Doo Wop - Rhythm & Blues

The Tempos (1)

Posted on April 25 2013 by dion1

The Tempos (1) (Pittsburg, Pa)

Personnel :

Jim Drake

Mike Lazo

Gene Schacter

Tom Minito

Discography :

Singles :
1957 - The Kingdom of Love / That's What You Do To Me (Kapp 178)
1957 - The Prettiest Girl In School / Never You Mind (Kapp 199)
1958 - I Got A Job / Strollin' With My Baby (Kapp 213)
1959 - See You In September / Bless You My Love (Climax 102)
1959 - The Crossroads of Love / Whatever Happens (Climax 105)
1959 - Look Homeward Angel / Under 10 Flags (Paris 550)
1965 - My Barbara Ann / When You Loved Me (Ascot 2167)
1965 - My Barbara Ann (Re-release) / I Wish It Were Summer (Ascot 2173)

Unreleased :
1959 - A Boy And A Girl Were Meant To Fall In Love (Climax)
1959 - Eight Wonders Of The World (Climax)

Biography :

Mike Lazo, Gene Schacter, and Bobby Vinton formed a singing trio The Hilites in 1954 that performed at local records hops. Drafted into the Army Lazo and Schachter sang at U.S.O. shows while stationed together in Korea. Returning to civilian life in 1957 Lazo and Schachter joined forces with two Duquense University music majors, song writer Jim Drake (Lead Singer of the Four Larks) and saxophonist Tom Minito to form the Tempos. Singing rich harmonies the performed a local record hops where the came to attention of local artist manager/producer Jack Gold. Gold, who was managing Lou Christie at the time, persuaded David Kapp to sign them to his New York City based Kapp Records. Kapp released 3 singles by the Tempos.

Mike Lazo, Gene Schacter, and Bobby Vinton : The Hilites

Brill Building song writers Sid Wayne and Sherman Edwards wrote the song “See You in September” on a Friday of June 1959. They pitched the song to Jack Gold that afternoon. He brought the rights to it for $500 and called the Tempos that evening to fly New York. The Tempos recorded the song the next day in New York, the record was on Monday, the testing pressing was done on Thursday, and its was getting airplay on WNEW on Friday. It was released on the short lived Climax Records label. The record broke in San Francisco, hit the national charts in July, and climbed to #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 at the end of August.

The Tempos performed on American Bandstand on October 12, 1959. “See you in September” was their one national success. Climax released a follow-up single "The Crossroads of Love" / "What" later in 1959 that did not reach the charts. They continued to perform at Pittsburgh area dances, appear on local television dance programs, and record until 1965. They release the singles "Look Homeward Angel" / "Under 10 Flags" (Paris 1959), "My Barbara Ann" / "When You Loved Me" (Ascot 1965), and "My Barbara Ann (re-release) / "I Wish It Were Summer" (Ascot 1965).

https://sites.google.com/site/pittsburghmusichistory/pittsburgh-music-story/doo-wop/the-tempos
http://oldmonmusic.blogspot.de/2010/10/see-you-in-september.html

Songs :
(Update By Hans-Joachim)

See You In September            My Barbara Ann            Never You Mind

I Got A Job                        Bless You My Love                  Look Homeward Angel

The Prettiest Girl In School        Under Ten Flags       I Wish It Were Summer‬


Strollin' With My Baby       The Crossroads Of Love     That's What You Do To Me


The Kingdom Of Love          When You Loved Me           Whatever Happens

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The Genies (1)

Posted on April 23 2013 by dion1

The Genies (1) (Long Beach, New York)
aka The Skylarks (3) ???

Personnel :

Roy Hammond (Lead, First Tenor)

Claude Johnson (Lead, First Tenor)

Bill Gains (Second Tenor)

Alexander "Buddy" Faison (Baritone)

Fred Jones (Bass)

Discography :

Singles :

The Genies (1)
1958 - Who's That Knocking? / The First Time (Shad 5002) 
1959 - No More Knocking / On the Edge of Town (Hollywod 69) 
1960 - There Goes That Train / Crazy Love (Warwick 573) 
1960 - Just Like the Blue Bird / Twistin' Pneumonia (Warwick 607)
1961 - Crazy Feeling / Little Young Girl (Warwick 643)

Roy Hammond & The Genies (1)
1959 - Mama Blow Your Top / It's Getting Cold (Forum 701)

Unreleased :
N/A - Where Did You Go?
N/A - Chicken Necks
N/A - Come Walk With Me
N/A - S'cuse Me Lady

Biography :

This short-term group from Long Beach, Long Island recording career lasted three years, and five singles; they broke up a year after they started recording in 1958, but Warwick Records issued canned material til 1961. The original members: Roy Hammond, Bill Gains, Alexander Faison, and Fred Jones formed in 1956. They didn't record until Brooklynite Claude Johnson came aboard.

Johnson, the only member not from the Long Beach area, named them the Genies; he had sung with a Brooklyn group that included Eugene Pitt, who never sang with the Genies. Bob Shad, the owner of Shad Records saw them singing on a beach and invited them to audition for his label. The result was "Who's That Knockin'," recorded, June 1958; but Shad didn't release it until March 1959, nearly a year later.

It did well R&B but wallowed on the lower rungs of the pop chart at #71. Then without warning, second tenor Bill Gains ran off to Canada with a woman and has never been seen or heard from since. This occurred while the Genies were playing their first big engagement at New York's Apollo Theater; three days into the gig, and poof - Gains vanished.

The Genies answered their debut with "No More Knockin'" on Hollywood Records, then the Warwick label released three singles after the group became history. By the end of 1959 the Genies was a memory. Hammond cut a string of solo records as Roy C, his biggest was "Shotgun Wedding," a #14 R&B hit.

Roy C.Hammond Don & Juan

Claude hooked with Roland Trone and enjoyed a monster #7 Pop hit with "What's Your Name," as Don & Juan. Johnson also became a songwriter of note, composing the Genies' debut, the Don & Juan hit, and 57 other titles registered with B.M.I. ~ Andrew Hamilton, All Music Guide
http://www.soulexpress.net/royc_discography.htm

Songs :
(Update By Hans-Joachim)

The Genies (1)


Who's That Knocking?           The First Time             No More Knocking


There Goes That Train         Just Like the Blue Bird            Twistin' Pneumonia


Crazy Feeling                         Little Young Girl         S'cuse Me Lady (unreleased)


Where Did You Go? (unreleased)        Crazy Love           On The Edge Of Town


Chicken Necks (unreleased)      Come Walk With Me (unreleased)

Roy Hammond & The Genies (1)

Mama Blow Your Top It's Getting Cold

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The Baritones aka The cues

Posted on April 22 2013 by dion1

The Baritones (Manhattan, New-York)
aka The Cues

Personnel :

Jimmy Breedlove (Lead)

Ollie Jones (Second Tenor)

Abel De Costa (First Tenor)

Robie Kirk (Baritone)

Eddie Barnes (Bass)

Discography :

1958 - After School Rock / Sentimental Baby (Dore 501)

Biography :

"After School Rock" c/w "Sentimental Baby", a master acquired in May 1958 from a New York song publisher named Joe "Happy" Goday. If 'After School Rock' sounded like middle-aged vision of rock 'n' roll, that's because it was conceived by men with ties to the past struggling to keep pace with the fast moving trends of the late 1950s.

Penned by Lawrence "88" Keys, a jazzy pianist/singer who'd made his first recordings in the early 1940s, 'After School Rock' almost certainly featured black session vocalists drawn from a pool of New York regulars collectively known as the Cues. The crude, indistinct recording quality suggests the songs may have been publisher's song demos issued as masters. (The Dore Story)

Songs :

After School Rock Sentimental Baby

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The Lassies

Posted on April 21 2013 by dion1

The Lassies (Lombard,IL.)

Personnel :

Joan (Yud) Goldner

Carol Brown

Jackie Ramey

Discography :

1955 - Gee, But I Hate To Go Home Alone / The Magic Carpet Man (Klick 1605 )
1956 - I Look at You / Sleepy Head (Decca 29868 )
1957 - Oh! Mr. Romeo / Dixieland Marchin' Band (Decca 30298)

Biography :

This pop vocal group were formed in Chicago by Joan Goldner. A Chicago native, Goldner began singing in church at age 7, studied voice with a member of the Chicago Lyric Opera. That was back in the era of the girl trios. Someone in Chicago was looking for a girls trio to manage, and the girls ended up with a record contract with Decca Records.

The Lassies

The Lassies on Decca with Jack Pleis and A&R man Paul Cohen.

The Lassies cut three records. They were the opening act for Liberace, they won the Arthur Godfrey Talent Contest and they were on the Godfrey Show for a while. The Lassies traveled around the country, sang with bands, did live TV shows.

Songs :

I Look at You Dixieland Marchin' Band Oh! Mr. Romeo

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The Lyres aka The Rajahs aka The Nutmegs

Posted on April 20 2013 by dion1

(Top L-R) James "Sonny" Griffin, Billy Emery, (Bottom L-R) Leroy Griffin, James "Coco" Tyson

The Lyres (New Haven, Conn.)
aka The Rajahs aka The Nutmegs

Personnel :

Billy Emery (Lead)

Leroy Griffin (Bass)

"Sonny" Griffin (Second Tenor)

Jimmy "Coco" Tyson (Baritone)

Walter Singleterry (First Tenor)

Discography :

1953 - Ship of love / Play Boy (J&G 101)

Biography :

Hailing from New Haven, CT, the original Nutmegs -- lead Leroy Griffin, Sonny Griffin (born James, he was Leroy's brother), Dieder Cobb, and a second Leroy Griffin (yes, there were two men with the same exact name) who later became Leroy Gomez -- all sang together with other members -- Walter Singleterry, Bill Emery, and Gomez's brother Tommy Griffin -- moving in and out of the lineup. The group performed on the street corners of New Haven, especially Webster and Dixon Streets, where Jimmy "Co Co" Tyson was asked to join the key lineup and soon they were a quintet..

The Four Haven knights

The Nutmegs fragmented again and some of the members left to form a group of their own, the Lyres; the Gomez brothers formed the Four Haven Knights. Now comprised of a lineup that included Bill Emery (lead), Walter Singleterry (first tenor), Sonny Griffin (second tenor), Jimmy Tyson (baritone), and Leroy Griffin (bass), the group met promoter Charlie Johnson in 1953, who fell for their sound and decided to record two of Leroy's songs, "Ship of Love" and "Playboy," for his small J&G label after the group was passed over by the local Klik label .

The Nutmegs

The single failed to sell, however, and Johnson lacked the funds to promote it properly. By 1954, the Nutmegs revised their hierarchy and Leroy Griffin switched over to lead, with Sonny Griffin now filling in as first tenor, Tyson (second tenor), Emery (baritone), and they added yet another Leroy, Leroy McNeil, for the bass vocals. Leroy Griffin's nephew Harold (Harry James, not the musician), would often sit in and listen, little knowing the part he would come to play in the group.

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

Play Boy Ship of love

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The Hearts (2)

Posted on April 17 2013 by dion1

The Hearts (2) (Bronx, NY)

Personnel :

Louise Harris

Joyce West

Hazel Crutchfield

Forestine Barnes

Discography :

1955 - Lonely Lights / Oo-Wee (Baton 208)
1955 - All My Love Belongs To You / Talk About Him Girlie (Baton 211)
1955 - Gone, Gone, Gone / Until The Real Thing Comes Along (Baton 215)
1956 - Disappointed Bride / Going Home To Stay (Baton 222)
1956 - He Drives Me Crazy / I Had A Guy (Baton 228)
1957 - Dancing In A Dream World / You Needn't Tell Me, I Know (J&S 1657)
1957 - You Say You Love Me / So Long Baby (J&S 1660)
1958 - I Want Your Love Tonight / Like Later Baby (J&S 1626/1627)
1958 - If I Had Known / There Are So Many Ways (J&S 10002/10003)
1959 - My Love Has Gone / You Or Me Have Got To Go (J&S 425/426)
1959 - There Is No Love At All / Goodbye, Baby (J&S 4571)
1960 - A Thousand Years From Today / I Feel So Good (J&S 995)
1961 - I Couldn't Let Him See Crying / You Weren't Home (J&S 1180/1181)
1963 - Dear Abby / (Instrumental) (Tuff 370)
1963 - I Understand Him / (Instrumental) (Tuff 373)

Biography :

The group’s story begins in the mid-fifties, when a woman by the name of Zell Sanders started her own production company. Zell was looking for an R&B group and found the original Hearts, Hazel Crutchfield, Forestine Barnes, Joyce West, and later Louise Harris singing together at the Apollo Theatre.

Rex Garvin, Hazel Anderson, Joyce West, Thaddus Mc Lean & Louise Harris

In 1954 few labels were willing to take a chance on a group of female singers who weren’t clones of the Andrews Sisters or McGuire Sisters, let alone one produced and managed by a woman, but Sanders’ tough attitude brought them to the attention of the small Baton Records label, and a studio recording of the very doo-wopish "Lonely Nights" was the result.

The song became a big hit on the R&B charts and is credited as being one of the first true girl group tunes. The group had some local success in New York with some follow-ups , but nothing came close to the chart power of "Lonely Nights."

Justine 'Baby' Washington Betty Harris

After a series of mild items on baton, the Hearts were moved to Zell’s own J&S Records, but the girls in the original group were dumped when Sanders felt they weren’t being serious enough about being recording stars.

Theresa Chatman, Anna Barnhill, Justine "Baby" Washington, Joyce Peterson & Rex Garvin

By 1957, the new group, which featured a young Baby Washington, in addition to Anna Barnhill, Theresa Chatman and Joyce Peterson, began recording. The first release "Dancing In A Dream World," kept the Hearts’ schedule busy, but the chart was still barren.

Over the next few years a dozen girls or more would filter in and out of the Hearts as Sanders picked who would be on what recording, hired and fired personnel at will, and created new group names to release her product. One such name was the Jaynetts, a combination of the J in J&S records, and Heart singer Lezli Valentine’s middle name, Anetta. In 1958 Sanders’ released "I Wanted To Be Free b/w Where Are You Tonight," to an indifferent audience.

Lezli Valentine Lezli Valentine & Marie Hood

Meanwhile, various configurations of the Hearts kept releasing singles through 1961 without much more than regional interest. Sanders encountered some financial problems in the early 1960s and despite the creation of new labels like Tuff and Zell’s, couldn’t keep her business afloat. Executives at Chess Records still thought Sanders had something going for her, though, and helped to bankroll her next venture, a revamped version of the Jaynetts.

(The Hearts) Marie Hood, Lezli Valentine, Mandy Hooper & friends

In 1963, Sanders, producer Abner Spector and his wife Lona Stevens, came together to create one of the most talked-about records of the 1960s. "Sally Go ‘Round The Roses," by The Jaynetts, a nursery rhyme turned pop hit was recorded during several sessions over for more than a week. Estimates now put the cost of this recording at well over $60,000, a huge cost for something that only lasted about 3 minutes and for a producer who hadn’t had a bonafide hit since 1955.

The Hearts, 1962, (top) Theresa Chatman, (Bottom) Marie Hood, Cindy Felder & Louise Muray

http://www.oocities.org/williamstos/jaynetts.html
http://home.earthlink.net/~v1tiger/heartsbaton.html
http://www.vocalgroupharmony.com/lonely_n.htm
http://www.answers.com/topic/the-heart
http://louisemurray.homestead.com/AboutLouise.html

Songs :
(Update By Hans-Joachim)

Lonely Nights / Oo-Wee                  All My Love Belongs To You / Talk About Him Girlie


Gone, Gone, Gone / Until The Real Thing Comes Along         Disappointed Bride / Gowing Home To Stay


I Had A Guy                   He Drives Me Crazy                     If I Had Known


There Are So Many Ways         My Love Has Gone   A Thousand Years From Today


Dear Abby                             There Is No Love At All         You Weren't Home


You Say You Love Me     You Or Me Have Got To Go    You Needn't Tell Me, I Know


So Long Baby                     Like, Later Baby           I Want Your Love Tonight


I Couldn't Let You See Me Crying       I Feel So Good           Goodbye, Baby

Dancing In A Dream World

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The Stewart Sisters aka The Sof-Tones (2)

Posted on April 15 2013 by dion1

The Sof-Tones (2) aka The Stewart Sisters
The Sof-Tones

The Sof-Tones (2) (Long Beach, Ca)
aka Stewart Sisters
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

Personnel :

Darlene Paul

Trudy Hancock

Irene Diaz

Discography :

The Sof-Tones (2)
1958 - I Failed / Canadian Sunset (Young 1002)

The Stewart Sisters
1958 - The Witness / Movie Magazine (Specialty 653)
1959 - Comes Dawn / Shine On Me, Moonbeam (Specialty 668)
1959 - Sound Of Love / Love Was Born (Specialty 679)

Little Richard (backing vocals of The Stewart Sisters)
1958 - The Fabulous Little Richard (SPECIALTY 2104)
Shake A Hand / Chicken Little Baby / The Most I Can Offer / Wonderin' / Kansas City / Directly From My Heart / Maybe I'm Right / I'm Just A Lonely Guy.

Larry Williams (backing vocals of The Stewart Sisters)
1959 - Give Me Love / Teardrops (Speciality 677)
1959 - Ting-A-Ling / Little School Girl (no group) (Speciality 682)

Biography :

Trio from Long Beach consisted of Darlene Paul, Trudy Hancock and Irene Diaz. The Sof-Tones' harmony accomplishments include winning talent contest at West Coast Theater, being featured on Al Jarvis television show, appearing at Lions Club, Chandelier Club, assemblies, dances… In 1958, they cut "I Failed"/ "Canadian Sunset" for the young Label.

The Stewart Sisters aka The Sof-Tones (2)
The Stewart Sisters The Stewart Sisters

The Girls move to Speciality records and cut three singles under the name of the Stewart Sisters… In 1959, Little Richard had been out of show business for over a year, having since returned to the church and gospel music.

The Stewart Sisters aka The Sof-Tones (2)
Little Richard Larry Williams

The Album "The Fabulous Little Richard " Recorded in 1958 for Specialty is a series of outtakes and studio tracks, many of which (eight sides) feature the backing vocals of The Stewart Sisters, which apparently were added at Little Richard’s request in an attempt to give the album a more gospel feel. The Stewart Sisters also provided backing vocals for three recordings of Larry Williams in 1959.

Songs :

The Sof-Tones (2)

I Failed

The Stewart Sisters

The Witness Movie Magazine Shine On Me, Moonbeam

Comes Dawn

Little Richard (Backing vocals of The Stewart Sisters)


Shake A Hand                  Chicken Little Baby              The Most I Can Offer


Wonderin'                              Kansas City                 Directly from My Heart


Maybe I'm Right                    I'm Just A Lonely Guy

Larry Williams (backing vocals of The Stewart Sisters)

Give Me Love Teardrops Ting-A-Ling

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The Four Larks (1)

Posted on April 14 2013 by dion1

The Four Larks (1) (Pittsburgh)

Personnel :

Charles "Bud" Polizotto (Lead / First Tenor)

Alvin "Chuck" Ludovici (Second Tenor)

Jim Drake (Baritone)

Don Baron (Bass)

Discography :

1954 - Go, Baby, Go / Night And Day (Guyden 707)

Biography:

The Four Larks were a short-lived Pittsburgh area group who hailed from the communities of Leetsdale and Swickley formed in 1953 by Jim Drake. The Foursome - ranging in age from 18 to 23 - consisted of Charles "Bud" Polizotto, First Tenor, Alvin "Chuck" Ludovici, Second Tenor, Jim Drake, Baritone/Trombone and Don Baron, Bass.

Barry Kaye, His Wife & the Four Larks

Having solidified their four part harmony, the fledging group of chanters approached radio personality Barry Kaye (WJAS…Pittsburgh, PA), at one of his record hops, with a request to vocalize. their impromptu acappella harmonizing impressed Kaye. Soon the Four Larks was being viewed as Kaye's show attraction at his dances. Laking a Mentor, the group enlisted Kaye as their manager. Kaye promptly secured a recording contract with Philadelphia based Guyden Records during the late fall of 1954. In November 1954, the Four Larks' record was issued as Guyden #707.

Polizotto, Ludovici, Drake & Baron

"Go Baby Go" attained a moderate degree of popularity in Pittsburgh through the spins given to Kaye at WJAS. Even though their venture into the entertainment fed was primarily very successful, other undertakings brought about an early demise of the group in 1955. A Pittsburgh Variety group calling themselves the Hi-Lites were using Jim Drake as a rehearsal pianist and arranger. Realizing Drake's vocalizing and arranging abilities, the Hi-Lites invited him to join the group as their Baritone. A name change to the Tempos occurred in 1957 when signed to Kapp Records

Songs :

Night And Day Go, Baby, Go

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The Dorelles aka The Dorells

Posted on April 13 2013 by dion1

The Dorells (Washington D.C.)
aka The Dorelles

Personnel :

Zelda

Renee

Beverly

Discography :

The Dorells
1963 - The Beating Of My Heart / Maybe Baby (Atlantic 2244/ G.E.L. 4401)

The Dorelles
1965 - Good Luck To The Lucky Girl / You Are (RSVP 1108)

Biography :

Trio from Washington, The Dorells had one disc on G.E.L., "The Beating Of My Heart", which later came out on Atlantic. In 1965, under the name of the Dorelles, They cut "Good Luck To The Lucky Girl" for RSVP, Flip is "You Are", also recorded by Bobby Reed (Brunswick 55282, 1965).

Songs :
(Update By Hans-Joachim)

The Dorelles

Good Luck To The Lucky Girl You Are

The Dorells

Maybe Baby The Beating Of My Heart

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Norman Fox & The Rob Roys aka The Tradewinds (4)

Posted on April 13 2013 by dion1

Norman Fox & The Rob Roys aka The Tradewinds (4)

Norman Fox & The Rob Roys (Bronx, New-York)
aka The Tradewinds (4)

Personnel :

Norman Fox (Lead)

Bob Trotman (First Tenor)

Andre Lilly (Second Tenor)

Robert Thierer (Baritone)

Marshall "Buzzy" Helfland (Bass)

Discography :

The Rob-Roys
1957 - Tell Me Why / Audrey (Backbeat 501)

Norman Fox & The Rob-Roys
1958 - Dance Girl Dance / My Dearest One (Backbeat 508) 
1959 - Dream Girl / Pizza Pie (Capitol 4128)
1988 - Lover doll / Little Star (Backbeat 499)
1988 - Rainy Day Bells / That's love (Backbeat 500) 
1990 - Do Re Mi / Lover Doll (Backbeat 501)

The Tradewinds (4)
Unreleased:
1962 - Aggravation (Time)
1962 - Lonely Boy (Time)

Biography :

One of the earliest interracial quintets, Norman Fox & The Rob-Roys were also one of the most underrated and overlooked groups ever to cut a 45. With his distinctive lead voice, Norman Fox (16) of the Bronx hooked up with DeWitt Clinton High School friends Robert Thierer (17, baritone), Marshall "Buzzy" Helfand (17, bass), Bob Trotman (16, first tenor) and Andre Lilly (16, second tenor) in 1956 to form a dynamic vocal mix with their Jewish/black coalition (Trotman and Lilly were originally members of the Harmonaires on Holiday.) Early in 1957 Bob Trotman met Don Carter, New York agent for the Duke/Peacock organization, at Buddy's Record Shop on 167th Street in the Bronx, and told him of their group. After a live audition in that very same record store, the Bronx boys found themselves contracted to the Texas-based record label. Originally called the Velvetones, they changed their name to the Rob-Roys (after the drink) and recorded their first single for Peacock's new Backbeat affiliate in April 1957 at Bell Sound Studios.

Tell Me Why" came out in the summer of 1957. The single was well received by East Coast radio stations (particularly in New York and Philadelphia), but it was obvious that the gospel conglomerate had no idea of how to market rock and roll. The Rob-Roys turned out to be Backbeat's first integrated group (Fox, Helfand and Thierer were white, Lilly and Trotman black), but they performed at Harlem clubs to the surprise and delight of patrons lucky enough to see them. For the most part they played New York area record hops with deejays like Jocko while waiting for their next release, the Robert Thierer-Bob Trotman dance doo wop classic, "Dance Girl Dance."

Norman Fox & The Rob Roys aka The Tradewinds (4)

In late 1958 the group, weary of lost records, brought two Norman Fox originals to Capitol Records. They signed the group and issued "Pizza Pie" b/w "Dream Girl" in January 1959. Paul Schneller (another white Jewish bass) replaced Helfand on bass just before the Capitol sides were recorded. On January 19th, Billboard reviewed "Pizza Pie," stating "a rocker slightly dated in sound and approach, but the side is well made, the boys handle it nicely and the novelty interest is there. It ties the story of a lifetime in with a pizza pie. This could catch a spin." The minute the record came out, Don Robey of Backbeat showed up waving a still-valid contract with the Rob-Roys. Capitol chose to pull the single before it reached most radio stations. In 1962 Fox and company did two sides, Aggravation" and "Lonely Boy under the name of the Tradewinds," for Bob Shad's Time label, but they were never issued.
http://robroys.homestead.com/Welcome.html

Songs :

Norman Fox & The Rob Roys

Tell Me Why                             Audrey                      Dance Girl Dance


My Dearest One                      Dream Girl                         Pizza Pie


Lover doll                           Rainy Day Bells                        That's love

Do Re Mi

The Tradewinds (4)

Aggravation Lonely Boy

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