Doo Wop - Rhythm & Blues

The Fiestas

Posted on March 29 2015 by dion1

The Fiestas (Newark, New Jersey)

Personnel :

Tommy Bullock (Lead)

Eddie Morris (First Tenor)

Sam Ingalls (Baritone)

Preston Lane (Bass)

Discography :

The Fiestas

Singles :
1958 - So Fine / Last Night I Dreamed (Old Town 1062)
1959 - Our Anniversary / I'm Your Slave (Old Town 1069) 
1959 - Good News / That Was Me (Old Town 1074)
1960 - Dollar Bill / It Don't Make Sense (Old Town 1080)
1960 - You Could Be My Girl Friend / So Nice (Old Town 1090) 
1961 - Come On Everybody / Julie (Strand 25046)
1961 - Look At That Girl / Mr. Dillon, Mr. Dillon (Old Town 1104)
1961 - She's Mine / The Hobo's Prayer (Old Town 1111) 
1962 - The Railroad Song / Broken Heart (Old Town 1122) 
1962 - I Feel Good All Over / Look At That Girl (Old Town 1127)
1963 - The Gypsy Said / Mama Put The Law Down (Old Town 1134)
1963 - The Party's Over / Try It One More Time (Old Town 1140)
1963 - Foolish Dreamer / Rock - A - Bye Baby (Old Town 1148) 
1964 - All That's Good / Rock - A - Bye Baby (Old Town 1166) 
1965 - Think Smart / Anna (Old Town 1178)
1965 - Love Is Strange / Love Is Good To Me (Old Town 1187) 
1965 - I Gotta Have Your Lovin' / Ain't She Sweet (Old Town 1189)

Unreleased:
1959 - Come On And Love Me (Old Town)
1959 - Things We Can't Forget (Old Town)
N/A - The Lawman

Tommy Andre (Tommy Bullock)
1962 - I Wonder Why / I'm Wondering (Old Town 1116)

Biography :

The Fiestas came from Newark, New Jersey all from the same neighborhood, and consisted of members Tom Bullock, Eddie Morris, Preston Lane, and Sam Ingalls. Early on, the group practiced their songs and hoped to convince a record label that they had the stuff to produce a hit record. They recorded a demo side for Jim Gribble (who became their manager) who took the recording to various labels in New York. After a time of trial and error, they were heard by Hy Weiss the owner of Old Town Records one of the top performing New York City independent labels. He liked what he heard obviously, and soon had the group in the recording studio.

They recorded a song written by Jesse Belvin years before called "So Fine" and also backed it with a ballad called "Last Night I Dreamed (Of You)" and Old Town released it on # 1062. The ballad originally was targeted as the 'A' side but soon radio airplay in the New York area flipped to the medium tempo rocker "So Fine" . Listeners were intrigued by the four part harmony throughoput the song rather than the standard lead and backup format that was the norm for the vocal group style. By February the group had a solid hit that was breaking out nationally. The four part lead throughout the song was certainly catching the ear of radio listeners and the group was now in demand as new hit makers always are.

By March the record was doing big business in the Midwest especially in Detroit and Chicago, and was breaking big on the pop music charts. In April The Fiestas began to make personal appearances throughout the Northeast. In April Bill "Hoss" Allen on WLAC in Nashville picks the record as the top pick of the week. In May Johnny Otis and his representatives filed a lawsuit over the record claiming that he was the true composer of the tune. Named in the suit were Old Town Records, Jim Gribble, and The Fiestas themselves. In June Eldorado Music wins the lawsuit for the interests of Johnny Otis and the matter is settled with Old Town paying a designated sum of money and legal costs.

In July The Fiestas get around to recording a followup record for Old Town. After a fabulous run of "So Fine", the group has "Our Anniversary" and "I'm Your Slave" on # 1069. In October Henry Glover after a time at King Records in Cincinnati moves to Old Town and produces a new side by The Fiestas called "That Was Me" and "Good News" on Old Town # 1074. In late October the group heads South for a series of one nighters. In late November The Fiestas play the Regal Theater in Chicago for an all star R & B show headlining Ray Charles, Nappy Brown and the Sarah McLawler-Richard Otto Combo.

Bobby Moore

Between 1960 and 1962 there were several changes in the group's line up with Bobby Moore from the "Four Most" (1960), Randall Stewart (1961), some of the recruited members of the group. Now as the new decade was beginning the group moved to a more modernistic style combining elements of the blues and soul. They continued to turn out records for another five years for Old Town before calling it quits as an act. They got in at the tail end of the vocal group era and had one memorable hit record that has endured through all the passing years. The Fiestas had made their mark on the history of the music.

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

The Fiestas

So Fine                             Last Night I Dreamed               Our Anniversary


I'm Your Slave                    Good News                         Dollar Bill


So Nice                                 Look At That Girl                Mr. Dillon, Mr. Dillon


Julie / Come On Everybody         The Railroad Song / Broken Heart

She's Mine                         I Feel Good All Over                The Gypsy Said


The Party's Over                 Try It One More Time                Foolish Dreamer


Rock - A - Bye Baby                Think Smart                      Anna


Love Is Strange                  I Gotta Have Your Lovin'               That Was Me

The Hobo's Prayer               Things We Can't Forget           It Don't Make Sense


You Could Be My Girl Friend          All That's Good               Love Is Good To Me


Come On And Love Me                    The Lawman                   Ain't She Sweet

Mama Put The Law Down

Tommy Andre (Tommy Bullock)

I'm Wondering

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The Ponsonby Sisters Aka The Ponsi Sisters

Posted on March 28 2015 by dion1

The Ponsonby Sisters (Azalea, Oregon)
Aka The Ponsi Sisters

Personnel:

Shella Ponsonby

Sharon Ponsonby

Patty Ponsonby

Donna Ponsonby

Maureen Ponsonby

Discography :

The Ponsi Sisters
1959 - School Bells, Wedding Bells / Chihuahua Cha Cha (Bingo 104)

Leon Smith & The Ponsonby Sisters
1959 - Once I Had A Heart / Little Forty Ford (Leon Smith) (Willamette 101)

Biography :

This group of five sisters from Azalea, started singing since 1955. The Sisters are Shella 8, Sharon 20, Patty 16, Donna 17 and Maureen 18. They have appeared at various county celebrations and win some Talent Contest. Other successes included winning third place on a pacific states talent show held in Portland's Paramount theatre in which 60 musical groups vied for the opportunity to appear on the Patty Page Show in New York City.

Shella in front and from left to right : Sharon , Patty , Donna and Maureen

The group has received some national recognition because of their appearance in March 1959 on The Lawrence Welk television program. They were special guest stars "The Ponsonby Sisters" of Azalea, Oregon. They did two numbers, "Mommy" and "No Other Arms". Thus far, the group has cut one record, "School Bells, Wedding Bells" and "Chihuahua Cha Cha" on the Bingo Label as the Ponsi Sisters.

Bingo Records was owned by Los Angeles DJ and TV personality Jim Specs Hawthorne. During 1959 and 1960 it produced at least seven 45rpm records featuring acts like Bing Crosby soundalike Troy Cori or the Ponsi sisters.

Leon Smith

In 1959, The Ponsonby Sisters backed Leon Smith on "Once I Had A Heart" for Willamette Records Owned by Leon Smith' Father. In 1960, they have signed a contract to record for Capitol, Unfortunately, nothing will be released and the success fades gradually.

Songs :

Leon Smith & The Ponsonby Sisters

Once I Had a Heart

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Bobby Roy & The Chord-A-Roys

Posted on March 27 2015 by dion1

Bobby Roy & The Chord-A-Roys (Brooklyn, New York)

Personnel :

Mike Regal (Lead)

Robert Walden

Shelly Weiss (First Tenor)

John Christiano (Bass)

Discography :

1959 - Little Girl Lost / Girls Were Made For Boys (JDS 5001)

Biography :

The Chord-A-Roys are a vocal group from Brooklyn fronted by Mike Regal with Robert Walden, Shelly Weiss and John Christiano. The group signed with JDS Records, a label run by veteran songwriter Joe Sherman, who arranged and produced "Little Girl Lost" and "Girls Were Made For Boys" at Bell Sound Studios. The group also backed Barry Mann on various demos that reportedly included "Who Put the Bomp" (In the Bomp Bomp Bomp).

The group broke up soon after and Shelly Weiss joined Mike Lasman, Allan Senzan and Ian Kaye & formed the Dreamers who cut a single for Carlton Records subsidiary’s label Guaranteed before changed their name to the Accents. Robert Walden will become an American television and motion picture actor.

Songs:

Girls Were Made For Boys Little Girl Lost

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Joe Boot & The Fabulous Winds

Posted on March 26 2015 by dion1

Joe Boot & The Fabulous Winds (Seattle, Washington)

Personnel :

Joe Boot (Lead)

Robert Ayers

Rogers Wright

Discography :

1958 - Rock And Roll Radio / That's Tough (Celestial 111)

Biography :

Originally formed in the early 1950s as the Southwinds, this 5-man vocal group began by performing strictly gospel-oriented music. Strictly, that is, until they crossed paths with a red-hot fireball of a rockin’ rhythm and blues singer named Joe Boot. From that point on, group members would ever be torn between spirituals and R&B. A compromise was struck and they added Boot, renamed themselves the Fabulous Winds, and proceeded to work up a mixed repertoire of tunes. While retaining some of their devout members, the Winds worked out vocal arrangements for pop standards and eventually some of Boot’s originals.

By 1957 the Winds found themselves at one of Seattle’s pioneering recording studios, Dimensional Sound. Numerous sessions were held there with instrumental backing by the Floyd Standifer Orchestra. Boot seemed to know all of the top African-American stars who passed through town and on one occasion in the fall of ’57 none other than Little Richard Penniman stopped by a session at Dimensional and announced that he had just given up rock ‘n’ roll and returned to religion. Furthermore, having just abandoned his international rock tour, Penniman said that he as going to appear down the street at the Moore Theater to spread the Good Word at a revival show.

Floyd Standifer Orchestra

After a quick prayer with Penniman, the Winds agreed to appear at that show. But, unlike his sold-out dates in previous visits to Seattle – including a blistering matinee show at the Eagles Auditorium that very summer – Penniman’s Moore show was, reportedly, very poorly attended. Joe Boot and the Fabulous Winds, however, went on to cut what was most probably the very first rock ‘n’ roll record ever produced in the Pacific Northwest. Issued by Dimensional’s in-house label, Celestial Records, “Rock and Roll Radio” b/w “That’s Tough,” remains an ultra-rare, but remains an ultra-rare, but essential, regional classic.

Songs :

Rock And Roll Radio That's Tough

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The Four Uniques

Posted on March 24 2015 by dion1

The "4" Uniques (Chicago)

Personnel :

Ken Riccardo

Drew Rezula

Lonnie Wiel

Mike Brando

Discography :

The "4" Uniques
1961 - Looking For A Love / Too Young (Adam 9002)
1961 - She's The Only Girl for Me / Twistin Around (Adam 9004)
1961 - Good Luck Charm / Island Of Love (Deer 3002)
1964 - Endlessly / Maybe The Next Summer (USA753)

Jerry Vinar & The "4" Uniques
1961 - Your Love Is Just for Me / Please Tell (Variety 1028)

Biography :

Vocal quartet from the Northwest side of Chicago composed by Ken Riccardo, Lonnie Wiel, Drew Rezula and Mike Brando. the band signed a record contract with Adam in Chicago and recorded four pieces. Two singles will be published, " Looking For A Love " b/w " Too Young " and " She's The Only Girl for Me " b/w " Twistin Around " with the local well-known instrumental group The Mus-twangs. The Mus-twangs were Jerry Urban, growlin' sax, Paul Cotton, lead guitar and later, member of POCO, Buddy Riley, rhythm guitar, Guy (Frenchy) Germany, drums, and Keith Anderson, Bass. The Mus-twangs appeared at Poppel's Under 21 Club, Riverdale, Ill and at numerous Jim Lounsbury Record Hops throughout the Chicago, Ill area 1961-1964. The " 4 " Uniques did many gigs and played at various festivals in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana.

The Mus-twangs

In November 1961, before more than 2,000 spectators, they served as the opening act for well-know singer Bobby Rydell’ in Madison (Wisconsin). In April, 61 Jack Barthel, personal promo man, heads a newly formed record company Deer Records, and in July, inked the Four Uniques to a recording contract. The group released " Good Luck Charm " b/w " Island Of Love " the same month… Finally in 1963, USA Records released " Endlessly " b/w " Maybe The Next Summer ". USA Records was a Chicago based record label founded in 1960 by record distributor Jim Golden. The label's office was located across from Chess Records and Golden's Allstate Distributors was Chess' regional distributor.

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

Looking For A Love                  Twistin Around               Good Luck Charm


Island Of Love                          Endlessly               She's The Only Girl for Me


Too Young                          Maybe Next Summer

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The Gayden Sisters

Posted on March 20 2015 by dion1

The Gayden Sisters (Chicago)

Personnel :

Lujuana Gayden (First Soprano)

Lucretia Gayden (Alto)

Ragina Gayden (Second Soprano)

Discography :

1956 - How Can You Not Believe / Honestly Honestly (Bally 1003)

Biography :

The Gayden Sisters, a south side trio from Chicago made a casual appearance on a Dave Garroway’s TV program from Olivet Baptist church. Following the show, they were deluged with telegrams, letter, and telephone calls- one was a hurried call to appear on Arthur Godfrey's CBS- TV show.

After their appearance on Arthur Godfrey's CBS- TV show, agents, recording companies and producers are trying to place the girls under contract. January 28 1956, the new Bally label signed its second recording act—. Bally Records was an independent record label formed in Chicago in December, 1955. It was active during 1956 and 1957. It was a subsidiary of Bally Manufacturing Company and was headquartered at 203 N. Wabash Avenue in Chicago.

The Gayden sisters, Lujuana,19; Ragina, 17 and Lucretia 15, had no serious plans for singing careers. Lujuana was married, Ragina, a graduate of Morgan Park High School, is a freshman at Roosevelt university. Lucretia, is attending Morgan Park and plans to enter college.

Lujuana began singing when she was 14. When Ragina reached her 13th birthday, they formed a duet, and when Lucretia became 10, they started the Trio. The Trio’s first TV appearance was made about a year ago on the Sachs Amateur hour. The girls sang mainly for small south side socials. With a repertorie made up of spirituals, they also sang at church services.

Songs :

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The Georgettes (1)

Posted on March 18 2015 by dion1

Rickie Page & Groups
Rickie Page

Rickie Page & Groups (Los Angeles, Ca)

aka The Georgettes (1) (Ricki)
aka The Page Sisters (Ricki & Sonya)
aka The Austin Sisters (Ricki & Sonya)
aka The Majorettes (1) (Sheila, Joanna, Susie and Rebecca)
aka Joanne & The Triangles (3) (Sheila, Joanna,Rebecca)
aka Beverly & The Motor Scooters (Ricki, Sheila, Joanna,Rebecca)
aka Becky & The Lollipops (2) (Joanna,Rebecca)
aka The Bermudas (Sheila, Joanna,Rebecca)
aka The Cinders (3) (Ricki, Sheila, Joanna,Rebecca)

Personnel:

Ricki Page

Rebecca Page

Joanna Page

Sheilah Page

Discography :

The Georgettes (1)
1957 - Love Like A Fool / Oh Tonight (Ebb 125)
1959 - Dizzy Over You / Oh Oh Yes (Jackpot 48001)
1960 - Down By The River / Pair Of Eyes (Fleet 1111/UA 237)
1963 - The Story / Little Boy (Troy 1001)

The Page Sisters
1957 - Sweet Sweetheart / All My Love Belongs To You (Zephyr 70-012)
1958 - Dream Boy / If They Only Knew (Liberty 55133)

The Austin Sisters
It Happened At The Hop / Love Can Do Most Anything (Edison International 401)

The Majorettes (1)
1962 - Stretch Sensation / Dance With Me (Regency 8000)
1962 - White Levi's / Please Come Back (Troy 1000)
1963 - Let's Do the Kangaroo / Dance With Me (Troy 1004)

Rickie Page & Groups

Joanne & The Triangles (3)
1963 - After The Showers Come Flowers / Don't Be A Cry Baby (Vip 25003)

Beverly & The Motor Scooters
1964 - He's My Boy / I Had To Walk Home Myself (Epic 9654)

Becky & The Lollipops (2)
1964 - I Don't Care (What They Say) / Come On Home (Troy 6493)
1964 - I Don't Care (What They Say) / My Boyfriend (Epic 9736)

The Bermudas
1964 - Donnie / Chu Sen Ling (Era 3125)
1964 - Blue Dreamer / Seing is Believing (Era 3133)

The Cinders (3)
1964 - I'll Follow You / The Story (Original Sound 43)

Biography :

Rickie Page was born June Evelyn Kuykendall in tiny Lindsay, Oklahoma on 7 November 1929. June became a recording star with releases on Liberty, Dot, Zephyr, and Rendezvous. Sometimes recording with her sister Sonya (The Page Sisters and The Austin Sisters) and Sometimes with some combination of her three daughters Joanna, Sheila, and Becky (Rebecca) Page and their friend Susan Kuykendall.

Rickie Page & Groups
The Georgettes

She also put records out on Con, Landa, Decca, Epic, Era, Fleet, Hit, Landa, Spar, United Artists, and VIP, using a huge variety of artist names, including The Georgettes. The Georgettes was fronted by Rickie Page in 1957 and were named after her husband/co-writer/producer George Motola. Rickie Page was the only vocalist for the group. The Georgettes appeared on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand in January, 1958.

Rickie Page & Groups
The Majorettes : Sheila, Joanna, Susie and Rebecca

They hired a little Philipino girl, Rosalie, to be the other half and they did the Dick Clark show. The Bermudas, the Majorettes, the Georgettes, Becky & Lollipops, Joanne & the Triangles and Beverly & the Motorscooters – these are just some of the recording names used by Rickie Page and the female members of her musical family. The Majorettes first released "Stretch Sensation" b/w Dance With Me" which is very much inspired by the recordings of Little Eva and Dee Dee Sharp – in 1962 on the Regency International label.

Rickie Page & Groups
The Bermudas : Joanna, Sheilah & Rebecca

They then released “White Levis” on George Motola’s Troy label later that year. “Let’s Do The Kangaroo” followed in 1963 with “Dance With Me” resurrected for the flipside. Rickie Page and George Motola were active in the music business in the late 50s and 60s. They wrote “Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie” for Eddie Cochran, “Donnie” for the Bermudas and “Borealis” for the Markets among other achievements. George wrote “Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams)” with John Marascalco.

Videos

Donnie

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

The Georgettes (1)

Oh Tonight                          Love Like A Fool                          Oh Oh Yes


Dizzy Over You                             Pair Of Eyes                    Down By The River

The Story / Little Boy

The Page Sisters

Sweet Sweetheart

The Austin Sisters

It Happened At The Hop Love Can Do Most Anything

The Majorettes (1)


White Levi's                                     Please Come Back


       Dance with Me                        Let's Do the Kangaroo

Joanne & The Triangles (3)

After The Showers Come Flowers / Don't Be A Cry Baby

Beverly & The Motor Scooters


He's my boy                                I Don't Care (What They Say)

Becky & The Lollipops (2)


I Don't Care (What They Say)    My Boyfriend              Come On Home

The Bermudas

Chu Sen Ling                        Seing is Believing


Blue Dreamer                       Donnie

The Cinders (3)

The Story I'll Follow You

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The Silvertones (1)

Posted on March 16 2015 by dion1

Paste-up Picture - Top : Donald J. Nitz & Kenneth Marhevka - Bottom : Richard Allen Barbieri & Peter Gerosa

The Silvertones (1) (Wallingford Connecticut)

Personnel :

Kenneth "Kenny" Marhevka

Peter "Pete" Gerosa

Donald "Dino" J. Nitz

Richard Allen "Dick" Barbieri

Lin Ken

Discography :

1959 - My Only Love (Feat. Lin-Ken) / Hey Good Looking (Elgin 005/006)

Biography :

Vocal quintet from Wallingford Connecticut fronted by Kenneth "Kenny" Marhevka with Peter "Pete" Gerosa, Donald "Dino" J. Nitz, Richard Allen "Dick" Barbieri and Lin Ken. They all went to Lyman Hall High School. In 1959, they signing a recording contract with Elgin record, a subsidiary of Drum Owned by Clarence Drum. The Silvertones cut "My Only Love" b/w "Hey Good Looking". Bod Distasio, an original Silvertones member and also a Lyman Hall graduate sang on the single.

The Silvertones (1)

The enterprising Clarence Drum formed the aforementioned Drum and Elgin labels in 1958, signing several artists, including The Chestnuts and singer Bill Baker, who eventually joined the former group, switching his allegiance from bread to nuts, so to speak. Drum made some money when several of his releases were licensed to other labels, but not enough to keep the companies afloat past 1961.

Songs :

My Only Love Hey Good Looking

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The Veltones aka The Vel Tones (3)

Posted on March 13 2015 by dion1

The Veltones (Memphis, TN)
aka The Vel Tones (3)
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

Personnel :

Samuel Jones

Alvin Standard

Kenneth Patterson

George Powell

Jimmy Ellis

Discography :

The Veltones
Singles :
1959 - Someday / Fool In Love (Satellite 100/Mercury 71526)
Unreleased :
1958 - Did You (Sun)
1958 - Good Gracious (Fire) (Sun)

Carla Thomas bb The Veltones (Uncredited)
1960 - Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) / For You (Satellite 102/Atlantic 2086)

The Vel Tones (3)
1966 - I Do / Darling (Goldwax 301)

Biography :

Before its glory days as Stax, the label was called Satellite — founded in 1957, by Jim Stewart in his wife’s uncle’s garage in Memphis. Stewart was a fiddle player and so his tastes naturally leaned toward country music, which is what he originally sought to record and release on Satellite, along with rockabilly and pop tunes. A year after starting out, Stewart got a much-needed financial boost from his sister Estelle Axton, who mortgaged her house to buy a console tape recorder, and in so doing, became a financial partner in Satellite. In 1959, she helped the burgeoning label out of the garage and into a better facility in Brunswick, Tenn. (about 20 miles northeast of Memphis).

It was during Satellite’s sabbatical in Brunswick that Stewart became interested in R&B music. Producer, songwriter and guitarist Lincoln Wayne “Chips” Moman helped turn him on to some of the local groups, one of which was a black vocal quintet that called themselves the Veltones (sometimes written Vel Tones). The group, composed of Samuel Jones, Alvin Standard, Kenneth Patterson, George Powell and Jimmy Ellis, had been singing in Memphis since 1952, taking their inspiration from doo-wop. Stewart enjoyed the Veltones’ smooth sound and offered to record and release a single for the group on Satellite.

Carla Thomas & Jim Stewart

On a handful of occasions in the spring of 1959, the Veltones trucked on out to Brunswick to record a pair of songs. Chips Moman would serve as the guitarist on the session, along with bassist Jimbo Hale and drummer Jerry “Satch” Arnold. Moman and Arnold also wrote the song selected for the A-side, ‘Fool in Love,’ which features Chips’ ghostly, twangy lead guitar — a peculiar sound on a ’50s R&B recording. The B-side was the more traditionally sounding ballad ‘Someday,’ with songwriting credit given to the group. Although it wasn’t the first record released on the label, ‘Fool in Love’/‘Someday’ was released in the summer of 1959 as Satellite 100 . As it turned out, the reboot was appropriate. Of course, the Veltones record would be the first by a black group on a label that would soon become world famous for R&B music. In addition, the single marked the first time Stewart and Axton made any money from their record label. Since Satellite could only manage to distribute copies regionally, Mercury Records contacted Stewart with an offer to take the record national. Mercury paid Satellite between $400-500 for the rights and re-released the record in September 1959. However, the record flopped and no one saw any more money from ‘Fool in Love.’ The Veltones are also the backing vocal group on 'Gee Whiz' by Carla Thomas (some people say the Del-Rios) . That hit brought the fledgling record company to preeminence as Stax Records. In 1966 The Veltones would cut two sides for Goldwax Records. although by the time of this single there had been some personnel changes.
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Songs :

The Veltones

Fool In Love Someday Good Gracious (Fire)

Did You

Carla Thomas bb The Veltones

Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) / For You

The Vel Tones (3)

I Do Darling

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The Champs (2) aka The Mystics (2)

Posted on March 11 2015 by dion1

The Champs (2) (New York)
aka The Mystics (2)

Personnel :

?

Discography :

The Mystics (2) 
1959 - Teenage Sweetheart / Rockin' Yodel (Chatam 350/351)

The Champs (2)
1958 - Teenage Sweetheart / Rockin' Yodel (Chatam 350/351)

Biography :

Vocal group from New York, the Mystics cut "Teenage Sweetheart" b/w "Rockin' Yodel" for Chatam records, 164 East 56th Street in New York.

Perhaps because there’s the Mystics from Brooklyn, their "Hushabye" was released in May of 1959 and spent nine weeks of that spring and summer on the charts, rising to number 20, "Teenage Sweetheart" b/w "Rockin' Yodel" was Reissued using same label name and number, but credited to the Champs.

Songs

Teenage Sweetheart Rockin' Yodel

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