The Blue Jays (4) 1959 - Practical Joker / Barbara (Roulette 4169) 1960 - Kum Ba Yah / Cave Man Love (Roulette 4264)
The Castlemen 1961 - Tom Doolavitch / Driving On Bald Mountain (VCB 100-3
Biography :
Vocal group from New York composed by Mark Bennett Gartman, Elliot Rothpearl, Ronnie Kalman and a girl named Martha. The group signed a recording contract with Morris Levy. Levy was co-founder and owner of Roulette Records. In mid-1959, The Blue Jays recorded "Practical Joker" b/w "Barbara" followed by "Kum Ba Yah" b/w "Cave Man Love".
The Castlemen : Mark, Elliot & Jerry
“Barbara” is enjoying some success and the group performs regularly but Roulette records took advantage of many artists who never got paid for their work. The Blue Jay's are one of them! In early 1961 With Martha and Ronnie Kalman departure replaced by Jerry Trevor, the group now as a Trio turned to another label: VCB records from New York City. In 1961, the group will record two new songs, "Tom Doolavitch" b/w "Driving On Bald Mountain" released by VCB with a new group name: the
The Castlemen
Castlemen. A 1979 Castlemen Reunion also included Mike Ferrigno on Bass. Performance at the Teacher Union Award Luncheon of the United Federation of Teachers at the Waldorf Astoria December 17th 1979 where there played Labor Songs and Folk Songs .
Singles : 1957 - I Love My Girl / I'm Gonna Get Me A Girl Somehow (Cadence 1310) 1957 - How Much I Love You / Dear Don (Cadence 1339)
Unreleased : 1957 - Heaven Help Me (Cadence) 1957 - Lonely Woman (Cadence)
Biography :
Harold "Sonny" Wright was a part of the great vocal groups The Diamonds (not to be confused with the much later white Canadian group of that name famous for "Little Darlin'"). When The Diamonds broke up in 1955, Sonny had already been moonlighting for several years with the Regals, a hot quintet with a modern harmony style.
When the Regals (named after a Regal shoestore) agreed to become Sonny Til's new Orioles, Wright went his own way. He formed a new group who auditioned for Archie Blyer's Cadence Records and became the only black vocal group on this predominantly pop label. The members (Al Avant, Bobby Vaughn, John Coleman, and Sonny Wright) were named the Metronomes by Blyer in keeping with the name of his company. Two fine but unsuccessful singles later and the Metronomes, like the Diamonds, were just a footnote in vocal group history.
The Delco's 1962 - These Three little Words / Arabia (Ebony 01/02)
The Delcos 1963 - Those Three little Words / Arabia (Showcase 2501/Sound stage 7 2501) 1963 - Still miss you so / Just ask (Sound stage 7 2515)
Glen Madison (& The Delcos) 1963 - When You Dance / Why Do You Have To Go (Ebony 105)
Unreleased :
Tonight (Ebony) 
 Sunday Kind Of Love (Ebony) Summertime (Ebony) Si, Si, Pedro (Ebony) September Song (Ebony) Rainbow (Ebony) 
 Peace Of Mind (Ebony) Lucky Old Sun (Ebony) 
 Kathleen (Ebony)
 Just A Memory (Ebony) 
 Give Me A Chance (Ebony) 
 Crazy Baby (Ebony) Come On Back(Ebony) Broken Heart (Ebony) My Guardian Angel (Ebony) Diddy Bop (Ebony) 
 Cleopatra (Ebony)
Biography :
South Bend, Indiana-based R&B group the Delcos formed in 1961 -- according to Marv Goldberg's profile in the 1972 issue of Record Exchanger -- first tenor Pike Miller, tenor Peter Woodard, tenor/baritone Richard Greene, and bass Otis Smith first met as students at South Bend Central High School. A fixture of the local teen dance and talent show circuit, the fledgling group nevertheless suffered personnel problems; when Miller was asked to leave the lineup, his brother Gilbert was recruited to fill the gap, but he proved a poor fit as well.
Finally, the Delcos (so named after the brand of batteries) added first tenor Glenn Madison, another Central High alum, as well as baritone/bass Ralph Woods, and in the fall of 1962 recorded their debut single "Arabia" for manager Juanita Henson's Ebony label. When the record began gaining momentum, Henson licensed the Delcos to Monument, who insisted the group re-record the song at its Nashville studios. "Arabia" went on to become a breakout hit in cities including Pittsburgh, Washington D.C., and Detroit but fell shy of the national pop charts; Monument nevertheless bankrolled a tour of the East Coast, but declined to release the Delcos' follow-up "When You Dance," issued on Ebony and credited solely to Madison.
Monument's Sound Stage Seven imprint released the final Delcos single "Still Miss You So" in November 1963. Weeks later, Woods was called to serve in Vietnam, and with the draft looming, the group dissolved. Madison later toured with the Penguins and Zola Taylor's Platters. In 1991, Ebony released Boy Could They Sing, a CD compiling the Delcos official releases along with more than a dozen unreleased demo recordings. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide http://www.uncamarvy.com/Delcos/delcos.html
1959 - Look At Her / Our Teenage Love (Famas 59002)
Biography :
The Professors are a vocal and instrumental, consists of four graduates from Fredonia Teachers College. The group started four years ago as the Four Dukes and has given many local shows as well as having appeared on a Rochester television Programm.
The Group signing a record contract with Famas recording Company. Lou Mastor is a former member of the popular Hill-topers with whom he recorded and appeared in club engagements throughout the nations and in Europe.
1957 - Love Is True / Someone For Me (Mercury 71155)
Biography :
in 1957, Mercury's Eastern artist and repertoire chief, Bob Shad has signed the Vocal quartet The Little Beats.
The Little Beats is comprised of youngsters in their early teens. There is very little known about the Little Beats. They have only one recording for Mercury.
The Moments N/A - Teenage Baby (Unreleased) N/A - Oh My Elaine (Unreleased) N/A - L-O-V-E (Unreleased)
The Runarounds (1) 1961 - The Nearest Thing To Heaven / Lovers Lane (Pio 107)
The Emotions (1) Singles: 1962 - Echo / Come Dance Baby (Kapp 490) 1963 - L-O-V-E (Love) / A Million Reasons (Kapp 513) 1963 - Starlit Night / Fools Paradise (Laurie 3167) 1963 - A Story Untold / One Life, One love, One You (20th Fox 430) 1963 - Rainbow / Little miss Blue (20th Fox 452) 1964 - Boomerang / I love you Madly (20th Fox 478) 1964 - I wonder / Hey Baby (Karate 506) 1966 - She's My Baby (I Just Can’t Let Her Go) / Baby, I Need Your Lovin’ (Calla 122) 1966 - Heartstrings / Everytime (20th Century-Fox 623) 1990 - Echo ’90 / You Were There (Crystal Ball 155) Uneleased : 1964 - (She Said) No No No 1966 - Heart Strings (alt. take 7) n/a - Down Lovers Lane (demo) n/a - Here I Stand n/a - Movin’ On n/a - The Nearest Thing To Heaven (demo) n/a - When You Dance n/a - When You Were Just A Little Girl
Litte Fay bb The Emotions (1) 1966 - Joey, Won't You Ask Me / I Don't Care What The People Say (Top Pop 260)
Biography :
In 1956-7 Tony Maltese formed "The Runarounds". Hailing from the Brooklyn area,the group consisted of Frank Chevilianno (First Tenor), Joe Nigro (Baritone), Tony Maltese (Second Tenor) and Jr. Villa (Lead). Jr is the brother of Joey Villa who sang lead with "The Three Friends" and "The Royal Teens". The boys were all 16 and 17 years of age when they received their name from Teddy Randazzo who had just written and released a song titled "Runaround" with his group the "Three Chuckles".
The Runarounds
Tony had penned an original tune "You Were There" for "the Runarounds", but the group broke up to go college before they were able to pursue their dreams.Tony deceided in the field of music and formed a new group with the help of his friend. Tony Rao, who worked as a butcher.
The Moments
Tony Rao Brought a friend, Rick Cori, into the group who was also a butcher. Rick in turn persuaded his friend Joe Favale to depart from his group "The Moments" and Became the lead singer of the newly formed group which became know as "The Four Dreams". The Dream's sang everything from the Hilo's and 4 Freshman to street corner Doo-wop.
The Four Dreams
They recorded a demo of Tony's original "You Were There" but when Rick left the group to get married, the guy decided to disband. Joe Favale was a proficient song writer who penned many tunes for "The Moments". His love for Doo-Wop along with Tony's (Maltesse) led the fellows to form still another group. Taking the name "The Runarounds" once again, and past members Joe Nigro, the trio added Larry Cusimano and Don Collura who was a friend of Joe's.
Joe's other friend and writing partner Henry Boye was brought into the picture as the group's manager. Henry was responsible for the group's first recording contract with Pio records. In August 1961 their first record of the aforementioned songs was released — and promptly flopped.
Later in the year, they changed their name to the Emotions since they felt they sang with a lot of feeling. They cut a few new songs on demos in 1962 and played them for every label they could find that would listen. Finally Kapp Records, known mostly for pop instrumentalist Roger Williams, signed them.
In September 1962, they released “Echo,” their chime harmony ode to car crashes similar in theme to Mark Dinning’s “Teen Angel” (1959) and Ray Peterson’s “Tell Laura I Love Her” (1960). It immediately hit airwaves across the nation. New York’s famous disc jockey Murray the K made it a co-pick hit of the week with the Four Seasons’ “Big Girls Don’t Cry” when the Emotions, their friends, and their relatives “stuffed the ballot box” by flooding the station with phone calls.
The record rose to Number 76 in December of that year, but Kapp was unfamiliar with promoting that kind of record by a white doo wop group. Kapp lost it after it had sold over 250,000 copies in New York. Kapp then signed Ruby and the Romantics, and when Ruby’s “Our Day Will Come” charged on Feb. 9, 1963, the Emotions’ new single, “A Million Reasons,” was ignored.
A change came in the quintet when Tony Maltese left to get married and was replaced by Sal Covals, formerly with the Hytones. The Emotions signed for a one-shot with Gene and Bob Schwartz’s Laurie Records, creating a light rocker in a Crests/Mystic/Passions style called “Starlit Night.”
When that failed they moved again, this time to 20th Century Fox to redo The Nutmegs’ 1955 classic “Story Untold” in an up-tempo Four Seasons style. The record became popular in New York during the summer of 1963 but created little interest elsewhere. Many releases followed on 20th Fox and eventually Sal was replaced by a female Vocalist.
After a few more singles for labels 20th, Karate, and Calla with minimal radio response, the group decided to call it quits in 1970. Not long ago, Tony Maltesse and Joe Favale re-formed the group calling themselves the "Blue Emotions" due to legal technicalities.
The "Blue Emotions" recorded an album for "Ambient Sound" . Some pictures update by Joe Favale
Songs :
The Emotions (1)
Echo / Come Dance Baby A Story Untold / One Life, One love.... A Million Reasons
Starlit Night / Fools Paradise Little Miss Blue Rainbow
Boomerang I Love You Madly I Wonder
L-O-V-E (Love) Heartstrings Everytime
Hey Baby Baby, I Need Your Lovin' / She's My Baby (I Just Can’t Let Her Go)
Echo ‘90 You Were There (1990) (She Said) No No No
Heartstrings (alt.) Down Lovers Lane (demo) Here I Stand
Movin’ On The Nearest Thing To Heaven (demo) When You Dance
When You Were Just A Little Girl
The Runarounds (1)
The Nearest Thing To Heaven / Lovers Lane
The Four Dreams
You Were There
The Moments
Teenage Baby L-O-V-E
Litte Fay (bb The Emotions 1)
Joey, Won't You Ask Me I Don't Care What The People Say
The Memos (Brooklyn, New York) aka The Hurricanes (2) aka The Toppers (2)
Personnel :
Henry Austin（Lead）
James Brown（Tenor）
Eugene Williams（Baritone）
Vernon Britton（Bass）
Discography :
1959 - I'm Going Home / My Most Precious Possession（Memo 5000/5001） 1959 - My Type Of Girl / The Biddy Leg（Memo 34891）
Biography :
In May of 1959, The Hurricanes had hooked up with a new record label run by Bill Lasley called Memo Records, and had conveniently changed their name to The Memos. "I'm Going Home" and "My Most Precious Possession" are released on Memo # 500.
The label reports good reaction to the record in some Southern states. In October The Memos appear at a big anniversary show for Newark, New Jersey radio personality George Hudson at the Mosque Theater. That month "My Type Of Girl" and "The Biddy Leg" are released on Memo # 34891. This record went nowhere and the group never recorded again. http://www.uncamarvy.com/Hurricanes/hurricanes.html http://home.earthlink.net/~v1tiger/hurricanes.html
1956 - I hear a Melody / Roses Never Fade (Empire 101) 1958 - I Can't Forget / Red Dog (MGM 12671)
Biography :
Popular Tv singing Group from Oakland, California. The group consists of two (sometimes three) looking young men and two Lovely Young girls who have had a great deal of success on Hal Peary's Waltz Varities TV Show.
In 1956, they hooked up with the new Empire label and cut the Empire's first single. Empire, at 1614 North Argyle, in Hollywood, was owned by Helen Krinitt, Emil Bailey, and George Motola . Within a few months, the band was playing in several clubs around the country and cut a new single for MGM in 1958.
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