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The Challengers (2) aka The Challengers III

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The Challengers (2) aka The Executives (2) aka The Challengers III 

The Challengers (2) (Cleveland, Ohio)
aka The Challengers III

 

Personnel :

Anne Bogan (Lead)

George Hendrix

Dorothy Hutchinson

James Hutchinson

 

Discography :

The Challengers (2)
1962 - Honey, Honey, Honey / Stay With Me (Tri-Phi 1012)

The Challengers III
1962 - Honey, Honey, Honey / Stay With Me (Tri-Phi 1012)
1963 - Every Day / I Hear An Echo (Tri-Phi 1020)

 

 

Biography :

Harvey Fuqua discovered Anne Bogan singing in a church on Quincy Avenue in Cleveland and championed the shy, petite soul singer's career. The original Challengers consisted of two neighborhood (79th & Central/Quincy area) friends: Dorothy and James Hutchinson and George Hendrix.  Harvey issued their first release in 1962 on Tri-Phi Records a label he ran with his wife,  Gwen Gordy-Fuqua.

The Challengers (2) aka The Executives (2) aka The Challengers III(L to R) Marvin Gaye, Anna Gordy, Gwen Gordy Fuqua and Harvey Fuqua

"Honey, Honey, Honey" did well where it got played. Bogan delivers a bloodcurdling performance on the underrated self-written ballad that's also known as "Honey Three Times." Tri-Phi just didn't have the clout or the resources to put it over the top.  The Challengers next Tri-Phi release was "I Hear an Echo," written by Bogan, Harvey Fuqua, and Pa Colman; it was similar to "Honey," complete with another thrilling vocal from Bogan, but was less successful.

The Challengers (2) aka The Executives (2) aka The Challengers III   The Challengers (2) aka The Executives (2) aka The Challengers III

 

On this release they became the Challengers III featuring Ann Bogan. Cleveland native, George Hendricks, substituted for Hutchinson when James couldn't make a gig, but gigs weren't plentiful, so the work didn't amount to much. Hendricks would befriend Choker Campbell, Motown's road bandleader, and record for Campbell's company. As the Challengers III, their career was over,

 

 

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim) 


The Challengers (2) III

  
   Stay With Me                        Honey, Honey, Honey

  
Every Day                     I Hear An Echo

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Reed Harper & The Notes (2) aka The Three Notes (1) aka Reed Harper Trio

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Reed Harper & The Three Notes (1) aka The Notes (2) aka Reed Harper Trio

Reed Harper & The Three Notes (1) (Brooklyn, NY)
aka The Notes (2) aka Reed Harper Trio

 

Personnel :

Reed Harper (Lead)

Paul Cardile

Joe Dopico

Bobby Fiola

 

Discography :

Reed Harper & The Three Notes (1)
1958 - Oh Elvis / O Sole Mio-Rock N Rol (Pyramid 4012)

Reed Harper & The Notes (2)
1958 - Shaky Little Baby / Walking Together (RCA 7426)
1958 - Sweetheart Of The Prom / I Miss You So (Vik 328/Smart 1001)
1960 - Three Charms / It's worth Remembering (Luck 105)

Reed Harper Trio
1960 - Mother Please / I've Got You Out Of My System (Terry 108)
1962 - Cleopa-Ter-A / Meadowland (Ford 118)

Unreleased :
N/A - The Seniorita With The Golden Fan
N/A - I'm Flyin'
N/A - Shuffin' Along
N/A - Wasting My Time

 

Biography :

Vocal group from Brooklyn fronted by Pop and doo-wop singer Reed Harper.  The members of the group were Paul Cardile, Joe Dopico and Bobby Fiola. In 1957, They recorded an obscure and much sought after Elvis tribute record entitled "Oh, Elvis on the Pyramid label under the name Reed Harper and the Three Notes.

Reed Harper & The Three Notes (1) aka The Notes (2) aka Reed Harper Trio    Reed Harper & The Three Notes (1) aka The Notes (2) aka Reed Harper Trio


On September 10 of 1955, RCA Victor announces that label "X" will be renamed Vik Records. In April of 1956 RCA reports that Vik will move into the R & B field. They have signed two performers who originated much of the R & B style, Bill Kenney former lead singer of The Inkspots, and Louis Jordan, and in May the label signs The Treniers. The label went on to sign a number of great R & B artists, such as Brook Benton, Mickey and Sylvia, Champion Jack Dupree, The Heartbreakers, The Sh-Booms (aka, The Chords) and Reed Harper.

Reed Harper & The Three Notes (1) aka The Notes (2) aka Reed Harper Trio    Reed Harper & The Three Notes (1) aka The Notes (2) aka Reed Harper Trio

Paul Cardile, Reed Harper, & Joe Dopico. Not pictured: Bobby Fiola.

In 1958 with RCA Victor, the group recorded "Shaky Little Baby" b/w "Walking Together" under the name Reed Harper & The Notes and the same year, they Cut "Sweetheart Of The Prom" b/w "I Miss You So" on the Vik label. On the following disc, there is the great "Three Charms" recorded on Luck records in New York . "Three Charms" and " It's worth Remembering"  written by Vinny Catalino. They will record two new singles in the early 60s under the name of "Reed Harper Trio".

 

Songs:
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

Reed Harper & The Three Notes (1)

      
          O Sole Mio-Rock N Rol                               Oh Elvis                  

Reed Harper & The Notes (2)

     
  Three Charms                Sweetheart Of The Prom            Shaky Little Baby

  
      I Miss You So                  It's Worth Remembering

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The Escorts (6)

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The Escorts (6)  

The Escorts (6) (Brooklyn, New-York)

 

Personnel :

Rodney Garrison (Lead)

Richard Berg

Richard Perry (Bass)

Richard Rosenberg

 

Discography :

The Legends
N/A - Zoom, Zoom, Zoom  (Unreleased)

The Escorts (6)
1962 - Gloria / Seven Wonders Of The World (Coral 62302)
1962 - As I Love You / Gaudeamus (Coral 62317)
1962 - Somewhere / Submarine Race Watching (Coral 62336)
1963 - My Heart Cries For You / Give Me Tomorrow (Coral 62385)

The Escorts (6) Featuring Goldie
1963 - One Hand, One Heart / I Can't Be Free (Coral 62349)

Goldie & The Escorts (6)
1963 - Back Home Again / Something Has Changed Him (Coral 62372)

 

Biography :

The Year was 1961 and a local high school group from Polly Prep in Bay Ridge Brooklyn had recorded a demo "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom ». Richard Rosenberg, Richard Berg, Richard Perry and lead singer Jim Picardi had stopped the demo around ending up at Coral Records. That attracted the interest of Dick Jacobs, a conductor/arranger/A&R man at Coral Records -- who also happened to be the father of a classmate from the school and they were signed to a recording contract.

The Escorts (6)

By the time of their first session, however, Rodney Garrison had replaced Picardi on lead vocals. Their first four sides, "Gloria," "Seven Wonders of the World," "Gaudeamus", and "As I Love You," revealed The Escorts as an unusually talented and spirited white doo wop group, reminiscent of the Mystics but with some fascinating wrinkles to their sound. And while those sides never charted, they did get local club bookings.

The Escorts (6)      The Escorts (6)

It was at one such booking, at the Lollipop Lounge, that they made the acquaintance of an aspiring female singer named Genya Zelkowitz, who used the nickname "Goldie." The next time The Escorts went into the studio, Garrison had departed and Zelkowitz was singing lead -- "Submarine Race Watching" was far more advanced than The Escorts' first sides, and their rendition of "Somewhere" from West Side Story showed how rich and compelling the mix of female falsetto and male doo wop accompaniment could be. They later worked and recorded for a time as Goldie & the Escorts, and Zelkowitz developed a very unusual girlish-yet-soulful approach to singing that might've carried them somewhere.

The Escorts (6)    The Escorts (6)

Goldie remained the lead singer up to the groups final release, turning the reins over her song writer friend Bobby Lance. Goldie wanted to continue singing but the guys were in college and had other ideas. She formed an all girl band with drummer , Ginger Panebianco, Margo Croccito and Carol MacDonald, so was born Goldie & The Gingerbreads.

 


Songs :

The Legends


Zoom, Zoom, Zoom


The Escorts (6)

     
Gloria                     Seven Wonders Of The World             As I Love You

     
Gaudeamus                    Somewhere                   Submarine Race Watching

  
My Heart Cries For You         Give Me Tomorrow


The Escorts (6) Featuring Goldie

  
One Hand, One Heart                    I Can't Be Free



Goldie & The Escorts (6)

  
Back Home Again                 Something Has Changed Him


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The Ideals (3)

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(L to R) Wes Spraggins, Sam Stewart, Reggie Jackson, Robert Tharp and Leonard Mitchell
 

The Ideals (3) (Chicago)


Personnel:

Reggie Jackson

Leonard Mitchell

Wes Spraggins

Robert Tharp

Sam Stewart (Bass)


Discography :

1961 - Together / What's The Matter With You Sam (Paso 6401)
1961 - Magic / Teens (Paso 6402)
1963 - LA. / [Jack Harris & The Arabians - Dog Wild] (Cortland 105)
1963 - Gorilla / Don Juan (Cortland 110)
1964 - Mo Joe Hanna / Simple Simon (Cortland 113)
1964 - Feeling Of A Kiss / Mo Gorilla (Cortland 115)
1964 - Local Boy / L.A. (Cortland 117)
1965 - Cathy's Clown / Go Get A Wig (St. Lawrence 1001)
1965 - You Lost And I Won / You Hurt Me (Satellite 2007)
1966 - Kissing / I Had A Dream (Satellite 2009)
1966 - Go Go Gorilla / Kissing Won't Go Out Of Style (Satellite 2011)
1966 - I Got Lucky (When I Found You) / Tell Her I Apologize (St. Lawrence 1020)
1969 - The Mighty Lover / Dancing In U S A. (Boo-Ga-Loo 108)


Biography :

Formed in 1952 by students from Crane High School, the group included Reggie Jackson, Leonard Mitchell, Sam Stewart, and Robert Tharp. In 1955, Wes Spraggins join the group . The group's first single was issued by the local Paso label in 1961. For their two first singles on Paso the group included Major Lance ("Monkey Time," "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um," "Hey Little Girl »).

The Ideals (3)     

                        The Ideals (Cortland Records)                                                                      MajjorLance                                    

Over the ensuing years the groups line up chopped and changed leaving only two of the original members, Leonard Mitchell and Robert Tharp.  After releasing several records with limited success, The Ideals joined up with Eddie Williams and former Five Chances member Howard Pitman, who not only owned Concord Records, but also wrote ‘The Gorilla’ for The Ideals. By the time the group had got round to recording ‘The Gorilla’ in 1963 Reggie Jackson, Sam Steward and Eddie Williams had all joined the ranks. Eddie Willams sang lead on "Gorilla," (as well as receiving a co-writing credit), that capitalized on apparently near the end of the monkey dance craze.

     

The groups local hit out grew Concord Records and Howard Pitman eventually sold on the rights and The Ideals contract to Cortland Records, who pushed "The Gorilla" to a national platform. The record imediately took off and sold nearly 90,000 copies! It is cited this may have been due to The Ideals mini tour of all the local Chicago schools, complete with a guy dressed in a gorilla outfit in tow!!

(L to R)  Sam Stewart, Reggie Jackson and Leonard Mitchell

By 1965, the Ideals consisted of the trio of Jackson, Mitchell, and Stewart and scored their only charting single, "Kissing," released by the Satellite Recording Company. Another single, "You Lost and I Won," a doo-wopish ballad, was issued. Soon after, the group broke up. Tharp assumed the name Tommy Dark and joined with fellow Chicagoan Jerry Murray to form Tom and Jerrio. The duo had a 1965 Top 20 R&B hit with "Boo-Ga-Loo" on ABC-Paramount. Leonard Mitchell continued to record by joining with Jerome Johnson and Robert Thomas to form the Channel 3, who released one single, to no great acclaim.





Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim) 

     
Together                           Magic                                  Teens

     
Gorilla                                Don Juan                              Clown

     
Go Get A Wig                You Lost And I Won                     You Hurt Me

     
Kissing Won't Go Out Of Style            Go Go Gorilla      I Got Lucky (When I Found You)

     
Tell Her I Apologize               Knee Socks / Mary's Lamb               Mojo Hanna

     
What's The Matter With You Sam       Simple Simon            Feeling Of A Kiss

     
Mo Gorilla                          LA. aka L.A.                    I Had A Dream






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The Petites (1)

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The Petites (1) (Chicago)




Personnel:

Pati Pettit

Mary Pettit

Alice Pettit

Claudia "Pettit" Prince

Bob Pettit



Discography :

1958 - Marguerite / Blessed Are They (Spinning 6003)
1958 - Sweetie Pie / Who kicked The light Plug Out Of The Socket (Spinning 6005)
1960 - Get You'r Daddy's Car Tonight / Sun Showers (Columbia 41662)
1961 - Making Miracle / A Little love (Columbia 42053)



 

Biography :

The ‘Pettit Family’ began singing together in the late 1940s in Northwest Iowa. It started with the four oldest children singing, accompanied by their mother Marie. The quartet consisted of Alice, Bob, Pati and Mary. Marie taught Alice and Bob to sing harmony while Pati and Mary sang the melody. Mary sang all the solos and, at the early age of five or six, was considered a gifted singer. Their sister Claudia joined them at the age of three, singing melody with Pati and Mary.

    

The Pettit Family                                                        

The Pettit Family sang all around Iowa for many years. With Gammack, who had become a mentor to the children, serving as their talent scout, the five songbirds performed on "The Arthur Godfrey Show" in New York. Even though they placed second to a harmonica player from Pennsylvania, their May 1958 television appearance turned into an audition for George Gobel and his television show, "The George Gobel Show." After signing a $30,000 contract, "The Petites" moved to Los Angeles in August 1958, and became "regulars" on the variety show from Sept. 23 until April 1959.

Front row from left: Pati, Mary and Alice Pettit. Middle row: Claudia (Pettit) Prince. Back row: Bob Pettit.

They had the privilege of performing on the show with many stars such as Paul Lynde, Bea Arthur, Joe Flynn. The show’s head writer was Norman Lear. During the Gobel Show era, Columbia Records signed them, through Frank DeVol, who was head of orchestrations on the Gobel Show. The siblings cut some records as “The Petites”; enjoying some success and lots of air play with their records of “Blessed Are They”, “Sun Showers” and “Get Your Daddy’s Car Tonight.” Johnny Grant, now known as the ‘Honorary Mayor of Hollywood’ was a disc jockey at KMPC Radio and one of their greatest fans.

     


By 1961, with the marriages of Alice and Pati, the trio of Bob, Mary and Claudia continued to sing professionally in cities such as San Francisco, Reno, Lake Tahoe, New York and Las Vegas. When Bob was drafted for six months in the Army National Guard, singer Judy Gardner joined Mary and Claudia, who had by then taken on her older sister Pati's name, as one of the three "Petites." The trio signed a one-year contract with Jerry Colonna and toured the country.









Songs :

     
Marguerite                      Blessed Are They                     Sweetie Pie

  
Who kicked The light Plug Out Of The Socket           Get You'r Daddy's Car Tonight

     
Sun Showers             Making Miracle                   A Little love




 

 



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The Wagnon Sisters

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 The Wagnon Sisters (Tuscumbia, Alabama)

 

Personnel :

Becky Wagnon

Anne Wagnon

 

Discography :

1959 - My Desire / Baby Wait For Me  (RCA Victor 47-7527 )

 

Biography :

In the late '50s and early '60s, Becky and Anne Wagnon, were a female vocal duo who were compared to the McGuire Sisters or a female version of the Everly Brothers. After winning a contest at the North Alabama State Fair, the duo competed against more than 1,000 other young people at the Mid-South Talent Show at the Mid-South State Fair in Memphis. They won that contest as well, which included a cash prize and an all-expense paid trip to New York City to appear on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour. They appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show in March 10, 1959.

Ed Sullivan & The Wagnon Sisters

The Wagnon Sisters accepted A RCA contract over offerings by Warner Brothers and Columbia while they auditioned for Cbs Television. They Will work with Hugo & Luigi who left Mercury and Roulette recording companies to become affiliated with RCA. The Tuscumbia girls have written eight original songs to record for RCA. Unfortunately, Only  "My Desire" b/w "Baby Wait For Me" was released by RCA They got a six-year contract with CBS, made recordings and were celebrities for about two years,  Anne married her first love and moved to Texas.

 

Songs :

   
My Desire                                  Baby Wait For Me

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Published from Overblog

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 The Superiors (1)

The Superiors (1) (Philadelphia, PA)

 

Personnel :

Eddie Custis (Lead)

Thomas Luff

George Ellis

Barbara Custis

James Bradis (Bass)

 

Discography :

The Superiors (1)
1958 - Lost Love / Don't Say Goodbye (Atco 6106/Main Line 104)

Eddie Custis
1961 - Let It Live / How Long Will It Last (Parkway 825)

 

Biography :

Vocal quintet from Elmwood, Philadelphia . They all went to Bartram high school and consisted by Eddie Custis, his sister Barbara, Thomas Luff, George Ellis and James Bradis. The Quintet signing a recording contract with Atco records. Atco Records was founded in August 1955 as a division of Atlantic Records. It was devised as an outlet for productions by one of Atlantic's founders, Herb Abramson, who had returned to the company from military service. The Atco name is simply an abbreviation of ATlantic COrporation. The Superiors cut only one single for Atco also released on Main Line, before disbanded. in 1959, Eddie Custis join the Hearts when Lee Andrews quit the group for a solo career and Ted Weems left for the service. They recorded as The Five Hearts and as the Heats. Lee Andrews was married to Eddie Custis's sister Barbara. In 1961 Eddie Custis cut one single for Parkway and was in the Chairmen of the Board, the 1960s soul group famous for "Give Me Just A Little More Time".

 

Songs :

The Superiors (1) 

   

Lost Love                           Don't Say Goodbye 

 

Eddie Custis 

  

How Long Will It Last                               Let It Live

 

 

 

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The Sandmen

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clockwise from left : Furman Haynes, Walter Springer , Benjamin Peay  and Adriel McDonald 

The Sandmen (New-York)

 

Personnel :

Benjamin Peay “ "Brook Benton" (Lead)

Walter Springer (Second Tenor)

Furman Haynes (Baritone)

Adriel McDonald (Bass)

 

Discography :

The Sandmen
 Singles:
1955 - When I Grow Too Old To Dream / Somebody To Love (OKeh 7052)
  Unreleased :
1954 - I Could Have Told You (OKeh)
1955 - I Was Fool Enough To Love You (OKeh)
1955 - Bring Me Love (OKeh)

Brook Benton & The Sandmen
1955 - Ooh / The Kentuckian Song (Brook Benton) (OKeh 7058)

Chuck Willis bb The Sandmen
1955 - I Can Tell / One More Break (no group) (OKeh 7055)

Lincoln Chase bb The Sandmen
Singles:
1955 - That's All I Need / The Message (Columbia 40475)
Unreleased :
1955 - I'm Sure (Columbia)
1955 - Things Money Can't Buy (Columbia)

 

Biography :

When Brook Benton was young he enjoyed gospel music, wrote songs, and sang in a Methodist church choir in nearby Camden, where his father, Willie Peay, was choir master. So in 1948 he went to New York to pursue his music career. He went in and out of gospel groups such as The Langfordaires, The Jerusalem Stars, and The Golden Gate Quartet. It wasn't until 1954, however, that the dedicated young singer's efforts began to pay off with record industry recognition.   It was during that year that Peay, still in New York, was recruited by former Ink Spots bass singer Adriel McDonald for a new vocal group called The Sandmen.  Since McDonald had worked with the Moe Gale agency during his tenure with the Ink Spots, this was the firm he engaged to manage the Sandmen.  Disc jockey Bill Cook, who had been impressed with Peay's voice several years earlier when he first heard him singing gospel, was working for Gale at the time representing popular vocalist Roy Hamilton, one of Peay's heroes. 

 

Brook Benton

It was Cook who brought the Sandmen to Epic Records, the Columbia subsidiary that was marketing Hamilton.  With Benny Peay as lead singer, the Sandmen recorded their first Epic session on December 14, 1954.  The resulting single, issued on Columbia's Okeh rhythm-and-blues label rather than Epic, paired Cook's "Somebody To Love" with the old standard "When I Grow Too Old To Dream".  It was released the following February and got good reviews in the trade papers, but nothing came of it. Following their release as the Sandmen, they did some backup work for Chuck Willis and Lincoln Chase.

   

                                      Chuck Willis                                                                                                 

It was the Sandmen's next session, held on May 26, 1955, that allowed Benny Peay to take his next decisive step down the long road to stardom. The single that resulted from the session placed him at center stage in a hard-swinging, enthusiastically sung, and flawlessly harmonized arrangement of a rather forgettable song called "Ooh".  The flip side, recorded a week later, featured him in a totally new setting with a solo performance of the theme from Burt Lancaster's latest movie, "The Kentuckian".  The arrangement, orchestrated with full string section by 22-year-old Quincy Jones, displayed Peay in all-out pop crooner mode, but his confident, sensitive delivery also demonstrated the distinctively soulful phrasing that would, in four more years, finally  gain him the recognition he deserved.
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Songs:
(updated by Hans-Joachim) 


The Sandmen

    
Somebody To Love               When I Grow Too Old To Dream

Brook Benton & The Sandmen


Ooh  

Chuck Willis bb The Sandmen


I Can Tell


Lincoln Chase bb The Sandmen

    
That's All I Need                            The Message


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The Fascinations (3)

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The Fascinations (3) (Los Angeles, Ca.)

Personnel :

Ken Mowery

Dave Walker

Tom Holder

Dave Bilgen

Chuck Stansfield


Discography :

Singles:
1961 - If I Had Your Love / Why (Paxley 750 / Dore 593)

Unreleased:
1961 - Roseanne (Paxley)
1961 - I’m alone (Paxley)


Biography :

Vocal group from Los Angeles composed by Ken Mowery, Dave Walker, Tom Holder, Dave Bilgen and Chuck Stansfield first called themselves The Belvederes. This five member group composed of one Poly High School student and four Graduates sang locally at School, private party, and record Hop. In 1961, they draws attention to singer Gary Paxton.

 
The Belvederes

Best known for directing the novelty smashes Alley-Oop and Monster Mash, Paxton was already a veteran of the charts as half of the duo Skip & Flip. Gary Paxton, besides a talented singer, arranger of groups, and writer, also produced and had this short lived label called Paxley. Besides his group the Hollywood Argyles, you could also find The Belvederes under their new name, The Fascinations.



The Fascinations signing a recording contract & recorded "If I Had Your Love" arranged by Paxton. Because they needed a song for the flip side, they wrote "Why" in about 20 minutes. It sold a few copies, but didn't make the charts. The song was distributed nationally by another Hollywood label : Dore, formed by Herb Newman and Lou Bedell as a companion to their Era label.

  

The Fascinations recorded 2 other songs, "Roseanne" and "I'm alone" but They were not released. The Fascinations broke up the following year. They later reformed, as DejaVu, with all the original members except Tom Holder and added Joe Dahlin for a while and then Diane (Walker) Stansfield from 1988 till 1994.


Songs :

      
If I Had Your Love                                     Why



If I Had Your Love (unrel. diff. vers.)

 

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Dino & The Diplomats (2)

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Dino & The Diplomats (2)  

Dino & The Diplomats (2) (Harlem, New York)

 

Personnel :

Rafael Cedano (Lead Tenor)

Richard Morgan (Tenor)

Jackie Jones (Second Tenor)

Woody Carter (Baritone)

Charles Humber (Bass)

 

Discography :

Singles :
1961 - My Dream / I Can't Believe (Laurie 3103)
1961 - Hush-A-Bye My Love / Homework (Vida 0100/0101)
1961 - Soft Wind / Such A fool For You (Vida 0102/0103)

Unreleased :
1961 - Hushabye My Love (Laurie)


Biography :

Vocal group from Harlem composed by Rafael Cedano (lead), Richard Morgan (1st tenor), Jackie Jones (2d tenor), Charles Humber (Bass) and Woody Carter (Baritone). This five man group whose members went to school with Frankie Lymon first called themselves the Lionels and then the Universals in 1957-58. finally they changed for Dino & The Diplomats when they signed with Laurie Records.  Laurie Records was a record label started in 1958 by brothers Robert and Gene Schwartz, and Allan I. Sussel. Sussel was a multi-millionaire whose earlier record company, Jamie Records (named after his elder daughter), had been unsuccessful.



Dino & The Diplomats recorded three songs for Laurie Records: "My Dream",  "I Can't Believe" and the unreleased "Hushabye My Love ". Their song "I Can’t Believe" was part written by Ricardo Weeks who with Melvin Anderson penned "I Wonder Why" for Dion & The Belmonts. The Singers would become a four man group in the following year after the departure of Woody Carter and re-record a different version of "Hush-A-Bye My Love" for Vida records were they cut two singles before separating.

 

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

 
     
I Can't Believe                    My Dream                 Hush-A-Bye My Love (Laurie)

      
Hush-A-Bye My Love (Vida)          Homework         Soft Wind / Such A fool For You

 

 

 

 

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