Len & Jim Single: 1960 - Round And Round / Don't Be That Way (Del-Fi 4147) Unreleased: 1960 - Run Home (Del-Fi)
The Derringers Single: 1961 - (If You Cry) True Love, True Love / Sheree (Capitol 4532) 1961 - Don't Deceive Me / Maybe Baby (Capitol 4572) Unreleased: 1961 - I Can't Say (Capitol) 1961 - Rockin' Li'l Patty (Capitol)
Biography :
Singing duo consisted Len Mon and Jim Grimpe. The duo grew out of a dance band which the two organized while students at La Puente (California). In 1960, the duo recorded "Round And Round" and "Don't Be That Way" both composed by Len Mon. The single will be released by Del-Fi Records in Hollywood as Len & Jim. In 1960, the singing duo have been signed to an exclusive disk pact by Capitol Records. To be recorded under the supervision of A&R producer Nick Venet. Two singles will be released in the year 1961, "True Love, True Love" b/w "Sheree" and "Don't Deceive Me" b/w "Maybe Baby".
Paulette Costa (Seated)-(L to R) Shirley Machler, Madlyn Peters and Carol Fedor
The Gales (3) (Scranton, Pennsylvania)
Personnel :
Paulette Costa (Lead)
Shirley Machler (Tenor)
Carol Fedor (Harmony Bass)
Madlyn Peters (Bass)
Discography :
The Gales (3) 1963 - Tommy / Around The Clock With You (Debra 1002)
Tommy Genova bb The Gales (3) 1961 - I Loved And I Lost / I've Got That Feeling (not them) (White Rock 361)
Biography :
Known as the Gales, the young vocalists are Paulette Costa, Carol Fedor, Shirley Machler and Madlyn Peters. Misses Costa, Fedor and Machler reside in West Scranton. Miss Peters-hails from the Pine Brook section. Miss Costa, leader of the Gales, Wrote one of the tunes that appears on the disc "Tommy". The flip side is "Around the Clock". Paulette Costa is a graduate of West Scranton High School, as Carol Fedor . Shirley Machler will be a senior at West - Scranton High School in September. Madlyn Peters graduated from Technical High School. The girls range in age from 16 (Machler) to 19 (Peters). Paulette Costa is 18 and Carol Fedor, 17.
Their recording was cut in New York City, on the Debra label. They got their chance to record after their background work for Tommy Genova's "I Loved and I Lost" was noted. Genova also resides in Scranton. "I Loved and I Lost" was penned by Pete Mills, another Scrantonian. The Magics, a male doo-wop group, also from Scranton, are the male back-up singers on "Around The Clock With You". Miss Costa is a brother of Tony Costa, a musician currently on tour with the Town Pipers. The Gales have appeared at local record hops and will fuelfill a number of engagements to plug their record in the fall. They got together as a team 18 months ago
(L to R) June Cromarty, Wilda Cromarty, Loraine Durante and Joseph Durante
The Ambers (2) (Hackensack, New Jersey)
Personnel :
Joseph "Joey" Durante (Lead & Guitar)
Loraine Durante
June Cromarty
Wilda Cromarty
Discography :
The Ambers (2) 1960 - All Of My Darling / So Glad (Todd 1042)
Joey & The Ambers (2) 1960 - The Treasure In My Heart / Sweet Sweet Memory (Bigtop 3052)
Biography :
Vocal group from Hackensack composed by June Cromarty, Wilda Cromarty, Loraine Durante and Joseph Durante. The two Cromarty sisters are Hackensack High School students while Joseph and Lorraine Durante are husband and Wife. In early 1960, The Ambers recorded "All Of My Darling" b/w "So Glad" released in April on the Todd Label. Todd Records got its start in New York City in 1958. Paul Cohen was owner and president of the company and also the main producer.
The same year, they recorded "The Treasure In My Heart" b/w "Sweet Sweet Memory" released by Bigtop record in September as Joey & the Ambers. BigTop was a New York label owned by Julian and Jean Aberbach as a subsidiary of Hill and Range Music. It was run by their nephew, Johnny Bienstock (President) with Fred Beinstock named as Executive.
Teddy & The Continentals (6) (Wilmington, Delaware)
Personnel :
Teddy Henry (Lead)
Lawrence Davis (First Tenor)
Eugene Callaway (Second Tenor)
Gerald Hamilton (Baritone)
Donald Jackson (Bass)
Jerome Jefferson (Guitar)
Discography :
Teddy & The Continentals (6) 1961 - Tick Tick Tock / Everybody Pony (Richie 1001/Pik 235) 1961 - Do You / Tighten Up (Richie 445) 1963 - Crying Over You / Crossfire With My Baby (Richie 453)
Teddy Continental 1965 - I Call It Home / Find Someone (Richie 66-5/7)
Biography :
Teddy & The Continentals were from Wilmington, Delaware and consisted of Teddy Henry (Lead), Lawrence Davis (First Tenor), Eugene Callaway (Second Tenor), Gerald Hamilton (Baritone), Donald Jackson (Bass) and Jerome Jefferson (Guitar). The Boys started singing together three years ago, they all went to Absalom Jones Senior Center and used to sing in the music room after school. Four of them are in High School, Teddy and Eugene go to Conrad High School, While Lawrence Davis and Gerald Hamilton go to Howard High School, Jerome Jefferson was graduated from Wilmington high school in 1959 and Donald has been graduated from Newark High.
Teddy Henry
At a anniversary party, a neighbour of Teddy Henry, Theron Byrd, tape recorded their songs. He became interested in the group and finally he was made their manager. They went to his home to practice and finally they got a music publisher from Wilmington to listen to their sing. In February 1961, Teddy decided it was the time for the Continentals to get on the local hit parade. They turned out "Everybody Pony" and a band from pottsville, Pa., was hired to accompany them. "Everybody Pony" was recorded on the Richie Label in Late February. Richie Records is from Wilmington, DE owned by a local record producer and rock's roll promoter Vincent Rago and named after his son Richie. The label started in late 1960 and was still around in 1967. Some releases were distributed by Roulette and Scepter records.
Vincent Rago helped Teddy and the Continentals cut their first single. They had a national hit –– on the Bubbling Under chart –– with “Ev’rybody Pony,” which hit #101 in September 1961. but the flip side “Tick Tick Tock” is the side most aficionados prefer. Since the record hit the markets the boys have been making many personnel appearances included local radio stations, and radio and television stations in Philadelphia. The Continentals recorded two more records, but by 1964 the Continentals broke up and Teddy Henry recorded a final solo record on Ritchie in 1965 as Teddy Continental.
Sonny Johnson, Jan Conway, Ron Bonham, Tom Smalley & Sam Dargo
The Originales (Muncie, Indiana)
Personnel :
Tom Smalley
Ron Bonhan
Sonny Johnson
Sam Dargo
Jan Conway
Discography :
1959 - Lend Me Your Ear / Bandstand Sound (Poor Boy 110)
Biography :
Ron Bonham was a basketball star at Muncie Central High School. He was named "Mr. Basketball" as the state's top player in 1960. He attended the University of Cincinnati and was a member of the 1962 NCAA champion Bearcats team. He went on to win two NBA titles with the Boston Celtics. He finished his career with the ABA Indiana Pacers.
Sonny Johnson, Jan Conway, Ron Bonham, Tom Smalley & Sam Dargo
Bonham even made his mark on the world of pop music. Along with Tom Smalley , Sonny Johnson, Sam Dargo and Jan Conway formed a doo-wop group in 1959 called the Originales. Sam Dargo was the leader of the group which has been singing together for 1959. Sam composed the two songs on the records. In 1960, The Originales recorded "Lend Me Your Ear" and "That Bandstand Sound" in the King Record Studios in Cincinnati. The Record was released by Poor Boy Records.
The Marvels (3) (Washington, DC) aka The Marvells aka The Senators (3)
Personnel :
Sam Gilbert (Lead)
James "Junior" Isom (Second Tenor)
Ronald Boyd (Baritone)
James Mitchell (Bass)
Discography :
The Marvels (3) 1958 - I Shed So Many Tears / So Young So Sweet (Laurie 3016)
The Marvells 1961 - For Sentimental Reasons / Come Back (Winn 1916)
The Senators (3) 1962 - Wedding Bells / I Shouldn't Care (Winn 1917)
Biography :
The Marvels emerged from the fertile Washington, D.C. doo wop scene of the 1950s. According to Marv Goldberg's profile in the December 1976 issue of Yesterday's Memories, lead Sam Gilbert, second tenor James "Junior" Isom, baritone Ronald Boyd and bass James Mitchell co-founded the group in 1954 -- after honing their harmonies on local street corners, the Marvels achieved sufficient notoriety to appear on the popular local television show Milt Grant's Record Hop, but did not actively seek a record deal until 1958, traveling to New York City to audition for the Laurie label. Laurie immediately offered a deal, and that July issued the Isom-led "I Shed So Many Tears" -- when the single went nowhere, the label terminated their contract and the Marvels returned to the Washington club circuit, waiting three years for their chance to cut a follow-up.
The Winn label issued "For Sentimental Reasons" in the fall of 1961, and when it too failed to generate much attention, the Marvels -- now facing competition from hitmakers like the Marvellos and the Marvelettes -- decided a fresh start was in order, renaming themselves the Senators in honor of the local major league baseball franchise. Winn released the Gilbert-led "Wedding Bells" in the spring of 1962, but it too fared poorly and the group soon dissolved -- Isom later resurfaced in the Gales before signing on with the Satisfactions, who in 1970 scored the R&B Top 40 hits "This Bitter Earth" and "One Light, Two Lights."
The Four Flickers (Nashville, TN.) aka The Four Counts (4)
Personnel :
Larry Strzelecki
Henry P. Strzelecki
Ray Snider
Johnny Campbell
Discography :
The Four Flickers 1959 - Is There A Way / Yo Yo (Lee 1002) 1959 - Aimez-Moi Love Me) / Long Tall Texan (Lee 1003) 1960 - Aimez-Moi (Love Me) / Is There A Way (Lee 1006)
The Four Counts (4) 1960 - Heavenly / Blue Eyes (Ace 597)
Biography :
Birmingham, AL-born Henry Strzelecki (sometimes credited as Henry P. Strzelecki) started out in country music in his teens, recording with songwriter Baker Knight on the Decca label out of Nashville in the mid-'50s. In 1959, he played with his brother Larry along with Ray Snider and Johnny Campbell in a group, the Four Flickers who toured the southern and border states late in the '50s.
The Four Flickers recorded two singles for Lee records owned by Herb Zebley and Ed Levy and the group became the first to record “Long Tall Texan” wrote by Henry Strezlecki. “Long Tall Texan” was subsequently recorded by Jerry Woodard (1960) and by Murry Kellum (1963), who was the first to make the charts with the tune. The Beach Boys recorded it in 1964, and it became a widely loved song in the group’s repertoire. The Kingsmen also recorded it that year. The Four Flickers changed their name to the Four Counts for their last single in 1960: "Heavenly" b/w "Blue Eyes" on the Ace label.
He worked with Hank Garland as a bass player in the early '60s, and subsequently worked for Chet Atkins for more than a decade, both in the studio and on tour, which helped move him to the front ranks of Nashville's session players. The list of recordings on which he has worked in the years since -- usually as bassist, but sometimes also as a singer and occasionally on mouth organ, or as a producer -- is prodigious, and encompasses the work of just about every star to come out of Nashville since the early '60s. He also founded a publishing and production company in Nashville that was very active during the 1970s and 1980s, and in 1987 was nominated for Bassman of the Year at the 23rd Academy of Country Music Awards.
The Gassers featuring Jesse Belvin on Cash Records
The Gassers (Los Angeles)
Personnel :
George Parker (First Tenor)
Howard Watson (Second Tenor)
Willie Henderson (Baritone)
Haydell Mitchell (Bass)
Discography :
The Gassers Singles : 1956 - Hum-De-Dum / Tell Me (Cash 1035) 1957 - Dody Mighty / Doggonit (Encino 1011) Unreleased : 1956 - Why Did You Leave Me (Cash) 1956 - My Aching Feet (Cash) 1956 - Beloved (Cash)
Jesse Belvin bb The Gassers 1957 - Beware / Dry Your Tears (Cash 1056)
Biography :
The Gassers who hail from Los Angeles recorded for Cash Records, one of the legendary Dolphins of Hollywood labels. Dolphin produced several famous records under the Recorded In Hollywood label, and eventually created other labels like Lucky Records, Cash Records, and finally, Money Records. Dolphin sold Money and its holdings to Don Pierce's Hollywood Records in 1956. The Gassers consisted of George Parker, Howard Watson, Willie Henderson and Haydell Mitchell. The name of "Gasser" is a reference to the hair straightening process many blacks went through.
The Gassers were a sort of vehicle group for Tommy "Buster" Williams, a vocalist who was championed by Jesse Belvin. Known by many as the father of LA doo wop, Jesse Belvin persuaded Dolphin to release "Hum De Dum" and its flipside, "Tell Me". On "Tell Me", Tommy "Buster" Williams singing second tenor & Jesse Belvin singing the falsetto background. Jesse Belvin sang lead on "Hum-De-Dum". The Gassers had a minor hit with “Tell Me” backed with “Hum De Dum” (Cash Records #1035) in 1956.
In 1957, the Gassers have a second single with "Dody Mighty" b/w "Doggonit" both written by Baritone' Willie Henderson. Encino Records from Hollywood released the single. The same year, the Gassers backed Jesse Belvin on the exceptional ballad, “Beware” b/w “Dry Your Tears,” a reissue of his 1954 release “Hang Your Tears Out To Dry” on Dolphin’s RIH. “Beware” charted #30 on KDAY on Jan. 3 and #18 on KFWB on Jan. 18, 1958.
Songs :
The Gassers
The Gassers (featuring Jesse Belvin)- Hum De Dum (w/session talk)
Ed Gandolfi, Vinnie De Mauro, Gerry Tetty and Robert Gandolfi "Bobby Gee"
Bobby Gee & The Celestials (Bergen County, New Jersey)


Personnel :

Robert Gandolfi "Bobby Gee" (Lead)
Ed Gandolfi
Vinnie De Mauro
Gerry Tetty
Discography :
1959 - Blue Jean / Julie Is Mine (Stacy 922) 1960 - Sealed With A Kiss / Little Miss Fantasy ( XYZ 611)
Biography :
Robert Gandolfi of Bogota and his brother Ed, 17, Vinnie De Mauro, 18, of Ridgefield Park, and 18-year-old Gerry Tetty of Fair Lawn used to get together in 1957/58 when Robert (Bobby) played the guitar. They used to do it just for kicks, but when people began asking them to appear at social events and benefits, they decided to get serious about singing." Bobby Gee & the Celestials landed a contract with Stacy Records of Chicago owned by Jim gaylord. The Bergen County boys cut "Blue Jean" /" Julie Is Mine" for Stacy. Bobby was on the campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University. He was a major business leader there. As for Ed, Vinnie and Gerry, they all had vacancies.
Vinnie De Mauro, Ed Gandolfi, Robert Gandolfi and Gerry Tetty
"Blue Jean", a swinging rock 'n' roll number written by Bob Crewe and Frank Slay, is backed by a soft ballad, "Julie is Mine". the single played on five metropolitan radio stations, eight in Boston, and has been spinning in Chicago and Atlanta. The boys were under contract to Stacy Records since June and it was their first attempt at recording. Crewe and Slay then moved to get Bobby Gee & The group fortunes moving forward with their own XYZ label. They cut "Sealed With A Kiss" / "Little Miss Fantasy" both written by Robert Gandolfi for the label.
1956 - Helen (Feat.Gardner) / Lovely Girl (Feat.Bearden) (Middle-Tone 011)
Biography :
Vocal quartet from Los Angeles, The Cardells consisted of Charles Bearden (Lead), William Gardner (Lead), Sonny Mayberry and Robert Carney. 1956 This is the groups only recorded single. Issued both on a 78 and 45. In 1959, William Gardner formed another groups: The Marquis / Tabs
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