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The Springers (1)

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The Springers (1) (Cleveland, OH)

 

Personnel :

Jeff Crutchfield "Jeff Dale" (Lead)

James Dodson

James McClain

Tyrone Henry

Frankie Suber

Carl Lipford

 

Discography :

1964 - I Know Why / I Know My Baby Loves Me (Way Out 2699)
1965 - Why / Last Heartbreak (Way Out 2799)
1965 - It's Been A Long Time / You Can Laugh (Way Out 5696)

 

Biography :

Way Out records was established by Lester Johnson and Bill Branch in the early 1960s as a outlet for Cleveland's large African-American music scene, primarily R&B. The Way Out operation included a recording studio and office located on East 55th Street in Cleveland. As the music scene moved toward soul, Way Out started releasing records in that style, with the Springers and the Sensations as their lead acts.

The Springers from Cleveland, OH (there was a Philadelphia group with the same name) started recording in the mid-sixties for Way Out records but had a dated sound. Their first (Way Out Records) single "I Know Why," was a minor R&B hit in 1964; the slow, dripping doo-wop was the labels' biggest record and earned the Springers a week long gig at New York's famed Apollo Theater.  Lester Johnson and Ike Perry, of Ike Perry & the Lyrics, produced the harmonic ballad written by Johnson, and Tyrone Henry, one of the Springers. The other members were Jeff Crutchfield, who became Jeff Dale with the Springers, James Dodson (Sahibs, Crown Imperials), James McClain, Frankie Suber and Carl Lipford. They resided in Cleveland's Wade Park area, Crutchfield was born in Memphis, TN but moved to Cleveland with family when he was 12.

      

Way Out issued a second single, similar to the first, "Why," written by Henry & McClain, in 1965; A third and final single appeared later in '65, but "It's Been A Long Time" b/w "You Can Laugh," didn't generate much action and no more singles were issued. The Springers kept going, gigging at places like the Spaghetti Inn on Wade Park, the Red Carpet, the Circle Ballroom, and occasional treks to a club in Lorain, OH. There are some unreleased tracks laying around somewhere, a female who lived on Ansel Road, wrote songs that the Springers recorded but that remains unreleased.



Songs :

     
       I Know Why                                Why                            It's Been A Long Time

     
 Last Heartbreak                   You Can Laugh              I Know My Baby Loves Me



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Jeannie Sterling & The Moonbeams (1)

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Jeannie Sterling & The Moonbeans (1)
 

Jeannie Sterling & The Moonbeams (1) (Los Angeles)




Personnel :

Jeannie Sterling (Lead)





Discography :

Singles :
1957 - It's Too Soon To Know / Star Of Love (Glen Jones) (Capitol 3802)

Jeannie Sterling & The Moonbeans (1)



Lps :
1958 - The Johnny Otis Show (Capitol T-940)
It's Too Soon To Know / A Story Untold

Jeannie Sterling & The Moonbeans (1)







Biography :

Johnny Otis started his own label, Ultra Records (which he changed to the name Dig after five single releases). Continuing to perform and appearing on TV shows in Los Angeles from 1957. On the strength of their success, he signed to Capitol Records.

Jeannie Sterling & The Moonbeans (1)

In the two short years that The Johnny Otis Show recorded for Capitol, they managed time and again to come up with some of the most eternal sides in rock'n'roll. The legendary Mr Otis adopted the role of ringmaster, whilst the members of his revue took turns to show off their many talents. Marie Adams, the Three Tons of Joy, Mel Williams, Jeannie Sterling and Jackie Kelso all featured on the recordings, backed up by some of the very finest musicians Johnny could assemble.

Jeannie Sterling & The Moonbeans (1)

The Moonbeams a vocal group with 16-year-old Jeannie Sterling perform in the "The Johnny Otis Show". "It's Too Soon To Know " by Jeannie Sterling & The Moonbeams was recorded in 1958 in Hollywood. Johnny Otis & his band can be heard backing the group. This version was over shadowed by Pat Boone's version on the Dot Records label.  The group also recorded an up-tempo'd version of The Nutmegs "Story Untold".




Songs :

(updated by Hans-Joachim) 

 

Jeannie Sterling & The Moonbeams (1)

  
It's Too Soon To Know                           Story Untold


Glen Jones & The Moonbeams (1)


Star Of Love

 

 

 


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The Embers (5)

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The Embers (5)

The Embers (5) (Houston, Texas)

 

Personnel :

Don Angelo (Lead)

Mickey Newbury (Tenor)

Chuck Augustus Gengler (Bass)

James Walker (Baritone / Guitar)

 

Discography :

Don Angelo bb The Embers (5)
1960 - I´m Sorry Dear / My Love For You (Mercury 71580)

Joe D'Ambra & The Embers (5)
1960 - Don't Forget To Write / Please Come Home (Mercury 71725)

 

Biography :

Born Milton Sims Newbury, Jr. in Houston, Texas. As a teenager, Mickey Newbury sang tenor in a moderately successful vocal group called The Embers.  Shortly after starting high school, Mickey Newbury attended a sock hop, where a local group, The Sharps, was performing. Sixteen-year-old Houston native , Kenneth Donald Rogers-Kenny Rogers-sang tenor for The Sharps at the time. In a year, Rogers would sing in another Houston doo wop group called The scholars. Mickey asked the lead singer of The Sharps, Don Angelo, if he knew anyone who would like to start a singing group. Angelo replied, “sure, my neighbor” and introduced him to Chuck Augustus Gengler “CAG.” 

The Embers (5)

The Embers with Julian Barnett

Don Angelo and CAG lived next door to each other. They needed someone who could play an instrument, and they soon found James Walker, who played guitar. Newbury, Gengler and Walker practiced as a trio for several months.  Mickey's doowop ensemble was completed when lead singer Don Angelo left Kenny Rogers' group The Sharps and joined Mickey's trio, which then became a singing foursome, The Embers. The Embers consisted of Newbury tenor, Angelo lead, Gengler bass, and Walker guitar and baritone. The Embers hit the road, performing at black R&B clubs across Texas, where Mickey was nicknamed “The Little White Wolf” by Gatesmouth Brown and B.B. King.

The Embers (5)

Julian Barnett would temporarily join The Embers, filling in for lead singer Don Angelo. In 1957, The Embers did package shows with Sam Cooke, Paul Anka, Jackie Wilson, TBone Walker, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Frankie Avalon, the Everly Brothers and many others. As they had become a popular singing group, an Embers Fan Club was formed, and members mostly teenage girls wore special shirts with fancy red stripes. The Embers experienced several close encounters with Kenneth Rogers. He performed Crazy Feelings at a show in Houston, backed up by The Embers less Don Angelo. Also Rogers' brother, Leland, booked a few gigs for them. In early 1960, They released a Mercury single (# 71580) titled, "I'm Sorry Dear" b/w "My Love For You", under the name, 'Don Angelo,' who sang lead on it. 

The Embers (5)     The Embers (5)

They took cash dollars up front and released all future rights. Kenneth plays standup bass on that record. The Embers recorded "Don't Forget To Write" b/w "Please Come Home" with singer Joe D'Ambra . Mickey Newbury put his musical career on hold at age 19 when he joined the Air Force. After four years in the military, Newbury again set his sights on making a living as a songwriter. Before long, he moved to Nashville and signed to the prestigious publishing company Acuff-Rose Music. Mickey Newbury continued to write and have recorded for several labels, producing 18 albums.
Mickey Newbury Crystal & Stone


Songs :

Don Angelo bb The Embers (5)

   
I´m Sorry Dear                        My Love For You

Joe D'Ambra & The Embers (5)

   
Don't Forget To Write                        Please Come Home



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The Velours

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Charles Moffett, John Pearson, Donald Haywoode, Jerome Ramos & John Cheatdom (Bottom) Calvin McClean

 

The Velours (Brooklyn, New York)




Personnel :

Jerome "Romeo" Ramos (Lead)

John Cheatdom (First Tenor)

Donald Haywoode (Second Tenor)

John Pearson (Baritone)

Pete Winston (Bass)

Calvin McClean (Piano)



 



Discography:

Singles :
1956 - My Love Come Back / Honey Drop (Onyx 501)
1957 - Romeo  / What You Do To Me (Onyx 508)
1957 - Can I Come Over Tonight / Where There's A Will (There's A Way) (Onyx 512/Gone 5092)
1957 - This Could Be The Night / Hands Across The Table (Onyx 515)
1958 - Remember / Can I Walk You Home (Onyx 520)
1958 - Crazy Love / I'll Never Smile Again (Cub K9014)
1959 - Blue Velvet / Tired Of Your Rock & Rolling (Cub K9029)
1959 - I Promise / Little Sweetheart (Studio 9902)
1960 - Daddy Warbucks / Sweet Sixteen (Goldisc 3012)
1961 - Lover Come Back / The Lonely One (End 1090)
1967 - I'm Gonna Change/Don't Pity Me (MGM K13780)

Unreleased :
1959 - I Hadn't Anyone Till You (Cub)
1959 - Please Don't Kiss Me Goodbye (Cub)





Biography :

The Velours were an American R&B vocal group who had two minor pop hits in the US in the late 1950s, "Can I Come Over Tonight" and "Remember". They relocated to England in the late 1960s, changed their name to The Fantastics, and had a top ten hit in the UK in 1971 with "Something Old, Something New", followed by a minor US hit with "(Love Me) Love the Life I Lead".

The Velours     The Velours 

The group originally formed as The Troubadours in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn in 1953. The original members were Jerome "Romeo" Ramos, John Cheatdom, Marvin Holland and Sammy Gardner. In 1955, Gardner left to join the army and was replaced by Cheatdom's cousin, Kenneth Walker. The doo-wop group performed locally, but with little success until in 1956 they added a fifth singer, tenor Donald Haywoode, and changed their name to The Velours. They made their first recordings for the Onyx label, before Holland and Walker left and were replaced by John Pearson and Charles Moffett. They also added a pianist, Calvin McClean.

The Velours
John Cheatdom, John Pearson, Jerome Ramos & Donald Haywoode at the Apollo

Over the next two years they made some of their best-remembered records for Onyx, including "Can I Come Over Tonight", written by Haywoode, which reached number 83 on the Billboard pop chart in 1957. They had further chart success the following year with "Remember", with Ramos as lead vocalist, which again reached number 83. They regularly performed at the Apollo Theater, and shared stages with such stars as Roy Brown, Fats Domino, Larry Williams and Bo Diddley.

The Velours    The Velours

After adding a sixth singer, Troy Keyes, they recorded for several small New York labels through the late 1950s and early 1960s, including George Goldner's Gone, but with little success, and the original group disbanded in 1961. In 1966, Ramos, Cheatdom and Haywoode decided to reform the Velours, adding tenor Richard Pitts. In 1967, they released the single "I'm Gonna Change" on MGM Records, and agreed to undertake a tour in England.

The Velours
Jerome Ramos, Richard Pitts, John Cheatdom & Donald Haywoode

When they arrived in Britain, they discovered that they were to be billed as The Fabulous Temptations, and were expected to perform Motown songs. However, they toured successfully and were invited to return, in 1968, by Sheffield club owner Peter Stringfellow, this time under another new name, The Fantastics.They decided to remain in Britain, and recorded several singles released on MGM and then on the Deram label in England.
http://www.uncamarvy.com/Velours/velours.html






Songs:

     
My Love Come Back                 Honey Drop                               Romeo

     
Can I Come Over Tonight / Where There's A Will      This Could Be The Night       Hands Across The Table

     
Remember                Can I Walk You Home                Crazy Love

     
I'll Never Smile Again            Blue Velvet            Tired Of Your Rock & Rolling

     
I Promise                 Little Sweetheart              Daddy Warbucks

     
Sweet Sixteen          Lover Come Back / The Lonely One       I'm Gonna Change


Don't Pity Me




 

 



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The Chaperones

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The Chaperones The Chaperones (1959)  L to R :J oe Weakly, Frederick Brown, David Tucker and Richard Barlin

 

The Chaperones (Ogden Utah)



Personnel :

Joe Weakly

Frederick Brown

David Tucker

Richard Barlin



Biography :

Vocal group from Ogden high school senior formed by Joe Weakly, Frederick Brown, David Tucker and Richard Barlin. They started harmonizing just for fun, found they like it, and began practicing in earnest in 1956.

The Chaperones

Since they had nowhere else they could practise, they sat huddled together in a parked car, winter and summer, and never missed a night of practicing. In 1958, they were allowed to use a back room in the community center and still later a basement room of a private club.. The Chaperonnes appear all around the area in Clubs, record hop up to 1960.

 

 




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Vern & Robin

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Vern & Robin (Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Ca.)

 

Personnel :

Vern Greenwood

Robin Greenwood

 

Discography :

1958 - Lula / Poro Hiti (Faro 587)

 

Biography :

Natives of Honolulu, Hawaii, Vern and Robin are student at Canoga Park High School and reside with their parents in Woodland Hills. Vern and Robin Greenwood have long been entertaining Valley clubs, schools and organizations  with their unusual and amusing interpretation of Hawaiian, Tahitain and Roc'n Roll Music. Spooted during one of their many appearances, a representative of Faro records immediately signed them a recording contract and had them appear in the Christmas show at Pacific Lodge. The Show included singers Johnny Cash, Katy Nolan, The Honey Sisters. Their Recording "Lula" has been chosen record-of-the-week on Pacific Bandstand, KEY TV, Santa Barbara, and is playing on many radio stations.
Unfortunately I do not know what kind they play...


Songs :

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Cirino & The Bowties

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Cirino & The Bowties (Brooklyn, New York)


Personnel :

Cirino Colacrai (Del Serino) (Lead)

Johnny Granato

Jimmmy Piro

Anthony “Diddy” Cipaldo


Discography :

Singles :
1955 - My Rosemarie / My Baby's In Love With Me (Royal Roost 614)
1956 - Again / This Must Be The Place (Royal Roost 619)
1956 - After Love / Snap Jack (Royal Roost 622)
1956 - Ever Since I Can Remember / Rock Pretty Baby (Ivy Schulman & Bowties)(Royal Roost 624)

Unreleased :
N/A - Road Man (Royal Roost)
N/A - Blind in love (Royal Roost)


Biography :

Cirino Colocrai was born in Brooklyn and was a accomplished child musician, playing multiple instruments. He and Teddy Randazzo were boyhood friends, and in the early 1950s wrote several hit songs together, including "Rosemarie." Cirino's compositions "Runaround" and "Foolishly" were both recorded by Randazzo's group, the Three Chuckles.

 

Cirino organized a group called "Cirino and the Bowties" to experiment and demonstrate, and record Cirino's songs. Initially, Cirino & the Bowties consisted of Red Hook neighborhood residents Cirino Colacrai,Tony Bonadonna (Vic Donna’ Brother), Jimmy Piro and Andy Romeo.By the end of 1955, the Bowties were recording for Royal Roost. But Vic’s brother, Tony Bonadonna, had been drafted and was in Germany.

Cirino & The Bowties

Andy Romeo had also left the group. The group recorded rock and roll and teenage-themed uptempo love ballads for Roost Records during the mid-1950s. Roost Records (also known as Royal Roost Records) was a record label established in 1949 by music producer Teddy Reig, primarily to record jazz, taking its secondary name from the New York club with which it was associated. The personnel on the Bowties first record, “Rosemarie,” was Cirino Colacrai, Johnny Granato, Anthony “Diddy” Cipaldo and Jimmy Piro.

   

                                                                                                               Cirino Colacrai

Both Cirino and the Bowties and the Three Chuckles would become favorites of deejay Alan Freed who not only put the groups on his stage shows but also in his 1956 film, Rock Rock Rock in which they sang "Ever Since I Can Remember" and also backed up Ivy Schulman on "Rock, Pretty Baby."  Cirino bought a luncheonette in Red Hook. While the Bowties were working Freed’s show at the Brooklyn Paramount, many of the singers from the show would drop by Cirino’s luncheonette, much to the joy of the neighborhood kids.

In the late 1950s, the Bowties seemed to slowly break up, as they lost their contract to Roost, and Cirino followed other, more songwriting-type, projects. Cirino's songs were featured in the movies "Jamboree" and "Country Music Holiday" during the late-'50s, such as "Toreador," "I Don't Like You No More," and "Goodbye My Darlin'." During the 1960s, Cirino continued to write more pop songs, some of them moderate hits.



Videos :


Ever Since I Can Remember




Rock Pretty Baby (with Ivy Schulman)



 



Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim) 


        
                   Again                       This Must Be The Place             Ever Since I Can Remember


          
Rock Pretty Bab        (Take One) My Baby's In Love With Me            My Rosemarie

 

After Love / Snap Jack  

 

 

 

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The La Chords aka The Les Chimes

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The La Chords aka The Les Chimes

Gene Blue, Al Douglas and Dan Moss

The La Chords (Phoenix, Arizona)
aka The Les Chimes

 


Personnel :

Dan Moss

Gene Blue

Robert Brown

Ron Post




Discography :

The Les Chimes
1960 - Time Out For Love / Willie Did The Cha Cha (Johnny Otis) (Gay 628)

The La Chords
Singles:
1962 - Flame Out / To Be (Gay 629)
1962 - To Be / Hey Pretty Baby (Gay 629)
1964 - Sit Down And Write / Hey Pretty Baby (Take Five 631-6)
1964 - Hammer of My Heart / On the Beach (Take Five 631-8)
1964 - Sit Down And Write / On The Beach (Take Five 631-?)
Unreleased :
1962 - Is It Wrong (Gay)

Ladmo & The La Chords
1964 -     LittIe Drummer Boy  / Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (Ladmo) (Take Five 631-12)




Biography :

The singing group known as The La Chords originally got together in Germany. US servicemen Dan Moss, Gene Blue, Robert Brown and Ron Post were the original members. At the time, the quartet was known as The Les Chimes. They Recorded "To Be" in a radio studio in Germany in 1959

The Les Chimes aka The La Chords

 When Ron Post and Robert Brown were shipped back to to Phoenix, Arizona the following year they made a deal with dairy man Carl Hightower (A local school teacher who wanted to get into the record business) to release it on his Gay Records imprint.  

The Les Chimes aka The La Chords  The Les Chimes aka The La Chords

When the rest of them got back to Arizona, they soon changed their name to the La Chords and recorded "To Be" and "Hey Pretty Baby". The record did fine on local stations and the group made many public appearances.

The Les Chimes aka The La Chords

Ron Post decided that he was going to go back to California and get into his father’s business. Robert Brown was still in the military. He was having personal problems, so eventually he was gone. Then they picked up Al Douglas. .
http://www.wallacewatchers.com/music.html





Songs :

The Les Chimes


Time Out For Love


The La Chords
(updated by Hans-Joachim)


  
Is It Wrong                     To Be / Hey Pretty Baby

  
Sit Down and Write                         Hammer Of My Heart


Flame Out

 

 

 

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The Daytons Aka The Three Jokers Aka The Three Strangers Aka The Thieves

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(L to R) : Melvin Wright, Salome Bey and Ike Smith  

The Daytons (Philadelphia)

Aka The Three Jokers
Aka The Three Strangers
Aka The Thieves

 

Personnel :

Salome Bey (Lead)

Heywood Royster (First Tenor)

Ike Smith (Second Tenor)

Jack “Buck” McLauglin (Baritone)

Melvin Wright (Bass)

 

Discography :

The Daytons
Single:
1958 - King of  Broken Hearts / Friday Better Come (Norgolde 101)
Unreleased :
1958 - Yum Yum

The Three Jokers
Single:
1963 -  He’s A Bum / Hi Diddle Diddle (Mercury 72345)
Unreleased :
1963 - Faith In A Young Man's Heart

The Three Strangers
1966 -  Little Boy Blue / I’ll Be Alright (Paramount 10774)
1966 -  Find My Baby - Part 1 / Find My Baby (Inst) (Frantics 201)

The Thieves
Single:
1966 - Why Did You Do It To Me / I’m Not The One (Broadway 405)
Unreleased :
1966 - Run To My Lovin Arms
1966 - Please Believe

 

Biography :

Salome Bey began his journey in music entertainment as a singer at a young age in South Philly where he grew up and went to school. In the late Nineteen Fifties, Salome along with Ike Smith, Melvin Wright, Heywood Royster and John “Buck” McLauglin sang together and formed The Daytons.  The Daytons, a name lifted from a popular shoe style of the late 1950’s, were ready to take on all comers.

 

                                                                                   (L to R) : Ike Smith, Salome Bey and Melvin Wright

They began their career doing house parties. They practiced at the Marian Anderson Recreation Center and competed at the recreation center and South Philly HS in “sing- offs”.  They competed with home turf rivals – Chubby Checker’s confab – The Quantrells, Bunny Sigler’s boys – The Opals and later, Pat and the Blenders.  Plus they sang along side these guys at talent shows in many of the same venues.

   (L to R) : Ike Smith, Leon Huff, Melvin Wright, ??? & Salome Bey... Seated Billy Ward

Salome with the Daytons went on to record King of  Broken hearts for the NORGOLDE record label.  Live appearances ensued, including one at the ever popular televised Summer Time at the Pier with Grady & Hurst in glitzy Atlantic City.  All this transpired while Salome and the others were still attending Barrett Junior High School.  The popularity of  King of Broken Hearts and the Daytons subsided. The group took stock of their options and enrolled in high school. Salome attended Bok High and escorted Patty Labelle to the Junior/Senior Prom (11/27/59).

  

  With Bobby Eli On Guitar                                                                                                           
 
Later, Salome was off singing with Bunny Sigler and his crew.  In 1963 Melvin and Ike reunited with Salome forming The Three Jokers and waxed a two-sider for Mercury Records entitled, He’s A Bum/ Hi Diddle Diddle.  Salome, Melvin and Ike changed their name to the Three Strangers and recorded with ABC – Paramount and Frantic Records, and later with Broadway Records as The Thieves.  Salome was in the early R&B mix and worked with such music greats as Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Tommy Bell.
http://www.andre-cafe.com/salome.htm

 

Songs :

The Daytons

  
King of  Broken Hearts               Friday Better Come 

 

The Three Strangers

  
I’ll Be Alright                    Find My Baby

 

The Thieves  

  
Why Did You Do It To Me                     I’m Not The One


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Eric & The Plazas

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Eric & The Plazas
1962 (top) Mike Barletta, Danny Ugarte, John Martinkovic, Larry Verdicchio. (Bottom) Anthony Ventura

Eric & The Plazas (Plainfield, N.J.)
ref The Cordials (4)
(updated by Hans-Joachim)  

 

Personnel :

Eric Seijo (Lead)

Anthony "Dome" Ventura

Bobby Stern

Joe Ugarte

Danny Ugarte


Discography :

Emil Spak & Encores bb The Plazas
1962 - Stuck-Up / Hold Up (instrumental) (WGW 3004)

Eric & The Plazas
1963 - I Wich / It's The Last Kiss (Production RS 63106)

Nicky Addeo & The Plazas
1963 - Danny Boy / Lovely Way to Spend An Evening (Revelation VII 101)

Eric & The Plazas
ref : The Cordials (4) (with Danny Ugarte)
1961- Dawn Is Almost Here / Keep An Eye (7 Arts 707)



Biography :

In early 1960, Danny Ugarte and his family moved to Plainfield, New Jersey. Danny found himself going to Plainfield High School where he met his singing group. At that time, their name was not yet the Plazas. They find their group name the day they see a car a 1955 or '56 Plymouth Plaza ride by : The Plazas. Danny replaced Richie Rossi in the Plazas. The Plazas now consisted of John Martinkovic (lead and first tenor), Danny Ugarte (lead and first tenor), Michael Barletta (second tenor), Larry Verdicchio (baritone) and Anthony "Dome" Ventura (bass). By 1961, the Plazas were entertaining at school dances, they performed along with the Mood Makers band. The Plazas sang at another dance, sponsored by the Plainfield High School Canteen at the Emerson School. Though the Plazas were at first just performing locally, they soon became a fixture at New York City's Brill Building in the heart of Tin Pan Alley.

Eric & The Plazas
1962 (top) Mike Barletta, Danny Ugarte, John Martinkovic, Larry Verdicchio. (Bottom) Anthony Ventura

The Plazas did background work at the Brill Building for about four years. On one occasion, their bass singer, Dome, was sent down to Philadelphia to do a recording session with the Dreamlovers.Around 1962, the Plazas were approached by singer/songwriter named Emil Spak who wanted them to back him on a song he'd written. It turned out to be a rock-a-billy tune called "Stuck Up". The Plazas arranged the background to the song.. It was recorded for Geno Viscione's WGW label (#3004) out of Somerville, NJ. Personnel wise, the Plazas continued to evolve. Joe Ugarte came and sang with the group and when the Decca’s Dynamics broke up (another Plainfield High School group), Paul Nocillawas brought into the Plazas. They turned out to be one of the best groups around.

Eric & The Plazas
1964 (Top) Bobby Stearn, Nicky Addeo, Tony Ventura (Bottom) Joe Ugarte, Jimmy Chidnese, Danny Ugarte.

Through their connections in the music business, the Plazas met music producer Ralph Seijo of Colonia, New Jersey. Ralph Seijo had once been A&R man for George Goldner's Tico label. Ralph's son, Eric Seijo, was singing at the time and Ralph was looking to record him. They recorded two songs. The personnel on the Eric & the Plazas songs were Eric Seijo, Danny Ugarte, Joe Ugarte and Bobby Stearn. The following year, 1964, found the Plazas re- cording "A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening" and "Danny Boy" with Asbury Park lead singer, Nicky Addeo. Nicky and the Plazas record came out on Al Mott’s Revelation VII label (#7-101) out of Allenhurst, New Jersey. Singing on the record were Nicky Addeo (lead), Danny Ugarte, Joe Ugarte, Bobby Stearn and Tony Ventura (bass). Nicky Addeo & the Plazas continued singing together locally and .The Plazas finally drifted apart.
http://classicurbanharmony.net/articles/articles-by-us/ 


Songs :

Eric & The Plazas

  
I Wich ***                                    It's The Last Kiss***

Nicky Addeo & The Plazas

  
Danny Boy                         Lovely Way to Spend An Evening

Emil Spak & Encores bb The Plazas


Stuck-Up


The Cordials (4) (with Danny Ugarte)


Dawn Is Almost Here / Keep An Eye



 




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