The Preludes (1) (Los Angeles) aka The Youngsters (1) aka Tempters aka Them
Personnel :
Homer Green (Lead)
Charles Everidge (Second Tenor)
Donald Miller (First Tenor)
Harold Murray (Baritone)
James Monroe Warren (Bass)
Discography :
1956 - Don't Fall In Love Too Soon / I Want Your Arms Around Me (Empire 103)
Biography :
The Youngsters had one good sized hit on the west coast, several records under different names, and members that were involved in other fine groups. The group formed at Manual Arts High School on Vermont Street in Los Angeles in 1955. Group members originally included Homer Green, Don Miller, Charles Everidge, Harold Murray and James Warren.
Their first recording was issued as the Preludes and was with the newly formed Empire record label, owned by George Motola and Jack Hoffman. Backing them on the session was noted pianist Ernie Freeman. "Don't Fall In Love Too Soon" was actually recorded at the same session as "Shattered Dreams" and "Rock And Roll Cowboy". Besides the Preludes and Youngsters, they also had the name of the Tempters. http://www.uncamarvy.com/Youngsters/youngsters.html
Songs :
Don't Fall In Love Too Soon I Want Your Arms Around Me
Singles : 1958 - Carol Ann / Cool Kat And His White Bucks (Pen Joy 501)
Unreleased : 1958 - Why Should I Cry? (Demo) 1958 - Jump Crybaby (Demo)
Biography :
One day in 1957, five street-corner doo-woppers decided to get in on the action as the Mon-Vales. Without any agent , they cut a demo tape at Sadowski's Market in Fairhope, which had a top notch, cottage industry recording studio in its basement. The instrumental tracks were laid down by another local band, Donora's Highlighters. Next came the hard part, peddling the songs to a record company. They began to door-knock on Record Row, demo in hand. Pen Joy Records on 45th Street liked the tape - it consisted of "Why Should I Cry?," "Jump Crybaby," "Carol-Ann," and "Cool Kat And His White Bucks."
"Carol-Ann" b/w "White Bucks" (Pen Joy #501, released 1958) was spinning on Porky's turntable, and the Mon-Vales had a local two-sided hit. They playing clubs there and in the Boston area, all the time honing a frenetic stage act. They even got to play one of Alan Freed's Rock and Roll shows. The Mon-Vales came home to a busy schedule of hops, high school dances, and the local club circuit. Their high-energy act was center stage at the Stockdale Fire Hall, the White Elephant, the Monessen Italian Club, and the Greensburg Fire Hall, plus whatever Mon Valley gyms or social halls would have them. Complete Biography at : http://oldmonmusic.blogspot.fr/2009/09/mon-vales.html
The Bachelors (2) Singles : 1953 - Can't Help Lovin' You / Pretty Baby (Aladdin 3210) 1956 - You've Lied / I Found Love (Royal Roost 620) 1957 - After / You Know You Know (I Love You So) (Poplar 101)
Unreleased : N/A - Feel So Bad (Aladdin) N/A - Dream (Aladdin) N/A - Baby (Royal Roost) N/A - Raining In My Heart (Royal Roost)
Billy Mitchell (bb The Bachelors) 1957 - Rock And Roll Tango / Bottomless Pit (Poplar 105)
The Jets (1) 1953 - The Lovers / Drag It Home Baby (Rainbow 201)
The Links 1958 - She's The One / Ba-Bee (Teenage 1009)
Biography:
The group formed in 1947 as the Caverliers and shortly thereafter became the Jets. For two years they appeared locally, and in 1953 they turned professional. Charles Booker helped them arrange material and they used his house to practice. He later became a semipermanent sixth member. In 1952 Earthaline Lee managed the group, still known as the Jets. She arranged for their first recording session with Eddie Heller's Rainbow Records in New York.
Walter Taylor was scheduled to sing lead on "Drag It Home Baby" at that first session but became hoarse that day and Charles Booker filled in. In 1953, Amos Milburn saw the Jets perform and set up a recording session with his label, Aladdin, in New York. Because Mesner of Aladdin was aware of another group called the Jets, they were renamed the Bachelors and recorded as the Bachelors for Aladdin.
The Aladdin recording didn't do well and the Bachelors then auditioned for Atlantic, Apollo, and Teddy Reig and Jack Hook's Royal Roost label in early 1956. Royal Roost accepted them and the Bachelors recorded four sides for Royal Roost, two of which were released on that label.
Lead "Buck" Mason was drafted into the army and Robert Russell took his place. Walter Taylor left after the Royal Roost session and Charles Booker replaced him . Taylor had left briefly before and was replaced by Don Covay for a short period. Herb Fisher also left and was replaced by James Taylor.
Billy Mitchell
In 1957, Clovers' manager Lou Krefetz started the Poplar label and invited the group to record for him. The group now consisted of Robert Russell, James Taylor, James Walton, and John Bowie. They recorded one disc at Poplar and broke up in 1958.James "Toy" Walton decided to try it again, getting Herb Fisher back, along with Wilbert Hess Dobson (baritone), Joe Woodley (baritone) and Johnny Terry (bass). Calling themselves the Links, they recorded "She's The One" for the Teenage label in 1958.James "Toy" Walton also recorded with the L' Cap-Tans on Anna and the Clovers. He also sang with the Knickerbockers, who were together for several years but never recorded. http://www.uncamarvy.com/Bachelors/bachelors.html http://home.earthlink.net/~v1tiger/bachelors.html
Singles : 1961 - May It Be My Fortune / Time (East Coast 101/102)
 1962 - Someone For Me, (Is There) / A Special Love (East Coast 105/106)
Unreleased : 1961 - Honey Doll (East Coast) 1961 - Baby I Don't Care (East Coast)
Biography :
Don Dell & the Up-starts are a Brooklyn NY group who cut two singles on the small label East Coast : "May It Be My Fortune / Time" and "Someone For Me, (Is There) / A Special Love" with a nice picture Sleeve. They recorded their songs at Flatbush Studios. Two other songs "Honey Doll" and "Baby I Don't Care" was released in Sweden (Jan 45-020). The English got a hold of some of the group's master tapes when they cut the rare records on East Coast.
Don Del Seni (Don Dell)
They recorded this two songs at the same session, and the tapes managed to make their way to Sweden, where they were finally released, 20 years after they were originally recorded, in 1980. To cap it off, the Swedish company mis-identified the backing band as the Montereys, although Don, a retired school principal, says they were in fact the Up-starts. In 1962, Don Dell recorded another single with the Montereys on his own label (Roman records).
Singles : 1959 - Rockin' In The Jungle / Rock 'n' Roll Cha Cha Cha (Hollywood 68) 1959 - Babalu's Weddind Day / My Girl (Holywood 70/71) 1961 - Blind Date / Today (Warwick 611)
Unreleased : N/A- The Letter (To the Service) N/A-Big Trouble N/A-Mr. Night N/A-Sad Christams N/A-The Mixture N/A-Babalu's Wedding Day 2
Biography :
The Eternals formed during the late '50s, in the Freeman Street neighborhood of the Bronx, where the quintet , Charlie Gerona, Fred Hodge, Ernie Sierra, Arnie Torres , and Alex Miranda started out singing in junior high school as the Gleamers, cutting their teeth on covers by the Flamingoes and the Spaniels; Gerona, meanwhile, was crafting songs in the humorous pop tradition of the Coasters, the Cadets, and the Olympics.
Soon the Gleamers were calling themselves the Orbits, and developing a sound all their own. A novelty Gerona penned for the holidays, "Christmas in the Jungle," which came complete with jungle sounds and bird calls (mostly done by Torres) received airplay from the Murray the K and WABC's disc jockey Bruce Morrow's shows and soon became their calling card.
Their new manager, Bill Martin, a friend of Morrow's, then turned them on to Melba Records chief Morty Craft, who put the group in Beltone Studios in late spring of 1959 to record the song, which by now had been changed to "Rockin' in the Jungle." The group also felt that a new name was in order and crowned themselves the Eternals, no doubt hoping for everlasting success. "Rockin' in the Jungle" was released in early summer on Craft's new Hollywood Records label, becoming an immediate hit in New York (number 11 locally).
On July 13th, the song hit Billboard's national Pop Charts, where it lodged at number 78. The Eternals' second novelty release -- "Babalu's Wedding Day" -- was just starting to break, when the Etemals' manager felt compelled to sue shady booking agents who were apparently attempting a less-than-ethical move on the group. As a result of the court case, "Babalu's" distribution was stopped and the Eternals were denied their shot at stardom. (The single became a jingle on WABC disc jockey Bob Lewis' radio show and helped kept the group's image alive for years to come).
In January 1961, the Eternals' last single was issued through Morty Craft's Warwick Records. The A-side was written by new member George Villanueva, who also sang lead, and should have been a hit but more legal entanglements kept the record from charting. The group disbanded in 1962, but by 1972 they re-emerged for a show at the Academy of Music ~ Bryan Thomas, All Music Guide http://www.colorradio.com/Eternals.htm
Songs :
Babalu's Weddind Day Rockin' In The Jungle My Girl
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