases (Kirtland and Manzano) in Albuquerque, NM. The year was 1956, and Neil "Eranious" Murray and his vocal group The Supremes were starting to do well. In fact, they actually won the European championships! The following year, Neil and another member of his group (The Supremes) ended up going over to Libya (the Libyan Sahara Desert) and became the nucleus of another vocal group, which they called The Desertiers.
In 1957, Neil, still in the Air Force, arrived at Kirtland Air Force base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There, he met a group of folks who were in a vocal group that needed a bass singer, so he decided to join this group. Around January of 1958, this group became known as The Vocaltones with Jimmy Smith & Eranious Murray. The Vocaltones had a lot of performing talent, and began to grow in popularity. They entertained people around Albuquerque and won various competitions.
The Desertiers The Vocaltones
In the spring of 1959, The Vocaltones won the talent championships held at Kirtland Air Force Base. The Vocaltones is the group that later evolved into The Mandells. The Vocaltones as a group existed from
January 1958 until mid-1959
During the early afternoon of April 8th, 1961 The Mandells went into the studio in Phoenix for the recording session. The session itself was relatively quick, and lasted for only about two or three hours . The songs were recorded completely live and all in one take (the songs were “Darling, I’m Home”, “Who, Me?”, “I Don’t Have You”, and Because I Love You”).
Darling I’m Home was originally released in 1960 on the Smart record label, and because it did get some notice in some East Coast cities, it was picked up by Chess Records and released on that label in June of 1961. Jimmy Smith was discharged in February of 1962, and The Mandells thereafter broke up. http://www.beaudaddy.com/mandells/index.html
Billy Vera & the Contrasts(Wetchester, New York) aka The Kinght Riders (1) aka Blue-Eyed Soul
Personnel :
Billy Vera (Lead Tenor)
Ronnie Hinds
Bob Powers
Al Esposito
Discography :
Billy Vera & The Contrasts 1962 - My Heart cries / All My love (Rust 5051)
The Knight Riders (1) 1961 – My Heart cries / All My love (Club 1220/Souvenir)
Blue-Eyed Soul 1966 – Shadow Of Your Love / Look Gently At The Rain (Cameo 401) 1966 – Somethin’ New / Tonight I Am A King (Cameo 423)
Biography :
Billy Vera was born in Riverside, California. He began his singing career in 1962 as a member of the Resolutions. He went on to write several songs throughout the early 1960s, writing for the likes of Barbara Lewis, Fats Domino, The Shirelles and Ricky Nelson. He also wrote the garage band classic, "Don't Look Back", performed by the Remains.
The Kinght Riders got their musical education backing hit record acts of the day: the Drifters, the Coasters, Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles, Little Anthony & the Imperials and many more. "My Heart cries / All My love" was released on the Rust label, a subsidiary of Laurie Records, in 1962.
It was made by the band using the name Contrasts because they were under contract elsewhere. The group later changed its name to Blue-Eyed Soul.
In 1964, Pookie Hudson (Spaniels' lead singer) teamed up with the Coasters (Carl Gardner, Billy Guy, Earl Carroll, and Dub Jones) to record a couple of tunes for the Chase Label as the "Individuals.
Paste-up picture : Gardner, Jones, Carroll, Guy & Pookie Hudson
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