Doo Wop - Rhythm & Blues

The Native Boys

Posted on March 29 2013 by dion1

The Native Boys (Watts, Calif.)

Personnel :

Freddie Romain (Lead)

Vince Weaver (First Tenor)

Charles Mathis

Harry Rosemond

Edward "Sack" Saunders (Bass)

Discography :

Singles :
1954 - Native Girl / It Won't Take Long (Modern 939) 
1955 - Strange Love / Cherrlyn (Combo 113)
1956 - Tears / When I Met You (Combo 115) 
1956 - Laughing Love / Valley Of Lovers (Combo 119)  
1956 - Oh Let Me Dream / I've Got A Feeling (Combo 120)

Unreleased :
1956 - Devil Kissed An Angel (Combo)
1956 - My Darling (Combo)

Biography :

This Watts group began as The Mellotears, but when they made their first single for Modern Records, owner Jules Bihari changed their name to The Native Boys. Freddie Romain and Vince Weaver were the primariy leads, backed up by George Le Brune, bass singer Edward "Sack" Saunders and Charles Mathis. Harry Rosemond was a member on the Modern sides, but he left before they signed with Jake Porter's Combo label.

Edward "Sack" Saunders Vince Weaver

Danny Kristian (real name Arthur Murray) may have been with the group at the very end of their Combo period. Kristian and Romain went to Lee Rupe's Ebb Records in early 1957 with new, much older background singers and recorded that label's first single as The Ebbtones, a name that did not exist outside the record.

Freddie Romain

Vince and Freddie later joined the Flares and sang on the group's 1961 Felsted hit, "Foot Stomping-Part 1." In 1963 guitarist Buddy Harper and disk jockey Chuck Mann recorded Freddie Romain for their tiny Spindletop label.The Native Boys' "Strange Love" was a minor hit around the country after getting heavy airplay from Alan Freed on WINS in New York in the early winter of 1956, and among doo-wop fans and collectors it remains the song they're known for. But The Native Boys were a relatively polished group that made several great recordings.

http://www.uncamarvy.com/NativeBoys/nativeboys.html
http://www.electricearl.com/dws/nativeboys.html

Songs :


Strange Love                     Oh Let Me Dream                     When I Met You


      Cherrlyn                        Laughing Love              Valley Of Lovers


          Tears                                Native Girl                              I've Got A Feeling


Devil Kissed An Angel                 It Won't Take Long       My Darling

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Cornell Gunter & The Ermines aka The Flairs (1)

Posted on March 27 2013 by dion1

Cornell Gunter & The Ermines (Los Angeles)
aka The Flairs (1)

Personnel :

Cornell Gunter（Lead）

Kenneth Byley (First Tenor)

Thomas Miller (Baritone)

George Hollis（Bass）

Discography :

Singles :
1955 - True Love / Peek, Peek-A-Boo (Loma 701)
1956 - You Broke My Heart / I'm So Used To You Now (Loma 703)
1956 - Keep Me Alive / Muchacha, Muchacha (Loma 704)
1956 - I'm Sad / One Thing For Me (Loma 705)

Unreleased :
1958 - He Judges (Ebb) unreleased
1958 - I'll Make A Bet (Ebb) (unreleased)

Biography :

The Flairs were an American doo-wop group based in Los Angeles. They went through several lineup changes during their existence. Their notable members included Richard Berry (writer of 'Louie Louie') and Cornell Gunter, who would go on to being a member of The Coasters.

In 1955, some members left the flairs, Pete Fox joining the Cadets and Obediah Jessie recording solo (as Young Jessie). Cornell Gunter formed a new group, The Ermines, with new members George Hollis, Thomas Miller, and his cousin, Kenneth Byley. After a brief stint with Loma Records , they signed up with manager Buck Ram, and moved to ABC-Paramount Records, taking the name The Flairs.

Shirley Gunter The Ermines

After recording for ABC a short time, they moved to Modern, then to Aladdin Records. Old Ermine's tracks continued to be released by Loma. Also, during this time, they frequently backed up Gunter's sister, Shirley.
http://www.uncamarvy.com/Flairs/flairs.html
http://www.vocalgroupharmony.com/3ROWNEW/TrueLove.htm

Songs :


True Love                        Peek, Peek-A-Boo                  You Broke My Heart


I'm So Used To You Now              Keep Me Alive                  One Thing For Me


I'll Make a Bet                        Muchacha, Muchacha                   I'm Sad

He Judges

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The Joytones aka The Hi-Lites (10) aka The Joy-Tones

Posted on March 25 2013 by dion1

The Joytones (New York)
aka The Hi-Lites (10) aka The Joy-Tones

Personnel :

Lucille "Vicki" Burgess (Lead)

Estelle Harper

Margaret Moore

Discography :

The Joytones
1956 - You Just Won't Treat Me Right / All My Love Belongs To You (Rama 191) 
1956 - Gee What A Boy / Is This Really The End (Rama 202)  
1956 - My Foolish Heart / Jimbo Jango (Rama 215)

The Joy-Tones
1965 - This Love (That I'm Giving You) / I Wanna Party Some More (Coed 600)

The Hi-Lites (10)
1958 - Please Believe I Love You / Sweet And Lovely (Reno 1030)

Biography :

In 1955, after some singles with the Charmers, Vikki Burgess joins with Myrna Hamilton and Renee Stewart and form a group called The Solirettes and are signed to top New York independent label Old Town Records. All of the efforts by the group remain unreleased and The Solirettes become a dim memory of the time. Burgess now forms another group with Margaret Moore and Estelle Harper and call themselves The Joytones. They are soon signed to record for George Goldner's Rama Records, and in March of 1956 "All My Love Belongs To You" (originally by The Hearts on Baton) and "You Just Won't Treat Me Right" on Rama #191 is released.

The Charmers

During that summer Barbara Brown replaces Estelle Harper, and The Joytones second record for Rama is released. The songs "Gee What A Boy" and "Is This Really The End?" are released on Rama#202. The record is pushed nationally by Rama hoping for "Boy" to click with the teenage listening public, but that does not happen. There is another personnel change within the group when Lynn Middleton replaces Barbara Brown before the group's third release for Rama.

In spring of 1957 Rama #215 features "My Foolish Heart" and "Jimbo Jango" which turns out to be the last record by The Joytones. Like the others it does not garner great airplay or sales.By 1958 Vikki Burgess, Lynn Middleton, and Margaret Moore determine that maybe a name change is in order and so The Joytones now become The Hi-Lites and have one record release for the small indie label Reno Records in 1958.

The songs are "Sweet And Lovely" and "Please Believe I Love You" on #1030. In short order The Hi-Lites were also part of the great memory bank of the 1950s.The Joytones would reappear on record in 1965 in the middle of Motown and the British Invasion with "This Love" and "I Wanna Party Some More" recorded for Coed Records and released on #600.

A few years later a group called Love Potion comprised of (surprise !) Vikki Burgess, Margaret Moore, and Lynn Middleton, release "This Love", the same take as by The Joytones in 1965. The song is released on TCB #1601 in 1968. One year later the same song is released as by Love Potion on Kapp #979.

Songs :

The Joytones


You Just Won't Treat Me Right All My Love Belongs To You      Gee What A Boy


Is This Really The End     My Foolish Heart    Jimbo Jango

The Joy-Tones

I Wanna Party Some More      This Love (That I'm Giving You)

The Hi-Lites (10)


Please Believe I Love You                 Sweet And Lovely

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The Dreamtones (1) aka The Centuries (2) ref The Mint Juleps

Posted on March 24 2013 by dion1

The Dreamtones (1) aka The Centuries (2) ref The Mint Juleps
(L to R) Clarence Thomas, Drew "Skippy" Thompson, Shelton Laster, George Val Poitier and Major Branch

The Dreamtones (1) (Springfield, Massachusetts)
aka The Centuries (2)
ref The Mint Juleps

Personnel :

Major Branch (Lead)

George Val Poitier (Bass)

Shelton Laster (Baritone)

Clarence Thomas (Second Tenor)

Drew "Skippy" Thompson (First Tenor)

Milton White (Piano)

Discography :

The Dreamtones (1)
1958 - Stand Behind Me / Love In The Afternoon (Klik 8505)
1959 - Praying For A Miracle / Jelly Bean (Express 501)
1959 - A Lover's Answer / Mean Man (Astra 551)

The Mitlo Sisters bb The Dreamtones (1)
1958 - Lonely Sea / Let Me Tell You (Klik 8405)

The Centuries (2)
1963 - Crying For You / Oh Darling (The Jaytones) (Times Square 5)
1963 - Betty / Ride Away (The Revlons) (Times Square 15)

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The Mint Juleps
Singles :
1956 - Bells Of Love / Vip-A-Dip (Herald 481)
Unreleased :
1956 - Ginny Doll
1959 - Queen Of Love

Biography :

The Dreamtones Hailed from Springfield, Massachusetts culling members from the Mint Juleps as well as several Gospel Groups . They Featured the Lead of Major Branch with George Val Poitier (Actor Sidney's cousin), Shelton Laster, Clarence Thomas, Skippy Thompson and Milton White on Piano. Before joining the Dreamtones, George Val Poitier & Clarence Thomas had been with The Mint Juleps on Herald. The other members were Alvin Clark on lead, William Terrell and Emra Clemmons . The mint Juleps recorded "Bells Of Love" and "Vip-A-Dip" released on Herald 481 and did two unreleased songs "Ginny Doll" and "Queen Of Love". There were so many different groups vying for airplay in 1956, and if your first single didn’t sell, your other tunes may well be scrapped.

The Dreamtones (1) aka The Centuries (2) ref The Mint Juleps
The individual members of the Dreamtones met at a local club and began to harmonize. Milton's mother had a rooming house where many of the touring R&B groups of the day would stay while passing through Springfield. In 1957, the group went to New Haven and signed and recorded with Marty Kugell's Klik label. The Dreamtones backed up the Mitlo Sisters on their Klik recording of "Oh Lonely Sea" before Klik released their first single with "Stand Behind Me" and "Love In The Afternoon".

The Dreamtones (1) aka The Centuries (2) ref The Mint Juleps

The group also had releases on Express in 1959: "Praying For A Miracle" b/w "Jelly Bean". NY's Express label, which was a sister label of Fargo Records. The Final Dreamtones release was "A Lover's Answer" b/w "Mean Man" for Astra in 1959 though they can also be heard providing jungle hoots behind Joe Therrien on his very rare Sentinel release, "Siam". In the early 1960s, previously unreleased Klik master were sold to Slim Rose; Slim released them on his Times Square label and renamed the group the Centuries.

Songs

The Dreamtones (1)


Stand Behind Me                Love In The Afternoon             Praying For A Miracle


Jelly Bean                            A Lover's Answer                 Mean Man

The Mitlo Sisters bb The Dreamtones (1)

Let Me Tell You / Lonely Sea

The Centuries (2)

Crying For You Betty

The Mint Juleps

Bells Of Love Vip-A-Dip

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The Charmettes (5)

Posted on March 22 2013 by dion1

The Charmettes (5) (Brooklyn, New York)

Personnel :

Clara Byrd

Mittie Ponder

Betty Simmons

Discography :
Singles :
1963 - Please Don't Kiss Me Again / What Is A Tear (Kapp 547)
1963 - Oozi-Oozi-Ooh / He's A Wise Guy (Kapp 570)
1965 - (Preacher Man) Stop The Wedding / Sugar Boy (World Artists 1053)
Unreleased :
1963 - That Boy Is My Boy (Kapp)

Biography :

The Charmettes, Brooklyn act, consisted of Clara Byrd, Mittie Ponder, and Betty Simmons were handled by writer/producer Kenny Young. In 1963 they recorded "Please Don't Kiss Me Again" For Kapp Records.

"Please Don't Kiss Me Again" reached #100 for a week in late 1963, but none of their follow-up records for Kapp and United Artists charted. This was the first hit song for Kenny Young, who also managed the band for a while. Kenny is best known for writing the songs "Under The Boardwalk", "Come Back & Shake Me", "Don't Go Into The Rain"...

Songs :


Please Don't Kiss Me Again         What Is A Tear               He's A Wise Guy


Oozi-Oozi-Ooh             (Preacher Man) Stop The Wedding              Sugar Boy

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The Five Sounds aka The Love Notes (4)

Posted on March 21 2013 by dion1

The Love Notes (4) (Brooklyn, New-York)
aka The Five Sounds

Personnel :

Andew Taylor (Lead)

Wesley Hazzard (Baritone)

Lawrence Campbell (First Tenor)

Robert Williamson (Second Tenor)

Bonny Rivers (Bass) 

Discography :

The Love Notes (4)
1957 - Dream Girl / Treat Me Right (Peak 5003)

Russ Riley & The Five Sounds
1957 - Tonight Must Live On / Crazy Feeling (Aljon 115/Arcade1005)

The Five Sounds
1958 - The Greatest Gift Of All / Chalypso Baby (Deb 1006) 
1960 - Good Time Baby / That's When I Fell In Love (Baritone 940/941)

Biography :

Before recording for the Aljon label, The Five Sounds were earlier know as the Love Notes, when they recorded "Dream Girl" and "Treat Me Right" for Peak/Joyce Records in February of 1957 - which was originally released only with the wrong label. The group included Andew Taylor (Lead), Wesley Hazzard (Baritone), Lawrence Campbell (First Tenor), Robert Williamson (Second Tenor) and Bonny Rivers (Bass). Russ Riley was their new lead singer on "Tonight must live on" and "Crazy Feeling". Arcade Records re-issued the songs on their own label in 1977.

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

The Love Notes (4)

Dream Girl Treat Me Right

Russ Riley & The Five Sounds

Tonight Must Live On Crazy Feeling

The Five Sounds

Good Time Baby That's When I Fell In Love The Greatest Gift Of All

Chalypso Baby

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The Gems (1)

Posted on March 19 2013 by dion1

Rip Reed, Wilson James, Ray Pettis, Bobby Robinson & David Taylor

The Gems (1) (Evanston, Illinois)

Personnel :

Ray Pettis (Lead)

Rip Reed (Bass)

Bobby Robinson (First Tenor)

Wilson James (Bass-Baritone)

David Taylor (Second Tenor)

Discography :

The Gems (1)
1954 - Talk About The Weather / Deed I Do (Drexel 901)
1955 - I Thought You'd Care / Kitty From New York City (Drexel 903)
1955 - You're Tired Of Love / Ol Man River (Drexel 904)
1956 - The Darkest Night / One Woman Man (Drexel 909)
1957 - Till The Day I Die / Monkey Face Baby (Drexel 915)

Dorothy Logan & The Gems (1)
1954 - Since I Fell For You / Small Town Man (Dorothy Logan) (Drexel 902

Biography :

Not to be confused with the girl group of the same name from the same city, who were signed to Chess Records -- were a quintet formed in Chicago in 1952, with Ray Pettis on lead, Bob Robinson and David Taylor as tenors, William James as baritone, and Rip Reed as bass. After a couple of years of singing around the Windy City, they were signed to Drexel Records in the spring of 1954, and their "Let's Talk About the Weather" b/w "Deed I Do" became the company's first release a few weeks later. It did well enough locally so that the group was also on the label's second single A-side, "Since I Fell for You," although the B-side was given to another Drexel artist, Dorothy Logan. They were also represented on the company's third single, "Kitty from New York City" b/w "I Thought You'd Care," and the fourth, an R&B rendition of "Old Man River" backed with "You're Tired of Love."

The Gems (1)
Bobby Robinson, David Taylor, Ray Pettis, Wilson James & Rip Reed

Their recording activity slackened considerably after 1955, with their single "One Woman Man" b/w "The Darkest Night" getting some local and regional airplay. Drexel was still plugging them a couple of years later when it issued their final single, "Monkey Face Baby" b/w "Till the Day I Die." The group apparently broke up after 1957, ending a good five-year run. Their recordings retain a serious following among harmony vocal and doo wop enthusiasts, and devotees of Chicago's music history in those genres. After the Gems broke up, Ray Pettis took over as the lead of another Evanston-based vocal group called the Foster Brothers. As a soloist, Pettis recorded for the Boss and Dee Dee labels (which were co-owned by former Gem Bobby Robinson). He was on singles for Boss released in 1962 and 1963, and on one side of a single for Dee Dee (1963). After a single for Salem in 1965 and one for Exodus (run briefly by Jimmy Bracken and Vivian Carter after Vee-Jay went bankrupt, 1966), Pettis recorded his last two singles for Dee Dee in 1969.
http://www.uncamarvy.com/Gems/gems.html

Songs :

The Gems (1)

Deed I Do / Talk About The Weather I Thought You'd Care / Kitty From New York

You're Tired Of Love / Ol Man River  The Darkest Night / One Woman Man

Till The Day I Die / Monkey Face Baby

Dorothy Logan & The Gems (1)

Since I Fell For You

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The Sentimentals (1)

Posted on March 18 2013 by dion1

The Sentimentals (1) (Coney Island, New York)

Personnel :

Sylvester Jackson (Lead)

Floyd Bond (First Tenor)

Edward Copeland (Second Tenor)

Kipling Pittman (Baritone)

Michael Riggins (Bass)

Discography :

The Sentimentals (1)
1957 - I Want To Love You / Teenie Teenager (Mint 801/Checker 875)
1957 - Wedding Bells / A Sunday Kind Of Love (Mint 802)
1958 - I'm Your Fool Always / Rock Me Mama (Mint 803)
1959 - You're Mine / Danny Boy (Mint 805)
1968 - I'll Miss These Things / This Time (Mint 807)
1972 - I Want To Love You / This Time (Mint 808)

James Carter & The Sentimentals (1)
1957 - Hey Baby Hey / I Know (Tuxedo 922)

Ann Nichols & The Sentimentals (1)
1958 - Lover I'm Waiting for you / I'm Sixteen Years (Tuxedo 926/943)

Patty York (bb The Sentimentals (1))
1958 - You Walked Away With My Heart / That Old Feeling (Mint 806)

Biography :

This vocal group featured Sylvester Jackson as lead, Floyd Bond - 1st Tenor, Edward Copeland - 2nd Tenor, Kipling Pittman - Baritone & Michael Riggins - Bass. As mentioned above the group was from Coney Island, New York.

The Sentimentals came to Tuxedo Records for an audition. The label was primarily a Gospel organization, but Tuxedo management liked them and in 1957 began Mint Records for secular music. " I Want To Love You" and "Teenie Teenager" was their first release in August 1957.

Ann Nichols Patty York

When it began to take off, a deal was struck with Chess Record of Chicago for more effective distribution. They recorded for Mint Records and doing back-up work for Mint/Tuxedo artists such as James Carter, Ann Nichols and Patty York. In 1958, Bond and Pittman left and were replaced by Ralph Gamble, making the group a quartet.

During the dormant early 1960s, Gamble left and was replaced by Gary Simmons. The Group recorded several sides, none of which were released. Live appearances continued and eventually they began performing and recording as a soul group.
http://www.vocalgroupharmony.com/ROWNEW/ThoseMag.htm

Songs :


I Want To Love You           I'll Miss These Things            A Sunday Kind Of Love


Wedding Bells                 I'll Miss These Things                  This Time

I'm Your Fool Always Rock Me, Mama Danny Boy

James Carter & The Sentimentals (1)

I Know Hey, Baby, Hey

Patty York & The Sentimentals (1)

You Walked Away With My Heart That Old Feeling

Ann Nichols & The Sentimentals (1)

Lover I'm Waiting for you I'm Sixteen Years

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The Gallahads (2)

Posted on March 17 2013 by dion1

The Gallahads (2) (Seattle, Wa)
ref The Gallahads (3) aka the Chants (2)

Personnel :

Bobby Dixon (First Tenor/Lead)

Jimmy Pipkin (First Tenor/Lead)

"Tiny" Tony Smith (Second Tenor)

Clifton James (Baritone/Tenor)

Ernie Rouse (Bass)

Discography :

The Gallahads (2)
1960 - Gone / So Long (Nite Owl 20)
1960 - Lonely Guy / Jo Jo The Big Wheel (Del-Fi 4137/Donna 1322)
1961 - Be Fair / I'm Without A Girlfriend (Del-Fi 4148)
1961 - Why Do Fool Fall In Love / Gone (Rendezvous 153)

Jimmy Pipkin & The Gallahads (3) aka The Chants (2)
1962 - This Letter To You / The Answer To Love (Donna 1361)

The Gallahads (3) aka The Chants (2)
1964 - Keeper Of Dreams / Sad Girl (Beechwood 3000)

Jimmy Pipkin's Gallahads (2)
1964 - My Offering / Have Love Will Travel (Sea Crest 6005)

Biography :

The Gallahads -- led by Jimmy Pipkin -- are best remembered for "Lonely Guy," an enormous smash hit in 1960. Lead vocalist Pipkin, Bobby Dixon (first tenor and lead), "Tiny" Tony Smith (second tenor), and bass man Ernie Rouse formed this vocal group in Seattle, WA, in 1952, while they were still in junior high. At first they called themselves the Echoes, but by the time they traveled to L.A. to record for Del-Fi Records and the Donna subsidiary, they were calling themselves the Gallahads. The group had only few releases , but each had enormous impact. Their first single, "Lonely Guy," was released on both the Del-Fi and Donna labels, almost simultaneously. It proved to become an enormous smash, charting between June and September of 1960 and peaking at number nine in the Top Ten. In Los Angeles, it spent ten weeks at number one on the KFWB Fabulous Forty, the number one station in town. It also charted at number 111 on the national pop charts.

1959 (At the Birdland Club) L to R : Joe Hardy, Bobby Dixon, Tony Smith, Clifton James and Jimmy Pipkin.

By the time of their next release, the Gallahads' lineup had changed a little bit: joining lead singer Pipkin and Ernie Rouse were fellow Seattlite Ray Robinson and L.A.-based doo wop/R&B musician/arranger/producer Charles Wright, who also worked with label-head Bob Keane as an A&R man and produced and arranged recordings by Little Caesar & the Romans and other acts. The A-side, "Be Fair," was sung in classic doo wop style and generated a bit of controversy because the story involved a blind boy ("it's no fun being blind") crossing the street with his girl friend who realizes that while his girl is "holding my hand, she's kissing my best friend." It's not clear who objected to the song, but the single hit another snag regardless. Disc jockey Alan Freed, whose radio show was broadcast on L.A.'s KDAY in 1960, failed to compensate the Gallahads for a few scheduled appearances, so they signed a complaint with AFTRA (a musician's union). Freed not only dropped the record but influenced fellow DJ Dick Clark to do the same, and it quickly fell off the charts.

The Gallahads (1974) L to R : Ernie Rouse, Jimmy Pipkin (at top), "Tiny Tony" Smith, Charles Sampson.

Pipkin's final Gallahads single failed to earn them airplay as well and the original group soon split up. Jimmy Pipkin then based in California picked up a vocal group called The Chants. This group hailed from San Pedro, California. Members included Arthur Lee Sprewell,Elliott Sprewell, Tyrone Sprewell, Lewis Booker, Eugene Booker, and Mack Givens. The Chants had already recorded "Heaven And Paradise" b/w "When I'm With You" release en 1960 by Night Owl Records and probably in 1959, "The Graveyard Hop" b/w "A Thousand Miles In My Path" on the Big Moment Label. Label copied as Jimmy Pipkin & The Gallahads. The Chants recorded "This Letter To You" and "The Answer To Love" on Donna Records. The "Answer To Love" is a typical Pipkin ballad and sticks to The Gallahads' trademark sound. In fact, The Chants could almost be taken as a Gallahads clone. In 1964, Chuck Markulis, who owned the rights to the Gallahads name, produced two Gallahads sides for the Beechwood label, "Keeper Of Dreams" backed with "Sad Girl" But it's still the Chants recorded the Songs. Meanwhile, the Gallahads name resurfaced again in 1964 with "My Offering," this time with Billy Burns on lead vocal and a white teen band called the Counts backing them up. The Seattle-based Pipkin continued to perform with an oldies version of the Gallahads.

Songs :

The Gallahads (2)


Gone                               So Long                                 Lonely Guy


Jo Jo The Big Wheel                     Be Fair                  I'm Without A Girlfriend

Why Do Fool Fall In Love

Jimmy Pipkin & The Gallahads (3) aka the Chants (2)


This Letter To You             The Answer To Love

The Gallahads (3) aka the Chants (2)

Keeper Of Freams Sad Girl

Jimmy Pipkin's Gallahads (2)

My Offering Have Love Will Travel

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The Dontells aka The Don-Tels

Posted on March 15 2013 by dion1

The Dontells aka The Don-Tels

The Dontells (Chicago)
aka The Don-Tels

Personnel :

Nathaniel Pendleton (First Tenor)

Leroy Dandridge

Larry Nestor

Willie Weems (Guitarist)

Discography :

The Don-Tels
1963 - People Gonna Talk / I Found A Love (Witch 119)
1963 - Lonely Boy / The Old Man (Witch 121)

The Dontells
1963 - Lover's Reunion / Make A Chance (Beltone 2040)
1965 - In Your Heart / Nothing But Nothing (Vee Jay 666)
1965 - Ain't Cha My Baby / I'm Gonna Tell The World (Vee Jay 967)
1965 - I Can't Wait / Gimmie Some (Ambassador 3346)

Biography :

The Dontells come from Chicago, and cut their first single on the legendary Beltone label (distributed by King Records, Cincinnati).

The same year the group release two singles on the Witch / Cortland label changing the name to the Don-Tels. With only 1 original member , the group have three nice Soul singles in 1965 for the Vee Jay & Ambassador label.

Make A Change                     Lover's Reunion                People Gonna Talk


    I Found A Love    In Your Heart                        I Can't Wait

Nothing But Nothing I`m Gonna Tell The World

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